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St. Lucia — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for St. Lucia, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
9.45%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -42.8% since 1991
Unemployment for St. Lucia was 9.45% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 25.22% in 2020. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.63% per year.
St. Lucia ranks 41 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 22%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so St. Lucia sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 63% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 55%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
9.45%
First (1991)
16.52%
Change
-42.8%
Highest
25.22%
in 2020
Lowest
9.45%
in 2025
Average
17.76%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.63%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.45% |
| 2024 | 10.2% |
| 2023 | 12.09% |
| 2022 | 15.93% |
| 2021 | 20.51% |
| 2020 | 25.22% |
| 2019 | 15.61% |
| 2018 | 19.33% |
| 2017 | 19.14% |
| 2016 | 19.93% |
| 2015 | 20.84% |
| 2014 | 21.58% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.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.