Newfoundland and LabradorLabour1990–2025 · Annual
How did the participation rate for people aged 15 and over change in Newfoundland and Labrador?
The answer
Participation rate for people aged 15 and over increased in Newfoundland and Labrador.
What this answer shows
- Measure
- Participation rate for people aged 15 and over
- Area shown
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- 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 56.7% to 57.8% between 1990 and 2025—an increase of 1.1 percentage points. It reached an observed high of 62.1% in 2012 before ending at 57.8% in 2025.
- Overall change
- +1.1 percentage points
- Increase
- Start · 1990
- 56.7%
- Latest · 2025
- 57.8%
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Participation rate for people aged 15 and over in Newfoundland and Labrador
Annual · 36 observations · 1990–2025
Selected period2025
- Participation rate for people aged 15 and over57.8%
- Observed high
- 62.1%2012
- Observed low
- 52.5%1996
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Exact values36 observations · 1990–2025
| Period | Participation rate for people aged 15 and over |
|---|---|
| 2025Latest | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 58.3% |
| 2023 | 57.6% |
| 2022 | 58.3% |
| 2021 | 57.5% |
| 2020 | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 58.7% |
| 2018 | 59.1% |
| 2017 | 59.5% |
| 2016 | 60.7% |
| 2015 | 61.8% |
| 2014 | 61.4% |
| 2013 | 61.8% |
| 2012 | 62.1% |
| 2011 | 60.8% |
| 2010 | 60.3% |
| 2009 | 59.2% |
| 2008 | 59.7% |
| 2007 | 59.4% |
| 2006 | 59.3% |
| 2005 | 58.7% |
| 2004 | 59.1% |
| 2003 | 59.1% |
| 2002 | 58.2% |
| 2001 | 56.8% |
| 2000 | 55.5% |
| 1999 | 56.2% |
| 1998 | 54.2% |
| 1997 | 52.7% |
| 1996 | 52.5% |
| 1995 | 53.1% |
| 1994 | 53.8% |
| 1993 | 53.9% |
| 1992 | 54.4% |
| 1991 | 56.2% |
| 1990 | 56.7% |
About this data
Data shown through 2025Table updated
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