Channel Islands — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Channel Islands, 1990–2025.
Labor participation for Channel Islands was 56.36% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 59.96% in 2010. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.04% per year.
Channel Islands ranks 133 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Channel Islands sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 4%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 36 of 49 economies; Bulgaria (56.12%) is just below it. That is 3% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 128th of 187 in 1990 → 112th of 187 in 2000 → 103rd of 187 in 2010 → 114th of 187 in 2020 → 132nd of 182 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | % of population ages 15+ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.36% | -0.4 pp |
| 2024 | 56.73% | -0.4 pp |
| 2023 | 57.08% | -0.6 pp |
| 2022 | 57.73% | -0.1 pp |
| 2021 | 57.82% | +0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 57.54% | -0.8 pp |
| 2019 | 58.38% | -0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 58.55% | -0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 58.74% | -0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 58.91% | -0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 58.99% | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 58.91% | -0.4 pp |
| 2013 | 59.34% | -0.2 pp |
| 2012 | 59.5% | +0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 59.36% | -0.6 pp |
| 2010 | 59.96% | +0.3 pp |
| 2009 | 59.67% | -0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 59.73% | +0.0 pp |
| 2007 | 59.72% | +0.0 pp |
| 2006 | 59.71% | -0.0 pp |
| 2005 | 59.74% | +0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 59.57% | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 59.5% | +0.0 pp |
| 2002 | 59.47% | +0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 59.38% | +0.0 pp |
| 2000 | 59.34% | +0.2 pp |
| 1999 | 59.13% | +0.4 pp |
| 1998 | 58.72% | +0.3 pp |
| 1997 | 58.42% | +0.3 pp |
| 1996 | 58.17% | +0.3 pp |
| 1995 | 57.83% | +0.3 pp |
| 1994 | 57.51% | +0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 57.39% | -0.0 pp |
| 1992 | 57.4% | +0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 57.3% | +0.2 pp |
| 1990 | 57.11% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Channel Islands’s Labor participation in 1991?
57.3% (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of population ages 15+, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Channel Islands’s Labor participation growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -1.3% in total.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SL.TLF.CACT.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 56.36%; 2024: 56.73%; 2023: 57.08%; 2022: 57.73%; 2021: 57.82%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.