Barbados vs Cape Verde: Labor force, total

Barbados
151,620
in 2025
Cape Verde
226,448
in 2025
Barbados rank
176th
Cape Verde rank
174th

Labor force, total over time

  • Barbados
  • Cape Verde
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k199020072025

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 226,448 against 151,620 in Barbados, a difference of 74,828.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.5 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Barbados ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 176th and Cape Verde ranks 174th of 186 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Labor force, total
Source
International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 8,410 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes people who are currently employed and people who are unemployed but seeking work as well as first-time job-seekers. Not everyone who works is included, however. Unpaid workers, family workers, and students are often omitted, and some countries do not count members of the armed forces. Labor force size tends to vary during the year as seasonal workers enter and leave.