Work & Labour in Arab World 51 indicators covering work & labour for Arab World. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 73.8% 2025 up 1.0% — Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 20.4% 2025 down 7.0% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 25.1% 2025 down 11.0% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 39.3% 2025 down 4.7% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 10.0% 2025 down 29.4% — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 46.1% 2025 down 1.6% — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 70.6% 2025 up 0.1% — Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 30.4% 2025 down 3.0% — Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 19.0% 2025 down 8.1% — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 48.7% 2025 down 0.5% — Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 2.9% 2025 down 12.0% — Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 74.1% 2025 up 2.8% — Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 3.9% 2025 down 26.0% — Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 12.1% 2025 up 21.6% — Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 29.6% 2025 up 3.2% — Employment in industry (% of total employment) 26.4% 2025 up 5.1% — Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 74.3% 2025 up 17.5% — Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 57.0% 2025 up 4.4% — Employment in services (% of total employment) 60.1% 2025 up 6.9% — Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 8.4% 2025 down 38.9% — Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 74.5% 2025 up 4.0% — Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 76.2% 2025 up 9.5% — Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 40.7% 2025 up 3.0% — Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 25.5% 2025 down 10.0% — Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 25.9% 2025 down 7.2% — Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 23.8% 2025 down 21.7% — Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.9% 2025 down 30.5% — Employers, male (% of male employment) 4.3% 2025 down 33.1% — Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.1% 2025 down 1.3% — Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 22.1% 2025 down 14.9% — Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 25.5% 2025 down 11.9% — GDP per person employed 68,996 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 11.5% — Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 9.7% 2016 down 6.6% — Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 7.1% 2016 down 13.5% — Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 19.0% 2016 down 1.6% — Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 22.4% 2016 up 9.5% — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 73.2% 2016 up 0.0% — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 47.4% 2017 down 0.2% — Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 32.7% 2016 up 13.1% — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 29.7% 2025 down 6.4% — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 18.5% 2025 down 6.8% — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 41.7% 2025 down 6.5% — Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 6.3% 2025 down 28.6% — Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 21.6% 2025 down 4.9% — Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 30.9% 2025 up 0.1% — Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 19.0% 2025 down 6.3% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 16.0% 2025 down 3.3% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 65.3% 2025 up 1.4% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 41.9% 2025 up 0.6% — Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 21.7% 2025 down 23.3% — Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 21.6% 2025 up 0.7% —