Channel Islands — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Channel Islands, 1991–2025.
Unemployment for Channel Islands was 6.17% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 8.57% in 2013. The lowest was 5.04% in 2001 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.24% per year.
Channel Islands ranks 74 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 40%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Channel Islands sits above it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 28% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 22%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 21 of 49 economies; Portugal (6.16%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 26% in 2009. That is 6% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Climbed: 95th of 187 in 1991 → 116th of 187 in 2000 → 95th of 187 in 2010 → 89th of 187 in 2020 → 69th of 182 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1991 to 2025
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.17% | +0.1 pp |
| 2024 | 6.03% | +0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 5.93% | +0.0 pp |
| 2022 | 5.92% | -0.7 pp |
| 2021 | 6.64% | +0.0 pp |
| 2020 | 6.63% | +0.4 pp |
| 2019 | 6.19% | -0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 6.34% | -0.5 pp |
| 2017 | 6.88% | -0.6 pp |
| 2016 | 7.47% | -0.5 pp |
| 2015 | 7.93% | -0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 8.32% | -0.3 pp |
| 2013 | 8.57% | +0.5 pp |
| 2012 | 8.03% | +0.8 pp |
| 2011 | 7.24% | +0.2 pp |
| 2010 | 7.02% | +0.3 pp |
| 2009 | 6.67% | +1.4 pp |
| 2008 | 5.3% | +0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 5.23% | -0.3 pp |
| 2006 | 5.57% | -0.3 pp |
| 2005 | 5.83% | -0.0 pp |
| 2004 | 5.85% | +0.2 pp |
| 2003 | 5.64% | +0.3 pp |
| 2002 | 5.31% | +0.3 pp |
| 2001 | 5.04% | -0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 5.35% | -0.6 pp |
| 1999 | 5.91% | -0.4 pp |
| 1998 | 6.28% | -0.4 pp |
| 1997 | 6.69% | -0.2 pp |
| 1996 | 6.9% | -0.1 pp |
| 1995 | 6.97% | -0.3 pp |
| 1994 | 7.24% | +0.2 pp |
| 1993 | 7.08% | +1.0 pp |
| 1992 | 6.12% | +0.4 pp |
| 1991 | 5.68% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Channel Islands’s Unemployment in 1992?
6.12% (1992). 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 total labor force, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Channel Islands’s Unemployment growing or shrinking?
Between 1991 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +8.6% in total — about 0.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.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: 6.17%; 2024: 6.03%; 2023: 5.93%; 2022: 5.92%; 2021: 6.64%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.