Barbados Youth Unemployment Rate (1991-2025)

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Barbados youth unemployment rate for 2025 was 18.48%, a 0.43% increase from 2024.

Barbados youth unemployment rate for 2024 was 18.05%, a 0.22% decline from 2023.
Barbados youth unemployment rate for 2023 was 18.26%, a 2.76% decline from 2022.
Barbados youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 21.03%, a 7.22% decline from 2021.

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Barbados Youth Unemployment Rate | Historical Data | 1991 - 2025.