Labor force, female in Barbados
Barbados: Labor force, female was 49.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Labor force, female in Barbados, 1990–2025
Source: International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database. Measured in % of total labor force.
Analysis
In 2025, labor force, female in Barbados stood at 49.7%.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, female in Barbados peaked at 50.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 46.6%, in 1990.
That places Barbados 13th out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Labor force, female in Barbados, year by year
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 46.6% | — |
| 1991 | 46.8% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 47.1% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 47.2% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 47.3% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 47.7% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 48.4% | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 47.9% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 48.1% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 48.2% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 48.2% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 48.3% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 48.4% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 48.5% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 48.6% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 48.8% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 48.9% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 49.1% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 49.3% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 49.4% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 49.5% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 49.6% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 49.3% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 49.6% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 50.4% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 49.8% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 50.0% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 49.8% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 49.4% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 50.0% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 49.8% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 49.8% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 49.3% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 49.5% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 49.7% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 49.7% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.5% | 46.6% | 48.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.7% | 48.2% | 49.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.7% | 49.3% | 50.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.6% | 49.3% | 49.8% | 6 |
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More education data for Barbados
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,592 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, female in Barbados?
- Labor force, female in Barbados was 49.7% in 2025, according to International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database.
- What is the highest labor force, female recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 50.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest labor force, female recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.6% in 1990.
- How does Barbados rank for labor force, female?
- Barbados ranks 13th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, female rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database, published as part of Labor force, female (% of total labor force). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.