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St. Vincent and the Grenadines — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
18.00%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -8.9% since 1991
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
18.00%
First (1991)
19.77%
Change
-8.9%
Highest
21.10%
in 2001
Lowest
18.00%
in 2025
Average
19.62%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.27%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 18% |
| 2024 | 18.09% |
| 2023 | 18.35% |
| 2022 | 19.28% |
| 2021 | 20.36% |
| 2020 | 20.64% |
| 2019 | 19.25% |
| 2018 | 19.01% |
| 2017 | 19.02% |
| 2016 | 19.03% |
| 2015 | 19.14% |
| 2014 | 19.24% |
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.