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Unemployment rate in Barbados

Latest: 6.5%
Previous: 6.4%
Change: +0.08 (+1.2%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in Barbados
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	22.4%
Dec 31, 1992	22.9%
Dec 31, 1993	24.5%
Dec 31, 1994	23.0%
Dec 31, 1995	19.7%
Dec 31, 1996	14.7%
Dec 31, 1997	14.6%
Dec 31, 1998	12.4%
Dec 31, 1999	10.6%
Dec 31, 2000	9.4%
Dec 31, 2001	9.9%
Dec 31, 2002	10.3%
Dec 31, 2003	11.0%
Dec 31, 2004	9.6%
Dec 31, 2005	9.1%
Dec 31, 2006	8.7%
Dec 31, 2007	7.4%
Dec 31, 2008	8.1%
Dec 31, 2009	10.0%
Dec 31, 2010	10.7%
Dec 31, 2011	11.2%
Dec 31, 2012	11.6%
Dec 31, 2013	11.6%
Dec 31, 2014	12.2%
Dec 31, 2015	9.8%
Dec 31, 2016	8.2%
Dec 31, 2017	8.6%
Dec 31, 2018	8.3%
Dec 31, 2019	8.4%
Dec 31, 2020	10.6%
Dec 31, 2021	11.0%
Dec 31, 2022	7.3%
Dec 31, 2023	6.5%
Dec 31, 2024	6.4%
Dec 31, 2025	6.5%

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