Work & Labour in Barbados 85 indicators covering work & labour for Barbados. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 48.1% 2025 up 26.6% 42nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 48.6% 2025 up 5.3% 74th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 64.7% 2025 down 1.1% 66th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 68.7% 2025 down 1.2% 107th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 48.3% 2025 up 14.9% 56th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 76.4% 2025 up 4.7% 26th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.3% 2025 up 2.0% 65th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 78.3% 2025 up 3.4% 35th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 61.0% 2025 down 1.1% 45th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 88.8% 2025 up 0.1% 29th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 74.3% 2025 down 4.0% 68th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 73.1% 2025 up 9.4% 13th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 86.8% 2025 down 2.0% 53rd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 92.3% 2025 up 4.2% 16th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 80.5% 2025 down 3.1% 59th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 1.2% 2025 up 34.9% 124th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 1.1% 2025 up 21.8% 113th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 1.1% 2025 up 28.3% 117th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 6.9% 2025 down 29.5% 142nd Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 25.2% 2025 down 13.1% 98th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 16.2% 2025 down 16.5% 132nd Employment in services (% of total employment) 82.6% 2025 up 6.2% 12th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 19.5% 2025 up 15.1% 128th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 25.7% 2025 up 13.8% 119th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 13.2% 2025 up 15.7% 134th Employers, total (% of total employment) 0.7% 2025 up 2.7% 178th Employers, male (% of male employment) 1.0% 2025 up 3.2% 175th Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.5% 2025 up 0.5% 174th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 17.6% 2025 down 40.7% 77th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 19.3% 2025 down 31.4% 49th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 18.5% 2025 down 36.0% 60th GDP per person employed 44,125 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 7.1% 93rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.0% 2024 down 51.0% 76th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.7% 2024 down 43.6% 61st Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.4% 2024 down 57.9% 105th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 66.7% 2024 down 1.4% 132nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 59.2% 2024 down 2.0% 64th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 62.8% 2024 down 1.8% 99th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 48.3% 2024 up 4.7% 38th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 52.5% 2024 up 11.4% 59th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 88.7% 2024 down 0.6% 39th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 50.4% 2024 up 8.8% 48th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 16.4% 2024 down 51.5% 58th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.4% 2024 down 48.1% 60th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 17.5% 2024 down 55.7% 64th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 26.2% 2025 down 12.5% 42nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 30.1% 2025 down 8.9% 13th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 22.2% 2025 down 17.4% 92nd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 18.8% 2025 up 15.6% 121st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 39.2% 2025 up 18.3% 85th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 39.4% 2025 up 31.7% 68th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 39.6% 2025 up 48.4% 52nd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 24.8% 2025 up 14.3% 106th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 56.8% 2025 up 1.1% 46th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 64.6% 2025 up 3.8% 96th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 60.5% 2025 up 2.5% 70th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 12.7% 2025 up 16.5% 125th Unemployment with basic education 7.5% 2023 down 33.1% 54th Unemployment with basic education, male 6.9% 2023 down 39.0% 53rd Unemployment with intermediate education 7.4% 2023 down 30.1% 45th Page 1 of 2 Next →