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Topic 03 of 18 · Country Index 2026
United States Virgin Islands: Work & Labour
Can people find work, and on what terms?
United States Virgin Islands is placed 89th of 182 countries on work & labour in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Employment-to-Population Ratio 48.14 (2025); Labour Income Share 55.98 (2025).
Share
Work & Labour
89th
of 182 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place United States Virgin Islands on work & labour — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Employment-to-Population Ratio
International Labour Organization (ILO)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
48.14
Employed share of the population aged 15+ (%)
Higher is better
United States Virgin Islands: 48.14. Across the 182 countries in this edition, values run from 21.21 (São Tomé and Príncipe) to 86.9 (Qatar); the world median is 57.72.
- World median
- 57.72
- Best in Caribbean
- 67.28 Jamaica
Key 3 of 4
Unemployment Rate
International Labour Organization (ILO)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
11.44
Unemployment (% of labour force)
Lower is better
United States Virgin Islands: 11.44. Across the 182 countries in this edition, values run from 0.13 (Qatar) to 34.2 (Eswatini); the world median is 5.084.
- World median
- 5.084
- Best in Caribbean
- 1.746 Cuba
Key 4 of 4
Vulnerable Employment
International Labour Organization (ILO)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
5.474
Vulnerable employment (% of total employment)
Lower is better
United States Virgin Islands: 5.474. Across the 182 countries in this edition, values run from 0.456 (Qatar) to 90.22 (Chad); the world median is 28.67.
- World median
- 28.67
- Best in Caribbean
- 5.474 United States Virgin Islands
02Over time
Which way United States Virgin Islands is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Employment-to-Population Ratio
Employed share of the population aged 15+ (%) · higher is better
United States Virgin IslandsWorld median
United States Virgin Islands fell from 54.01 in 2000 to 48.14 in 2025; the world median went from 55.86 to 57.72.
Every year’s figures
Year United States Virgin Islands World median 2025 48.14 57.720 2024 48.25 57.694 2023 48.37 58.158 2022 47.93 57.688 2021 46.33 56.066 2020 44.92 55.691 2019 46.15 57.871 2018 48.62 56.911 2017 52.37 56.738 2016 51.48 56.845 2015 51.82 56.788 2014 49.59 56.774 2013 50.23 56.229 2012 53.47 56.289 2011 54.51 56.297 2010 54.16 56.212 2009 56.05 56.255 2008 56.96 57.308 2007 57.32 56.933 2006 56.69 56.685 2005 56.13 56.129 2004 55.26 55.465 2003 53.43 55.630 2002 54.98 55.843 2001 56.06 56.018 2000 54.01 55.861 Labour Income Share
Labour income share of GDP (%) · higher is better
United States Virgin IslandsWorld median
United States Virgin Islands rose from 55.85 in 2004 to 55.98 in 2025; the world median went from 46.01 to 46.23.
Every year’s figures
Year United States Virgin Islands World median 2025 55.981 46.230 2024 55.978 46.060 2023 57.819 45.900 2022 55.977 45.615 2021 54.829 45.433 2020 57.921 47.267 2019 55.770 46.277 2018 55.866 46.187 2017 56.110 46.467 2016 55.898 46.798 2015 56.092 46.876 2014 56.227 47.281 2013 56.655 46.887 2012 57.456 46.231 2011 56.859 45.679 2010 56.061 46.024 2009 56.740 47.071 2008 56.028 45.312 2007 55.777 45.246 2006 55.828 45.670 2005 55.830 46.265 2004 55.846 46.012 Unemployment Rate
Unemployment (% of labour force) · lower is better
United States Virgin IslandsWorld median
United States Virgin Islands rose from 9.834 in 2000 to 11.44 in 2025; the world median went from 6.918 to 5.084.
Every year’s figures
Year United States Virgin Islands World median 2025 11.443 5.08 2024 11.423 5.15 2023 11.358 5.21 2022 12.092 5.34 2021 13.508 6.04 2020 14.366 6.38 2019 11.774 5.36 2018 11.703 5.35 2017 11.445 5.59 2016 11.734 5.90 2015 11.649 6.41 2014 11.871 6.58 2013 11.802 6.71 2012 11.387 6.79 2011 11.337 6.90 2010 11.059 7.04 2009 10.864 6.67 2008 9.605 5.79 2007 9.523 6.00 2006 9.734 6.50 2005 10.228 7.09 2004 10.266 6.80 2003 10.574 6.95 2002 10.227 6.91 2001 9.969 6.96 2000 9.834 6.92 Vulnerable Employment
Vulnerable employment (% of total employment) · lower is better
United States Virgin IslandsWorld median
United States Virgin Islands rose from 4.316 in 2000 to 5.474 in 2025; the world median went from 35.67 to 28.67.
