British ColumbiaLabour1990–2025 · Annual
How did the employment rate for people aged 15 and over change in British Columbia?
The answer
Employment rate for people aged 15 and over decreased in British Columbia.
What this answer shows
- Measure
- Employment rate for people aged 15 and over
- Area shown
- British Columbia
- Period
- 1990–2025Annual
- Unit
- Percent
Selected details
- Measure
- Employment rate
- Age group
- 15 years and over
Employment rate for people aged 15 and over fell from 61.3% to 60.9% between 1990 and 2025—a decrease of 0.4 percentage points. It reached an observed low of 58.6% in 2020 before ending at 60.9% in 2025.
- Overall change
- -0.4 percentage points
- Decrease
- Start · 1990
- 61.3%
- Latest · 2025
- 60.9%
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Employment rate for people aged 15 and over in British Columbia
Annual · 36 observations · 1990–2025
Selected period2025
- Employment rate for people aged 15 and over60.9%
- Observed high
- 63.3%2007
- Observed low
- 58.6%2020
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Exact values36 observations · 1990–2025
| Period | Employment rate for people aged 15 and over |
|---|---|
| 2025Latest | 60.9% |
| 2024 | 61.6% |
| 2023 | 62.4% |
| 2022 | 62.5% |
| 2021 | 61.6% |
| 2020 | 58.6% |
| 2019 | 63.3% |
| 2018 | 62.6% |
| 2017 | 62.6% |
| 2016 | 61.2% |
| 2015 | 60.2% |
| 2014 | 60.1% |
| 2013 | 60.5% |
| 2012 | 60.8% |
| 2011 | 60.2% |
| 2010 | 60.6% |
| 2009 | 61% |
| 2008 | 63.2% |
| 2007 | 63.3% |
| 2006 | 62.6% |
| 2005 | 61.6% |
| 2004 | 60.5% |
| 2003 | 60.3% |
| 2002 | 59.5% |
| 2001 | 59.1% |
| 2000 | 60.1% |
| 1999 | 59.7% |
| 1998 | 59.2% |
| 1997 | 60.1% |
| 1996 | 59.9% |
| 1995 | 60.6% |
| 1994 | 61% |
| 1993 | 60.2% |
| 1992 | 60.1% |
| 1991 | 60.3% |
| 1990 | 61.3% |
About this data
Data shown through 2025Table updated
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