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Channel Islands
Channel Islands places highest on Vulnerable Employment (top 5% worldwide) and lowest on Labour Force Participation Rate (bottom 28%).
Channel Islands in the Nations Inquiry Country Index
Channel Islands appears in 14 of the statistics tracked here, but is not placed in the Country Index: the index needs a standing on three quarters of its topics, and Channel Islands is measured on too few of them. Every published reading below is unaffected.
At a glance
Land area
198
km²
since 1961
Unemployment
6.169
% of the labour force
since 1991
The newest published figure for each, the year it describes and who published it, with a line showing how it has moved.
01The country
About Channel Islands
02Country Index 2026
Where it stands, topic by topic
Strongest first. Each position is Channel Islands’s place among the countries with a standing on that topic, built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things.
76thof 182
From 3 of 4 key statistics
No standing — Channel Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Channel Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Channel Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Channel Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Channel Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Channel Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Channel Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Channel Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Channel Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Channel Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Channel Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
Each standing is built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things. Select a subject for Channel Islands’s readings on it, or see every statistic held for Channel Islands in the table further down this page.
03Highs and lows
Where Channel Islands stands out
The two ends of its own record: every statistic on which Channel Islands sits within ten places of the best or worst in the world, plus its strongest and weakest readings overall. Each is turned into a percentile — its place among every country measured — which is what lets a hunger score and a press-freedom rank be compared at all.
Where Channel Islands does best3
No area reaches the world's top third. These are Channel Islands's strongest results relative to its own record. 1 is within ten places of the best in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 10thVulnerable Employmenttop 5%
Position · derived 173rd of 182 · 1 = worst · 4.173 · 2025
world median 28.67 (better)
- Access to Electricitytop 28%
Not ranked by the publisher · 100 · 2024
world median 100 · ▼ 8 pts since 2014
- Organic Agricultural Areatop 35%
Position · derived 56th of 150 · 2.1 · 2024
world median 0.725 (better) · ▼ 6 pts since 2014
Where Channel Islands struggles most3
Nothing falls into the world's bottom third — these are Channel Islands's weakest areas even so.
- Labour Force Participation Ratebottom 28%
Position · derived 131st of 182 · 56.36 · 2025
world median 61.66 (worse) · ▼ 9 pts since 2015
- Employment-to-Population Ratiobottom 30%
Position · derived 128th of 182 · 52.88 · 2025
world median 57.72 (worse) · ▼ 11 pts since 2015
- Female Labour Force Participation Ratebottom 34%
Position · derived 120th of 182 · 49.25 · 2025
world median 53.36 (worse) · ▼ 11 pts since 2015
A band is a place among the countries each publisher scores, so Channel Islands can move because other countries moved. See the Country Index for the full method.
04Over time
Which way it is moving
The published rank in widely quoted reports, edition by edition — each end with the size of that year’s field — and the statistics, not already named above, on which it has gained or lost the most ground.
Gaining ground
Where Channel Islands has climbed against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
- Youth Unemployment Rate+7 pts since 2015
Losing ground
Where Channel Islands has slipped against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
Nothing further moved meaningfully in this direction.
05In context
Channel Islands and its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place in the world ranking, not within the region.
Shares a land border with
Channel Islands has no land border with another country.
Across Northern Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its position in the world.
- =2
Ireland - 4
Denmark - 5
Sweden - 8
Norway - 9
Iceland - 10
Finland - 17
United Kingdom - 19
Lithuania - 22
Estonia - 27
Latvia - —Channel Islandsnot placed
- —
Faroe Islandsnot placed - —
Isle of Mannot placed
06The evidence
Every statistic we hold for Channel Islands
Grouped by topic. Each row gives the newest edition’s rank or position, the published value and the year the numbers describe — select a row for the world median, the best in the world and the trend.
