Work & Labour in Caribbean Small States 51 indicators covering work & labour for Caribbean Small States. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 75.2% 2025 down 4.2% 44th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 59.0% 2025 up 2.4% 22nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 45.3% 2025 down 3.0% 24th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.7% 2025 down 8.0% 18th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.7% 2025 up 4.1% 22nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 59.6% 2025 down 4.5% 32nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 68.3% 2025 down 6.8% 37th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 75.6% 2025 up 5.3% 24th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 51.4% 2025 down 1.5% 26th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 67.0% 2025 down 1.3% 28th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 1.2% 2025 down 31.9% 40th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 70.2% 2025 down 2.0% 11th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 1.4% 2025 down 32.6% 40th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 10.7% 2025 up 0.6% 32nd Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 31.5% 2025 down 0.1% 12th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 22.5% 2025 down 1.4% 24th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 86.0% 2025 up 0.2% 6th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 59.2% 2025 up 3.7% 10th Employment in services (% of total employment) 70.9% 2025 up 2.5% 7th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 1.7% 2025 down 34.2% 41st Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 74.5% 2025 down 1.7% 10th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 80.0% 2025 down 1.7% 10th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 23.8% 2025 up 4.4% 7th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 25.5% 2025 up 5.2% 38th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 29.8% 2025 up 5.1% 37th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 20.0% 2025 up 7.3% 38th Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.0% 2025 down 10.7% 20th Employers, male (% of male employment) 4.9% 2025 down 15.0% 25th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.8% 2025 up 5.7% 11th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.9% 2025 up 2.0% 9th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 19.1% 2025 up 4.3% 6th GDP per person employed 89,807 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 51.0% 9th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.9% 2019 down 3.9% 5th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 7.1% 2019 up 7.5% 4th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 8.9% 2019 down 5.6% 6th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 52.5% 2019 down 4.7% 8th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 69.2% 2019 down 5.8% 15th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 60.7% 2019 down 5.4% 14th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 75.9% 2019 up 0.5% 9th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) 24.3% 2025 down 2.5% 8th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) 20.0% 2025 up 4.1% 3rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) 28.8% 2025 down 6.4% 18th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 30.2% 2025 up 4.2% 30th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 21.5% 2025 up 8.8% 38th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 42.4% 2025 down 8.2% 30th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 36.4% 2025 down 3.3% 29th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 46.9% 2025 down 0.5% 31st Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 63.8% 2025 down 6.2% 40th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 55.1% 2025 down 3.9% 34th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 17.2% 2025 up 7.6% 38th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 24.8% 2025 up 10.3% 36th