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Virgin Islands (U.S.) — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Virgin Islands (U.S.), 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
54.36%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -17.1% since 1990
Labor participation for Virgin Islands (U.S.) was 54.36% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 70.61% in 1992. The lowest was 52.30% in 2019 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.53% per year.
Virgin Islands (U.S.) ranks 143 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 76%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Virgin Islands (U.S.) sits below it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 23% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
54.36%
First (1990)
65.56%
Change
-17.1%
Highest
70.61%
in 1992
Lowest
52.30%
in 2019
Average
60.49%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.53%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.36% |
| 2024 | 54.47% |
| 2023 | 54.56% |
| 2022 | 54.52% |
| 2021 | 53.56% |
| 2020 | 52.45% |
| 2019 | 52.3% |
| 2018 | 55.07% |
| 2017 | 59.14% |
| 2016 | 58.32% |
| 2015 | 58.65% |
| 2014 | 56.27% |
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.