AlbertaLabour1990–2025 · Annual
How did the participation rate for people aged 15 and over change in Alberta?
The answer
Participation rate for people aged 15 and over decreased in Alberta.
What this answer shows
- Measure
- Participation rate for people aged 15 and over
- Area shown
- Alberta
- Period
- 1990–2025Annual
- Unit
- Percent
Selected details
- Measure
- Participation rate
- Age group
- 15 years and over
Participation rate for people aged 15 and over fell from 72.5% to 68.9% between 1990 and 2025—a decrease of 3.6 percentage points. It rose to an observed high of 74.8% in 2008 before falling to 68.9% in 2025.
- Overall change
- -3.6 percentage points
- Decrease
- Start · 1990
- 72.5%
- Latest · 2025
- 68.9%
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Participation rate for people aged 15 and over in Alberta
Annual · 36 observations · 1990–2025
Selected period2025
- Participation rate for people aged 15 and over68.9%
- Observed high
- 74.8%2008
- Observed low
- 68.9%2020
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Exact values36 observations · 1990–2025
| Period | Participation rate for people aged 15 and over |
|---|---|
| 2025Latest | 68.9% |
| 2024 | 69.2% |
| 2023 | 69.5% |
| 2022 | 69.6% |
| 2021 | 69.7% |
| 2020 | 68.9% |
| 2019 | 71.8% |
| 2018 | 71.8% |
| 2017 | 72.1% |
| 2016 | 72.3% |
| 2015 | 73.3% |
| 2014 | 72.8% |
| 2013 | 73.3% |
| 2012 | 73.7% |
| 2011 | 73.8% |
| 2010 | 73.2% |
| 2009 | 74.6% |
| 2008 | 74.8% |
| 2007 | 74.5% |
| 2006 | 73.6% |
| 2005 | 72.7% |
| 2004 | 73.5% |
| 2003 | 73.5% |
| 2002 | 72.9% |
| 2001 | 72.3% |
| 2000 | 72.2% |
| 1999 | 72.6% |
| 1998 | 72.6% |
| 1997 | 72.2% |
| 1996 | 72.3% |
| 1995 | 72.3% |
| 1994 | 72% |
| 1993 | 71.8% |
| 1992 | 72.2% |
| 1991 | 72.6% |
| 1990 | 72.5% |
About this data
Data shown through 2025Table updated
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