Urban population, female in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Urban population, female was 17.3% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Urban population, female in Caribbean Small States, 1980–2015
Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects. Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2015, urban population, female in Caribbean Small States stood at 17.3%.
That represents a change of down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, urban population, female in Caribbean Small States peaked at 17.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 16.3%, in 1990.
Caribbean Small States ranks 40th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Urban population, female in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 16.6% | — |
| 1985 | 16.4% | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 16.3% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 16.7% | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 17.3% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 17.4% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 17.3% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 17.3% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16.5% | 16.4% | 16.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 16.5% | 16.3% | 16.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 17.4% | 17.3% | 17.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 17.3% | 17.3% | 17.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
More gender data for Caribbean Small States
- Labor force, female 871,330 (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.1912 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 0.8974 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 2.09 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female 0.6411 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male 0.9456 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, female 0.5944 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, male 0.5928 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 151.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is urban population, female in Caribbean Small States?
- Urban population, female in Caribbean Small States was 17.3% in 2015, according to The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects.
- What is the highest urban population, female recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 17.4% in 2005.
- What is the lowest urban population, female recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.3% in 1990.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for urban population, female?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 40th out of 47 groups with data for 2015.
- Is urban population, female rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States data come from?
- The figures come from The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects, published as part of Urban population, female (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 8 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Female urban population is the percentage of females who live in urban areas to total population.