New BrunswickLabour1990–2025 · Annual

How did the participation rate for people aged 15 and over change in New Brunswick?

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Participation rate for people aged 15 and over increased in New Brunswick.

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Measure
Participation rate for people aged 15 and over
Area shown
New Brunswick
Period
1990–2025Annual
Unit
Percent

Selected details

Measure
Participation rate
Age group
15 years and over

Participation rate for people aged 15 and over rose from 60% to 60.5% between 1990 and 2025—an increase of 0.5 percentage points. It reached an observed high of 65% in 2008 before ending at 60.5% in 2025.

Overall change
+0.5 percentage points
Increase
Start · 1990
60%
Latest · 2025
60.5%

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Participation rate for people aged 15 and over in New Brunswick

Annual · 36 observations · 1990–2025

Selected period2025
  • Participation rate for people aged 15 and over60.5%
Observed high
65%2008
Observed low
58.4%1994
Participation rate for people aged 15 and over rose from 60% to 60.5% between 1990 and 2025—an increase of 0.5 percentage points. It reached an observed high of 65% in 2008 before ending at 60.5% in 2025. The chart covers 1990 to 2025. Values are shown in Percent.Percent56%58%60%62%64%66%199019962002200820132019202560%60.5%

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Exact values36 observations · 1990–2025

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Participation rate for people aged 15 and over in New Brunswick
PeriodParticipation rate for people aged 15 and over
2025Latest60.5%
202460.6%
202360.4%
202260.5%
202161.4%
202060.6%
201961.4%
201861.5%
201761.9%
201662.8%
201562.8%
201463.4%
201363.7%
201263.5%
201163.5%
201064.2%
200964.7%
200865%
200763.8%
200663.5%
200563.2%
200463.8%
200363.1%
200263.3%
200161.9%
200061.6%
199960.8%
199860.6%
199759.9%
199658.7%
199559.1%
199458.4%
199358.9%
199258.9%
199158.8%
199060%

About this data

Data shown through 2025Table updated

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