Work & Labour10
Employment in Agriculture155th of 182position · derived2.061Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)2025
Bottom fifth · bottom 15% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
Channel Islands 2.061 · world median 14.38
Highest 85.34 (Burundi)
No real change since 2015
Employment in Industry152nd of 182position · derived12.65Employment in industry (% of total employment)2025
Bottom fifth · bottom 17% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Employment in industry (% of total employment)
Channel Islands 12.65 · world median 18.88
Highest 39.44 (Oman)
▼ -8 percentile points since 2015
Employment in Services6th of 182position · derived85.29Employment in services (% of total employment)2025
Top fifth · top 3% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Employment in services (% of total employment)
Channel Islands 85.29 · world median 59.51
Highest 92.17 (Djibouti)
No real change since 2015
Employment-to-Population Ratio128th of 182position · derived52.88Employed share of the population aged 15+ (%)2025
Lower middle · bottom 30% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Employed share of the population aged 15+ (%)
Channel Islands 52.88 · world median 57.72 (worse)
Best in the world 86.9 (Qatar)
▼ -11 percentile points since 2015
Female Labour Force Participation Rate120th of 182position · derived49.25Women aged 15+ in the labour force (%)2025
Lower middle · bottom 34% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Women aged 15+ in the labour force (%)
Channel Islands 49.25 · world median 53.36 (worse)
Best in the world 82.91 (Madagascar)
▼ -11 percentile points since 2015
Labour Force Participation Rate131st of 182position · derived56.36Population aged 15+ in the labour force (%)2025
Lower middle · bottom 28% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Population aged 15+ in the labour force (%)
Channel Islands 56.36 · world median 61.66 (worse)
Best in the world 87.01 (Qatar)
▼ -9 percentile points since 2015
Self-Employment Rate167th of 182position · derived8.565Self-employed (% of total employment)2025
Bottom fifth · bottom 8% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Self-employed (% of total employment)
Channel Islands 8.565 · world median 31.84
Highest 91.56 (Chad)
No real change since 2015
Unemployment Rate69th of 182position · derived · 1 = worst6.169Unemployment (% of labour force)2025
Lower middle · bottom 38% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Unemployment (% of labour force)
Channel Islands 6.169 · world median 5.084 (worse)
Best in the world 0.13 (Qatar)
No real change since 2015
Vulnerable Employment173rd of 182position · derived · 1 = worst4.173Vulnerable employment (% of total employment)2025
Top fifth · top 5% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Vulnerable employment (% of total employment)
Channel Islands 4.173 · world median 28.67 (better)
Best in the world 0.456 (Qatar)
No real change since 2015
Youth Unemployment Rate80th of 182position · derived · 1 = worst14.13Unemployment, ages 15-24 (% of youth labour force)2025
Middle · bottom 44% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Unemployment, ages 15-24 (% of youth labour force)
Channel Islands 14.13 · world median 12.83 (worse)
Best in the world 0.457 (Niger)
▲ +7 percentile points since 2015
Development & Human Capital3
Access to Electricitytop 28%100Population with electricity access (%)2024
Upper middle · top 28% of 215 countries measured
World Bank Group · Population with electricity access (%)
Channel Islands 100 · world median 100
Best in the world 100 (122 countries tied)
▼ -8 percentile points since 2014
Agricultural Irrigated Land61st of 121position · derived3.66Irrigated share of agricultural land (%)2023
Middle · top 50% of 121 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Irrigated share of agricultural land (%)
Channel Islands 3.66 · world median 3.66
Highest 89.04 (Bangladesh)
No earlier reading to compare
Organic Agricultural Area56th of 150position · derived2.1Organic share of agricultural land (%)2024
Upper middle · top 35% of 156 countries measured · 156 share 150 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Organic share of agricultural land (%)
Channel Islands 2.1 · world median 0.725 (better)
Best in the world 86.38 (Samoa)
▼ -6 percentile points since 2014
Environment & Sustainability1
Agricultural Emissions193rd of 193position · derived0Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq)2023
Bottom fifth · bottom 1% of 198 countries measured · 198 share 193 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq)
Channel Islands 0 · world median 8,635
Highest 1,044,508 (India)
No real change since 2013
Not currently covered
The newest edition of these reports does not include Channel Islands. Usually the publisher does not cover it; sometimes it has dropped out of a ranking it used to appear in.
