Barbados vs Canada: Labor force participation rate

Barbados

64.7%

in 2025

Canada

64.5%

in 2025

Barbados rank

66th

Canada rank

69th

Labor force participation rate over time

Barbados currently reports 64.7% against 64.5% in Canada, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 66th and Canada ranks 69th of 186 countries.

Indicator: Labor force participation rate
Unit: %
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 186 places, 6,682 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the working-age population (ages 15 and over) who are economically active (employed or unemployed).