Every year’s figures
Year United States Virgin Islands World median 2025 5.474 28.67 2024 5.484 29.04 2023 5.514 29.33 2022 5.569 29.67 2021 5.633 30.01 2020 5.688 30.54 2019 4.876 29.98 2018 4.950 30.15 2017 4.934 29.93 2016 4.879 29.91 2015 4.790 30.26 2014 4.661 30.47 2013 4.469 31.14 2012 4.216 31.00 2011 4.009 31.41 2010 3.954 32.37 2009 3.949 32.59 2008 3.923 31.76 2007 3.973 33.47 2006 4.057 34.27 2005 4.091 34.66 2004 4.152 35.51 2003 4.193 35.90 2002 4.225 35.96 2001 4.263 35.27 2000 4.316 35.67
03In context
United States Virgin Islands beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 182 countries on work & labour, never a place within the region.
United States Virgin Islands and Caribbean
United States Virgin Islands has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 182; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Employment-to-Population RatioEmployed share of the population aged 15+ (%) | Labour Income ShareLabour income share of GDP (%) | Unemployment RateUnemployment (% of labour force) | Vulnerable EmploymentVulnerable employment (% of total employment) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jamaica | 25th | 67.28 | 53.45 | 3.286 | 31.56 |
 Barbados | =54th | 60.47 | 55.58 | 6.524 | 18.8 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 68th | 55.83 | 45.2 | 3.329 | 21.25 |
 Puerto Rico | =72nd | 40.22 | 59 | 5.991 | 10.31 |
 Cuba | =78th | 51.34 | 41.31 | 1.746 | 19.32 |
 Dominican Republic | =83rd | 61.54 | 48.4 | 5.092 | 37.99 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 89th | 48.14 | 55.98 | 11.44 | 5.474 |
 Saint Lucia | 91st | 61.81 | 47.41 | 9.452 | 21.99 |
 Bahamas | 108th | 66.98 | 34.41 | 9.207 | 15.94 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 131st | 55.68 | 46.79 | 18 | 21.96 |
 Haiti | 155th | 54.38 | 52.18 | 14.94 | 76.04 |
 Anguilla | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Aruba | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 British Virgin Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Cayman Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Curaçao | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Dominica | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Grenada | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Montserrat | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Saint Martin | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Sint Maarten | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 182.
- Jamaica25th
- Barbados=54th
- Trinidad and Tobago68th
- Puerto Rico=72nd
- Cuba=78th
- Dominican Republic=83rd
- United States Virgin Islands89th
- Saint Lucia91st
- Bahamas108th
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines131st
- Haiti155th
- Anguillanot placed
- Antigua and Barbudanot placed
- Arubanot placed
- British Virgin Islandsnot placed
- Cayman Islandsnot placed
- Curaçaonot placed
- Dominicanot placed
- Grenadanot placed
- Montserratnot placed
- Saint Kitts and Nevisnot placed
- Saint Martinnot placed
- Sint Maartennot placed
- Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on work & labour
The countries immediately above and below United States Virgin Islands in the topic’s list.
Italy86th
Peru87th
Vanuatu88th- United States Virgin Islands89th
Timor-Leste90th- Saint Lucia91st
Argentina=92nd
04Context, no vote
Where United States Virgin Islands is ahead of the world, and behind
11 more statistics filed under work & labour, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median3
Statistics on which United States Virgin Islands does better than the middle country measured.
Labour Productivity per Hour WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 22.1661.8422.16▼ Worsened since 2015
United States Virgin Islands: 61.84 · world median 22.16 · Output per hour worked (constant 2021 international $ at PPP). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.92 to 164.65; higher is better.
Position 30th of 182 · derived.
Employment Injury Protection CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 45.982.545.9No earlier reading
United States Virgin Islands: 82.5 · world median 45.9 · Labour force covered in the event of a work injury (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Unemployment Benefit CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 03.40No earlier reading
United States Virgin Islands: 3.4 · world median 0 · Unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Behind the world median3
Statistics on which United States Virgin Islands does worse than the middle country measured.
Female Labour Force Participation RateILO · 2025 · world median 53.3652.7753.36▼ Worsened since 2015
United States Virgin Islands: 52.77 · world median 53.36 · Women aged 15+ in the labour force (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 4.663 to 82.91; higher is better.
Position 97th of 182 · derived.
Labour Force Participation RateILO · 2025 · world median 61.6654.3661.66▼ Worsened since 2015
United States Virgin Islands: 54.36 · world median 61.66 · Population aged 15+ in the labour force (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.34 to 87.01; higher is better.
Position 141st of 182 · derived.
Youth Unemployment RateILO · 2025 · world median 12.8324.212.83▼ Worsened since 2015
United States Virgin Islands: 24.2 · world median 12.83 · Unemployment, ages 15-24 (% of youth labour force). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.457 to 76.77; lower is better.
Position 35th of 182 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Employment in ServicesILO · 2025 · world median 59.5181.8659.51No real change since 2015
United States Virgin Islands: 81.86 · world median 59.51 · Employment in services (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.56 to 92.17.
