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Barbados: Unemployment, total

6.03percent · 2024-47.8% since 2013

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country. Reported as: national estimate. Annual figures for Barbados from 1976 to 2024.

19772024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.03
20236.54
20227.261
202111.015
20198.41
20188.321
20178.62
20168.247
20159.803
201412.3
201311.546
201010.7
200910
200310.997
200210.32
20019.85
20009.347
199910.61
199812.4
199714.608
199615.8
199519.664
199421.9
199324.54
199223.015
199117.089
199015.036
198914.056
198817.574
198717.938
198617.878
198518.855
198417.097
198315.009
198213.75
198110.861
198011.4
197911.3
197813.7
197715.7
197615.6

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Unemployment, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-unemployment-total (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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