Female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025 in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025 was 62.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025 in Saint Lucia, 1991–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025 in Saint Lucia is 62.9%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025 in Saint Lucia peaked at 65.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 48.5%, in 1991.
That places Saint Lucia 42nd out of 194 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025 in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 48.5% | — |
| 1993 | 61.2% | +26.1% |
| 1994 | 59.6% | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 58.2% | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 58.1% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 59.7% | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 59.5% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 62.0% | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 62.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 53.6% | -13.5% |
| 2003 | 62.4% | +16.4% |
| 2004 | 61.8% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 60.8% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 61.4% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 59.3% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 52.4% | -11.6% |
| 2009 | 57.5% | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 61.8% | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 64.6% | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 63.4% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 61.4% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 64.6% | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 64.7% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 65.0% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 62.2% | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 63.9% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 63.4% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 62.3% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 62.4% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 62.9% | +0.9% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 62.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 52.2%, 1.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 62.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.7%, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025 in Saint Lucia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +26.1% | 48.5% | 61.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.4% | 48.5% | 62.0% | 8 |
| 2000s | 59.0% | 52.4% | 62.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 63.6% | 61.4% | 65.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 62.8% | 62.2% | 63.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 39 Kazakhstan 63.3% compare
- 40 Seychelles 63.3% compare
- 41 Australia 63.2% compare
- 43 Switzerland 62.8% compare
- 44 Singapore 62.5% compare
- 45 Azerbaijan 61.9% compare
- 45 Estonia 61.9% compare
More work & labour data for Saint Lucia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.9619 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.9107 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.01 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8203 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.03 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 48.56 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 133.72 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 55.65 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 52.55 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 108.21 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025 in Saint Lucia?
- Female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025 in Saint Lucia was 62.9% in 2025, according to Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025 recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 65.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025 recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.5% in 1991.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025?
- Saint Lucia ranks 42nd out of 194 countries with data for 2025.
- Is female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025 rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Female labor force participation rate: 1980 vs. 2025. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of the female working-age population who are economically active (employed or unemployed). Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.