New BrunswickLabour1990–2025 · Annual
How did the employment rate for people aged 15 and over change in New Brunswick?
The answer
Employment rate for people aged 15 and over increased in New Brunswick.
What this answer shows
- Measure
- Employment rate for people aged 15 and over
- Area shown
- New Brunswick
- Period
- 1990–2025Annual
- Unit
- Percent
Selected details
- Measure
- Employment rate
- Age group
- 15 years and over
Employment rate for people aged 15 and over rose from 52.8% to 56.2% between 1990 and 2025—an increase of 3.4 percentage points. It reached an observed high of 59.3% in 2008 before ending at 56.2% in 2025.
- Overall change
- +3.4 percentage points
- Increase
- Start · 1990
- 52.8%
- Latest · 2025
- 56.2%
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Employment rate for people aged 15 and over in New Brunswick
Annual · 36 observations · 1990–2025
Selected period2025
- Employment rate for people aged 15 and over56.2%
- Observed high
- 59.3%2008
- Observed low
- 51.1%1994
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Exact values36 observations · 1990–2025
| Period | Employment rate for people aged 15 and over |
|---|---|
| 2025Latest | 56.2% |
| 2024 | 56.3% |
| 2023 | 56.4% |
| 2022 | 56.1% |
| 2021 | 55.7% |
| 2020 | 54.3% |
| 2019 | 56.4% |
| 2018 | 56.5% |
| 2017 | 56.8% |
| 2016 | 56.7% |
| 2015 | 56.5% |
| 2014 | 57% |
| 2013 | 57.1% |
| 2012 | 56.8% |
| 2011 | 57.4% |
| 2010 | 58.2% |
| 2009 | 58.9% |
| 2008 | 59.3% |
| 2007 | 58.9% |
| 2006 | 57.6% |
| 2005 | 57.1% |
| 2004 | 57.5% |
| 2003 | 56.6% |
| 2002 | 56.9% |
| 2001 | 55% |
| 2000 | 55.4% |
| 1999 | 54.7% |
| 1998 | 53.2% |
| 1997 | 52.3% |
| 1996 | 51.8% |
| 1995 | 52.4% |
| 1994 | 51.1% |
| 1993 | 51.5% |
| 1992 | 51.2% |
| 1991 | 51.3% |
| 1990 | 52.8% |
About this data
Data shown through 2025Table updated
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