Work & Labour in Bangladesh 89 indicators covering work & labour for Bangladesh. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 46.5% 2025 up 66.6% 46th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.3% 2025 down 5.0% 69th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 58.8% 2025 up 4.1% 113th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 80.4% 2025 down 0.4% 26th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 48.1% 2025 up 15.7% 163rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 48.4% 2025 up 19.6% 55th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 41.5% 2025 up 18.0% 156th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 82.6% 2025 up 0.1% 44th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 61.3% 2025 up 5.4% 135th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 38.6% 2025 up 15.3% 153rd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 41.2% 2025 down 6.0% 146th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 48.7% 2025 up 15.8% 111th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 16.3% 2025 down 23.8% 183rd Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 34.7% 2025 up 27.9% 140th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 18.0% 2025 down 11.9% 110th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 39.0% 2025 up 0.3% 142nd Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 11.0% 2025 down 70.8% 59th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 2.7% 2025 down 47.3% 83rd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 5.5% 2025 down 62.6% 66th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 9.0% 2025 down 51.3% 109th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 22.7% 2025 up 6.4% 119th Employment in services (% of total employment) 37.7% 2025 up 4.8% 160th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 61.0% 2025 down 0.2% 45th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 58.8% 2025 up 4.7% 41st Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 65.3% 2025 down 10.4% 47th Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.7% 2025 up 13.9% 78th Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.2% 2025 up 23.1% 64th Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.7% 2025 down 16.9% 163rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 5.3% 2025 down 57.0% 161st Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 13.3% 2025 up 38.1% 84th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 9.4% 2025 down 11.1% 123rd GDP per person employed 21,197 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 47.1% 126th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.6% 2024 down 17.9% 131st Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.7% 2024 up 18.5% 115th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.4% 2024 down 53.6% 140th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 38.4% 2024 up 14.4% 167th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 80.0% 2024 down 2.2% 30th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 58.9% 2024 up 3.0% 127th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 46.3% 2024 up 22.7% 44th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.2% 2024 down 6.5% 70th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 48.0% 2024 up 17.0% 174th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 48.2% 2024 up 6.1% 51st Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 9.6% 2024 down 2.5% 108th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 14.1% 2024 up 40.1% 65th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 5.0% 2024 down 47.7% 140th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 20.1% 2025 down 57.1% 103rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 10.9% 2025 down 5.1% 120th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 15.6% 2025 down 46.4% 111th Productivity: output per hour worked 7.72 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 74.4% 107th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 53.6% 2025 up 3.2% 43rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 44.1% 2025 up 80.0% 38th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 43.6% 2025 down 8.8% 69th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 43.8% 2025 up 21.1% 47th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 57.3% 2025 down 1.0% 45th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 37.2% 2025 up 19.8% 149th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 77.3% 2025 down 1.2% 24th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 56.6% 2025 up 4.8% 102nd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 64.6% 2025 down 10.3% 44th Unemployment with basic education 2.8% 2024 down 26.4% 101st Unemployment with basic education, male 3.1% 2024 down 1.3% 92nd Page 1 of 2 Next →