Position 14th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Employment in IndustryILO · 2025 · world median 18.8816.5518.88Moved since 2015
United States Virgin Islands: 16.55 · world median 18.88 · Employment in industry (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 3.103 to 39.44.
Position 124th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8935.7638.89Moved since 2015
United States Virgin Islands: 35.76 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 127th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Employment in AgricultureILO · 2025 · world median 14.381.58714.38No real change since 2015
United States Virgin Islands: 1.587 · world median 14.38 · Employment in agriculture (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.095 to 85.34.
Position 163rd of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Self-Employment RateILO · 2025 · world median 31.849.0731.84Moved since 2015
United States Virgin Islands: 9.07 · world median 31.84 · Self-employed (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.832 to 91.56.
Position 165th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for United States Virgin Islands
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, Compliance with Labour Rights, Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, Firms Competing Against Informal Firms, Firms Offering Formal Training, Firms with a Female Top Manager, GDP per Person Employed (last 2022), Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Informal Employment Rate, Labour Inspectors per 10,000 Employed Persons, Length of Paid Maternity Leave, Length of Paid Paternity Leave, Low Pay Rate, Public Sector Employment, Share of Temporary Employees, Statutory Minimum Wage, Trade Union Density, Working Poverty Rate and Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Work & Labour among United States Virgin Islands’s 2 topics
Work & Labour is United States Virgin Islands’s best-placed topic of 2. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
No standing on Governance & Institutions, Economy & Innovation, Education & Knowledge, Health & Wellbeing, Development & Human Capital, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Democracy & Civil Liberties, Peace & Security, Risk & Resilience, Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality, Energy, Digital & Technology: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on work & labour
The three countries placed highest of 182, and the leaders United States Virgin Islands can most readily be measured against.
1
IcelandNorthern Europe
1st of 182 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Hansueli Krapf · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
JapanEastern Asia
2nd of 182 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: JurriaanH · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
South KoreaEastern Asia
3rd of 182 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
United States14th4/4 keysHighest in Caribbean
Jamaica25th4/4 keysThis page
United States Virgin Islands89th4/4 keys
Positions out of 182 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about United States Virgin Islands and work & labour
On work & labour
Countries in Asia with the highest average salaries 2024
Thirteen Asian countries by gross average monthly wage, each carrying its WORLD rank rather than an Asian one — so the numbers skip, from 11th place to 45th.
On work & labour
Countries With The Highest Average Salaries in 2024
The ten highest-paying countries of 2024, their bars coloured by continent, and six more added for comparison — from Australia in 13th place to India in 85th.
On work & labour
Countries With The Lowest Average Salaries in 2024
The bottom ten of 196 countries, and six more added for comparison. Niger, Madagascar and Liberia are all published at US$47 a month and still carry three different ranks.
08Questions
United States Virgin Islands on work & labour: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does United States Virgin Islands rank on work & labour?
United States Virgin Islands is placed 89th of 182 countries on Work & Labour in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Employment-to-Population Ratio, Labour Income Share, Unemployment Rate and Vulnerable Employment). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Employment-to-Population Ratio figure for United States Virgin Islands?
48.14 in 2025 (employed share of the population aged 15+ (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 57.72.
What is the latest Labour Income Share figure for United States Virgin Islands?
55.98 in 2025 (labour income share of GDP (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 46.23.
How have United States Virgin Islands’s work & labour figures changed?
Employment-to-Population Ratio fell from 54.01 in 2000 to 48.14 in 2025; Labour Income Share rose from 55.85 in 2004 to 55.98 in 2025; Unemployment Rate rose from 9.834 in 2000 to 11.44 in 2025; Vulnerable Employment rose from 4.316 in 2000 to 5.474 in 2025.
Which work & labour statistics are missing for United States Virgin Islands?
No current reading is published for United States Virgin Islands on Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, Compliance with Labour Rights, Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, Firms Competing Against Informal Firms, Firms Offering Formal Training, Firms with a Female Top Manager, GDP per Person Employed, Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Informal Employment Rate, Labour Inspectors per 10,000 Employed Persons, Length of Paid Maternity Leave, Length of Paid Paternity Leave, Low Pay Rate, Public Sector Employment, Share of Temporary Employees, Statutory Minimum Wage, Trade Union Density, Working Poverty Rate and Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Wages in money terms are not a key here, because pay figures are hard to compare fairly across countries with very different prices. Labour productivity, working hours, youth unemployment and the balance between farming, industry and services are published on this page as context. The size and growth of the wider economy belong to Economy & Innovation.
How the Work & Labour standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The work & labour method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Employment-to-Population Ratio — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Labour Income Share — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment Rate — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Vulnerable Employment — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
The other 11 statistics on this page come from 1 publisher, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
United States Virgin Islands’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- United States Virgin Islands (banner) — Fred Hsu ( Wikipedia:User:Fred Hsu on en.wikipedia ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Iceland — Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Japan — JurriaanH, CC BY-SA 3.0
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). United States Virgin Islands: Work & Labour — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/united-states-virgin-islands/work