Unemployment rate: Barbados
6.524% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.524 |
| 2024 | 6.448 |
| 2023 | 6.54 |
| 2022 | 7.261 |
| 2021 | 11.015 |
| 2020 | 10.586 |
| 2019 | 8.41 |
| 2018 | 8.321 |
| 2017 | 8.62 |
| 2016 | 8.247 |
| 2015 | 9.803 |
| 2014 | 12.17 |
| 2013 | 11.55 |
| 2012 | 11.59 |
| 2011 | 11.19 |
| 2010 | 10.69 |
| 2009 | 10.02 |
| 2008 | 8.12 |
| 2007 | 7.41 |
| 2006 | 8.73 |
| 2005 | 9.08 |
| 2004 | 9.57 |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2002 | 10.32 |
| 2001 | 9.85 |
| 2000 | 9.35 |
| 1999 | 10.61 |
| 1998 | 12.4 |
| 1997 | 14.61 |
| 1996 | 14.71 |
| 1995 | 19.66 |
| 1994 | 22.98 |
| 1993 | 24.54 |
| 1992 | 22.94 |
| 1991 | 22.41 |