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
- Adjusted Net Savings
- Adult Literacy Rate
- Agricultural Land · last seen 2021
- Agriculture Orientation Index
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) · last seen 2023
- Arable Land per Person
- Average Weekly Hours Worked
- Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff
- Business Ready: Operational Efficiency
- Business Ready: Public Services
- Business Ready: Regulatory Framework
- Cereal Import Dependency Ratio
- Cereal Yield
- Child Marriage
- Children with Functional Difficulties
- Civic Space Ratings
- Coefficient of Human Inequality
- Completeness of Birth Registration
- Container Port Traffic
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Cost of Sending Remittances
- Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
- Crop Production Index
- Deaths in Organized Violence
- Debt Service on External Debt
- Dietary Energy Supply
- Ecological Footprint
- Economic Complexity Index
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months
- Expected Years of Schooling
- Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)
- External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)
- Fatal Occupational Injuries
- Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence
- Female Share of Senior and Middle Management
- Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare
- Firms with a Female Top Manager
- Food Production Index
- Forest Area · last seen 2021
- GDP Growth · last seen 2023
- GDP per Capita (PPP)
- GDP per Person Employed
- Gender Development Index
- Gender Inequality Index
- Gender Social Norms Index
- General Government Consumption
- Gini Index
- Global Innovation Index
- Global Militarisation Index
- Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
- Global Report on Food Crises
- Global Violent Deaths
- GNI per Capita (PPP)
- Government AI Readiness Index
- Government Effectiveness
- Government Funding per Primary Student
- Government Spending on Education
- Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)
- Gross Savings (% of GDP)
- Household Consumption
- Human Capital Index
- Human Development Index
- ICT Goods Exports
- Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)
- Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary
- Income Share Held by Lowest 20%
- Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) · last seen 2023
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- INFORM Risk Index
- INFORM Severity Index
- Informal Employment Rate
- Internal Displacements by Disaster
- Labour Income Share
- Labour Productivity per Hour Worked
- Land Under Cereal Production
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
- Livestock Density
- Livestock Production Index
- Logistics Performance Index
- Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) · last seen 2023
- Maternal Mortality Ratio
- Mean Years of Schooling
- Net Official Development Assistance Received
- Open Data Inventory
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary
- Pesticide Use per Hectare
- Physical Violence Index
- PISA Mathematics Performance
- PISA Reading Performance
- PISA Science Performance
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
- Political Stability and Absence of Violence
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day
- Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
- Prevalence of Undernourishment
- Primary Completion Rate
- Prosperity Gap
- Public Sector Employment
- Public Sector Wage Bill
- Regulatory Quality
- Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita
- Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
- Research and Development Spending
- Rule of Law
- School Life Expectancy
- Secondary School Enrolment
- Social Institutions and Gender Index
- Social Protection Coverage
- Statistical Performance Indicators
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
- Tertiary Enrolment Ratio
- Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP) · last seen 2007
- Trade (% of GDP)
- Trade Union Density
- Under-Five Mortality Rate
- Upper Secondary Attainment
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate
- V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index
- Violent Discipline of Children
- Voice and Accountability
- Water Stress
- Water Withdrawal by Sector
- Women, Business and the Law
- Working Poverty Rate
- World Energy Trilemma Index
- World Risk Index
- Youth Literacy Rate
- Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training
07Keep reading
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08Method
Sources and how to read them
How to read this page
- The scores and ranks belong to their publishers. Nothing is adjusted, rescaled or re-ranked; each is reproduced from the edition named beside it. Where a row says position · derived, the publisher ranks nobody on that measure and the position is ours, made by ordering the published score.
- Each statistic shows its newest edition, which is not always the edition the Country Index uses: the index pins every source to one data year so its average compares like with like.
How a standing is built from percentiles, why Channel Islands can move because other countries moved, and why publishers measure between 120 and 215 countries each are set out in full in how a standing is made and what a standing cannot tell you.
Sources
- Statistics: 3 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
- Capital, languages, currency, codes: Wikidata, public domain (CC0).
- Map and land borders: Natural Earth, public domain. Borders are de facto — where administration actually changes — not claimed.
Photographs
The photograph of Channel Islands on this page comes from Wikimedia Commons and is shown in greyscale. The photographer and the licence are named beside each one.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Channel Islands: country statistics, rankings and trends. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/channel-islands