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St. Lucia — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for St. Lucia, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
68.27%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +8.3% since 1990
Labor participation for St. Lucia was 68.27% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 69.88% in 2018. The lowest was 53.74% in 2020 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.23% per year.
St. Lucia ranks 35 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 19%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so St. Lucia sits above it. It peaked in 2018 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
68.27%
First (1990)
63.05%
Change
+8.3%
Highest
69.88%
in 2018
Lowest
53.74%
in 2020
Average
65.77%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.23%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.27% |
| 2024 | 68.23% |
| 2023 | 68.56% |
| 2022 | 69.16% |
| 2021 | 65.5% |
| 2020 | 53.74% |
| 2019 | 68.8% |
| 2018 | 69.88% |
| 2017 | 69.37% |
| 2016 | 69.34% |
| 2015 | 69.31% |
| 2014 | 69.28% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.