Unemployment Rates by District and Sex (Annual) 2010 to 2023

District of Residence	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total Both Sexes	20.64	21.19	21.42	23.33	24.38	24.09	21.26	20.17	20.18	16.83	21.69	21.94	16.5	14.0
Castries City	22.10	18.93	9.24	19.11	17.47	15.78	22.24	16.96	28.32	15.38	18.96	20.79	11.5	18.3
Castries Rural	18.60	20.17	16.82	21.68	21.19	22.61	20.34	18.86	18.36	13.49	17.92	20.98	16.9	16.9
Anse la Raye/Canaries	26.48	20.11	33.79	30.32	28.65	32.32	19.58	17.50	14.48	16.38	10.33	20.13	12.1	14.8
Soufriere	19.62	23.26	24.34	19.46	23.10	11.72	11.98	18.13	20.35	10.64	22.94	13.52	7.9	8.1
Choiseul	20.30	21.60	20.82	25.22	25.60	32.32	17.94	25.71	32.16	17.22	24.25	22.21	20.0	8.9
Laborie	26.60	18.25	18.54	24.17	11.90	12.41	14.63	18.26	13.08	18.73	30.15	21.58	17.1	10.6
Vieux Fort	25.33	27.89	32.82	38.93	42.49	41.81	35.74	34.05	33.22	32.40	33.33	32.28	28.2	22.2
Micoud	27.22	22.81	17.70	20.59	27.05	25.63	21.61	20.01	14.23	18.35	25.17	18.88	12.9	14.3
Dennery	24.15	24.52	34.18	25.32	29.51	33.26	33.00	20.36	24.01	20.43	26.50	32.01	19.3	10.8
Gros Islet	13.62	18.48	19.34	17.05	15.30	14.56	15.27	15.62	16.02	16.39	18.08	21.17	13.5	6.8

Total Male	19.49	19.23	19.42	21.34	20.86	21.34	19.39	18.11	18.53	14.90	18.47	20.09	14.8	11.2
Castries City	21.99	20.03	10.48	18.10	23.55	16.57	25.26	14.76	33.08	21.47	22.27	22.68	11.0	25.4
Castries Rural	18.18	20.64	17.70	21.78	20.39	23.14	19.37	18.07	17.35	12.80	15.26	20.78	17.1	13.2
Anse la Raye/Canaries	23.74	21.54	24.86	26.34	24.80	31.29	20.47	16.21	15.51	13.13	7.08	16.35	10.8	13.7
Soufriere	19.33	14.17	20.39	16.10	18.35	13.55	11.25	16.68	19.09	12.72	23.97	15.90	9.8	7.4
Choiseul	19.80	18.20	15.54	22.65	20.83	17.57	16.51	27.92	27.25	19.67	25.85	20.83	12.8	7.1
Laborie	23.64	15.44	13.77	18.09	5.37	11.49	9.82	13.77	7.07	10.58	22.40	12.99	10.7	8.4
Vieux Fort	21.74	24.90	27.49	35.13	37.57	32.22	32.69	32.80	29.93	24.03	27.18	28.78	27.4	23.2
Micoud	23.76	20.44	11.24	13.34	14.01	10.24	11.79	11.95	8.59	9.70	17.16	9.54	6.8	5.6
Dennery	22.23	19.35	32.41	22.82	24.13	31.14	26.70	14.39	20.42	17.34	22.51	28.61	10.4	7.4
Gros Islet	13.29	14.38	17.80	16.41	13.29	15.14	16.53	15.59	16.48	17.19	15.74	22.01	13.7	7.3

Total Female	22.00	23.30	23.64	25.52	28.37	27.44	23.48	22.45	22.11	18.94	24.96	23.86	18.6	17.3
Castries City	22.22	17.71	8.27	20.17	10.03	14.67	19.19	19.16	22.51	9.40	16.97	18.97	11.8	10.5
Castries Rural	19.08	19.66	15.91	21.57	22.06	21.93	21.47	19.70	19.39	14.20	20.60	21.19	16.8	21.4
Anse la Raye/Canaries	30.36	18.76	44.35	36.08	32.54	34.75	18.12	19.33	13.19	20.30	13.10	25.00	13.9	16.2
Soufriere	20.00	32.98	29.20	23.66	28.52	9.32	12.78	20.13	22.10	8.20	21.76	11.09	5.3	8.9
Choiseul	21.01	25.40	28.31	29.16	32.20	54.98	19.65	23.35	38.84	14.31	22.61	23.58	25.7	10.8
Laborie	30.70	21.54	23.78	30.49	21.68	14.08	20.25	23.94	22.48	29.50	38.95	31.95	24.8	16.7
Vieux Fort	30.09	31.68	39.73	43.09	48.81	54.17	39.85	35.28	37.59	41.52	39.22	35.57	29.2	21.2
Micoud	31.91	26.02	25.72	28.86	41.55	41.86	33.92	29.89	21.99	31.55	35.74	28.60	22.1	25.9
Dennery	26.66	30.25	36.24	28.36	35.61	35.33	40.54	28.69	28.20	23.87	31.14	35.90	31.2	14.8
Gros Islet	13.98	21.96	20.94	17.69	17.43	14.01	13.98	15.64	15.51	15.63	20.28	20.38	13.4	6.1
Note: Data for 2010 is from the Housing and Population Census and 2011 to 2020 is from the Labour Force Survey
Source: Central Statistical Office, Labour Force Survey
Last updated by on the 28/5/2024 by Martha Joseph

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