Channel Islands: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Channel Islands' labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) fell 0.37 percentage points on 2024 (from 56.73% to 56.36%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.31 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.41 percentage points in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.84 percentage points in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.28 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 94% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 55.92% for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.54%, against 1.01% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Channel Islands had the 131st highest value of the 182 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Channel Islands in the 2025 ranking

• Cabo Verde — 128th of 182: 57.03%
• Honduras — 129th of 182: 56.56%
• New Caledonia — 130th of 182: 56.42%
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 132nd of 182: 56.36%
• Bulgaria — 133rd of 182: 56.12%
• Comoros — 134th of 182: 55.77%

What this measures

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

Limitations: Data on the labor force are compiled by the ILO from labor force surveys, censuses, and establishment censuses and surveys. For some countries a combination of these sources is used. Labor force surveys are the most comprehensive source for internationally comparable labor force data. They can cover all non-institutionalized civilians, all branches and sectors of the economy, and all categories of workers, including people holding multiple jobs. By contrast, labor force data from population censuses are often based on a limited number of questions on the economic characteristics of individuals, with little scope to probe.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 36 values

Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) in nearby economies

• Albania — 64.26% (2025)
• Armenia — 59.39% (2025)
• Austria — 60.12% (2025)
• Azerbaijan — 63.29% (2025)
• Belarus — 62.75% (2025)
• Belgium — 54.27% (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 48.99% (2025)

More social protection & labor data for Channel Islands

• Net migration — 675 (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 45.76% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 50.2% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 48.04% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 64.51% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 79.22% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

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Questions people ask

What is Channel Islands's labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)?

56.36% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.CACT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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