Work & Labour in Bahrain 64 indicators covering work & labour for Bahrain. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 27.3% 2025 down 1.9% 130th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 53.3% 2025 down 2.9% 55th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 70.4% 2025 down 1.3% 26th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 85.9% 2025 down 1.0% 11th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 49.3% 2025 down 1.5% 162nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.2% 2025 down 2.2% 82nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 44.8% 2025 down 0.5% 149th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 87.9% 2025 down 0.1% 11th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 72.9% 2025 down 0.0% 72nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 42.3% 2025 down 2.5% 143rd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 97.6% 2025 up 0.2% 2nd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 57.1% 2025 up 0.9% 73rd Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 96.8% 2025 down 0.1% 3rd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 97.8% 2025 up 0.3% 2nd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 91.5% 2025 up 0.8% 22nd Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.3% 2025 down 39.6% 153rd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.3% 2025 down 20.0% 148th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.3% 2025 down 25.5% 152nd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 8.5% 2025 down 7.4% 118th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 41.8% 2025 down 0.5% 8th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 34.9% 2025 down 0.7% 3rd Employment in services (% of total employment) 64.3% 2025 up 0.8% 81st Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 2.4% 2025 down 8.9% 185th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 2.2% 2025 down 12.6% 185th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 3.2% 2025 up 2.9% 184th Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.7% 2025 up 0.5% 144th Employers, male (% of male employment) 1.5% 2025 down 5.0% 166th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.6% 2025 up 15.6% 59th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 12.5% 2025 down 0.0% 98th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 2.7% 2025 up 1.5% 177th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 5.4% 2025 down 0.2% 157th GDP per person employed 106,772 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 10.5% 31st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 0.9% 2015 — 180th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 0.2% 2015 — 177th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.5% 2015 — 137th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 43.5% 2015 up 65.1% 149th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 86.9% 2015 up 34.8% 9th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 71.6% 2015 up 48.2% 31st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 27.8% 2015 down 6.9% 121st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 54.9% 2015 up 15.0% 47th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 50.1% 2015 up 22.5% 173rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 43.1% 2015 up 10.7% 73rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 3.0% 2015 down 84.9% 152nd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 1.2% 2015 down 92.9% 152nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 7.7% 2015 down 71.7% 126th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 10.3% 2025 down 14.6% 151st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 5.0% 2025 down 4.3% 178th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 17.5% 2025 down 16.9% 118th Productivity: output per hour worked 52.47 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 8.0% 26th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 39.9% 2025 down 2.2% 65th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 51.8% 2025 down 3.0% 42nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 40.8% 2025 down 2.3% 135th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 23.9% 2025 down 1.9% 119th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 85.5% 2025 down 0.9% 9th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 69.7% 2025 down 1.2% 21st Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 0.6% 2025 down 29.2% 186th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 0.8% 2025 down 23.9% 185th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 0.7% 2025 down 24.8% 185th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 42.0% 2015 up 59.2% 127th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 86.8% 2015 up 11.8% 7th Page 1 of 2 Next →