Unemployment rate: Saint Lucia
9.452% 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 | 9.452 |
| 2024 | 10.199 |
| 2023 | 12.094 |
| 2022 | 15.934 |
| 2021 | 20.514 |
| 2020 | 25.224 |
| 2019 | 15.613 |
| 2018 | 19.329 |
| 2017 | 19.136 |
| 2016 | 19.932 |
| 2015 | 20.84 |
| 2014 | 21.583 |
| 2013 | 22.21 |
| 2012 | 19.06 |
| 2011 | 18.86 |
| 2010 | 17.118 |
| 2009 | 15.37 |
| 2008 | 12.72 |
| 2007 | 14 |
| 2006 | 16 |
| 2005 | 18.7 |
| 2004 | 20.97 |
| 2003 | 22.18 |
| 2002 | 20.39 |
| 2001 | 18.538 |
| 2000 | 16.49 |
| 1999 | 18.09 |
| 1998 | 21.6 |
| 1997 | 20.47 |
| 1996 | 16.33 |
| 1995 | 15.83 |
| 1994 | 17 |
| 1993 | 16.8 |
| 1992 | 16.549 |
| 1991 | 16.521 |