Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate in Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income
Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income: Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate was 7.42 in 2027. ▼ Falling
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate in Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income, 2004–2027
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income recorded 7.42 for potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate in 2027. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate in Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income peaked at 12.1 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7.42, in 2027.
That places Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income 31st out of 87 groups with data for 2027, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate in Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 10.08 | — |
| 2005 | 9.82 | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 9.61 | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 9.42 | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 9 | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 9.22 | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 9.21 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 9.02 | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 9 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 8.65 | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 8.17 | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 8.27 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 8.71 | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 9.02 | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 9.09 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 9.12 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 12.1 | +32.6% |
| 2021 | 9.96 | -17.7% |
| 2022 | 8.36 | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 7.93 | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 7.76 | -2.2% |
| 2025 | 7.5 | -3.4% |
| 2026 | 7.44 | -0.7% |
| 2027 | 7.42 | -0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate in Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +32.6% | 9.12 | 12.1 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.52 | 9 | 10.08 | 6 |
| 2010s | 8.83 | 8.17 | 9.21 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.56 | 7.42 | 12.1 | 8 |
More work & labour data for Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 290,727 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 62.39 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 175,263 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.77 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.14 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 43,867 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 19,918 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 59.41 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.35 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.859 % change on previous year (2027)
All data for Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income →
Frequently asked questions
- What is potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate in Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income?
- Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate in Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income was 7.42 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 12.1 in 2020.
- What is the lowest potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.42 in 2027.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income rank for potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate?
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income ranks 31st out of 87 groups with data for 2027.
- Is potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate (ILO modelled estimates). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. The potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers includes those who have been recently searching for a job but are not available to work within a short reference period, those who have not searched recently for a job, but they are available to work within a short reference period, and finally those who do not fall in neither of the previous categories but that wanted employment. The rate refers to this group divided by the sum of the extended labour force and willing non-jobseekers. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.