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Virgin Islands (U.S.) — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Virgin Islands (U.S.), 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
11.44%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +4.8% since 1991
Unemployment for Virgin Islands (U.S.) was 11.44% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 14.37% in 2020. The lowest was 9.52% in 2007 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.14% per year.
Virgin Islands (U.S.) ranks 30 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 16%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so Virgin Islands (U.S.) sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 20% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
11.44%
First (1991)
10.92%
Change
+4.8%
Highest
14.37%
in 2020
Lowest
9.52%
in 2007
Average
11.07%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.14%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.44% |
| 2024 | 11.42% |
| 2023 | 11.36% |
| 2022 | 12.09% |
| 2021 | 13.51% |
| 2020 | 14.37% |
| 2019 | 11.77% |
| 2018 | 11.7% |
| 2017 | 11.45% |
| 2016 | 11.73% |
| 2015 | 11.65% |
| 2014 | 11.87% |
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.