St. Vincent and the Grenadines — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 1991–2025.
Unemployment for St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 18.00% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 21.10% in 2001. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.27% per year.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 11 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 6%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so St. Vincent and the Grenadines sits above it. It peaked in 2001 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 6%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 1 of 31 economies; Haiti (14.94%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 7% in 2020. That is 6% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Key figures
Full history — 1991 to 2025
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18% | -0.1 pp |
| 2024 | 18.09% | -0.3 pp |
| 2023 | 18.35% | -0.9 pp |
| 2022 | 19.28% | -1.1 pp |
| 2021 | 20.36% | -0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 20.64% | +1.4 pp |
| 2019 | 19.25% | +0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 19.01% | -0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 19.02% | -0.0 pp |
| 2016 | 19.03% | -0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 19.14% | -0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 19.24% | -0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 19.36% | -0.5 pp |
| 2012 | 19.83% | -0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 20.01% | +0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 19.92% | +0.6 pp |
| 2009 | 19.36% | +0.6 pp |
| 2008 | 18.79% | -0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 18.93% | -0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 19.16% | -0.3 pp |
| 2005 | 19.46% | -0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 19.55% | -0.4 pp |
| 2003 | 19.99% | -0.6 pp |
| 2002 | 20.62% | -0.5 pp |
| 2001 | 21.1% | +0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 20.8% | +0.3 pp |
| 1999 | 20.54% | +0.0 pp |
| 1998 | 20.52% | +0.4 pp |
| 1997 | 20.13% | -0.2 pp |
| 1996 | 20.34% | +0.3 pp |
| 1995 | 20.01% | +0.0 pp |
| 1994 | 19.97% | +0.3 pp |
| 1993 | 19.68% | +0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 19.56% | -0.2 pp |
| 1991 | 19.77% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was St. Vincent and the Grenadines’s Unemployment in 1992?
19.56% (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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines’s Unemployment growing or shrinking?
Between 1991 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -8.9% in total — about 0.3% 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: 18%; 2024: 18.09%; 2023: 18.35%; 2022: 19.28%; 2021: 20.36%. 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.