Employers, female (% of female employment) in Barbados
Barbados: Employers, female (% of female employment) was 0.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Barbados, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employers, female (% of female employment) in Barbados is 0.5%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, female (% of female employment) in Barbados peaked at 0.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2000.
Barbados ranks 175th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.4% | — |
| 1992 | 0.2% | -50.0% |
| 1993 | 0.4% | +102.4% |
| 1994 | 0.4% | -21.1% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -46.8% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 0.5% | +159.3% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | -63.3% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +97.6% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -36.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +134.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -9.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -10.4% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +14.9% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -29.3% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -13.1% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +26.2% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +26.4% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | +1.5% |
| 2025 | 0.5% | +1.9% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 0.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.1%, 25% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 0.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.4%, 22% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, female (% of female employment) in Barbados changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +159.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| 2003 | +134.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More work & labour data for Barbados
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7079 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.6853 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7302 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9854 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.8257 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 114.42 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 165.89 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 97.75 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 96.95 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 194.7 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, female (% of female employment) in Barbados?
- Employers, female (% of female employment) in Barbados was 0.5% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- How does Barbados rank for employers, female (% of female employment)?
- Barbados ranks 175th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).