Work & Labour in Belize 87 indicators covering work & labour for Belize. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 46.5% 2025 down 3.7% 134th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 59.1% 2025 down 7.5% 111th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 42.1% 2025 up 26.0% 60th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 65.1% 2025 up 7.2% 24th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 53.8% 2025 up 14.1% 36th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 49.3% 2025 down 2.1% 142nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 74.9% 2025 down 8.5% 117th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 62.2% 2025 down 5.9% 133rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 71.6% 2025 down 9.9% 79th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 64.9% 2025 up 6.8% 142nd Employers, male (% of male employment) 6.9% 2025 down 10.4% 36th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 58.5% 2025 up 7.0% 63rd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 85.5% 2025 down 2.1% 54th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 15.3% 2025 down 0.5% 139th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 19.9% 2025 up 1.6% 134th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 7.7% 2025 down 5.5% 131st Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 4.8% 2025 up 11.5% 77th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 3.4% 2025 down 15.0% 75th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 7.1% 2025 up 49.0% 74th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 64.8% 2025 down 4.0% 98th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 65.9% 2025 up 0.8% 99th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 63.0% 2025 down 11.6% 103rd Employment in services (% of total employment) 68.5% 2025 up 3.0% 66th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 29.5% 2025 up 13.4% 31st Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 13.0% 2025 up 14.9% 86th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 19.3% 2025 up 17.2% 53rd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 35.2% 2025 up 8.3% 89th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 34.1% 2025 down 1.5% 88th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 37.0% 2025 up 29.0% 84th Employers, total (% of total employment) 5.3% 2025 down 15.0% 34th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.8% 2025 down 28.3% 50th GDP per person employed 32,201 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 4.9% 109th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 9.1% 2019 up 10.6% 38th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.9% 2019 up 0.3% 73rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 13.6% 2019 up 4.4% 22nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 82.4% 2019 up 1.0% 21st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.2% 2019 up 6.6% 82nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 69.7% 2019 up 3.4% 37th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 44.4% 2019 up 5.5% 49th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 63.9% 2019 down 1.0% 25th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 69.4% 2019 up 5.5% 137th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 54.0% 2019 up 1.6% 35th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 19.3% 2019 down 22.9% 45th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 12.7% 2019 down 29.1% 76th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 28.5% 2019 down 19.8% 24th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 35.7% 2025 down 13.9% 35th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 14.3% 2025 up 0.8% 93rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 24.8% 2025 down 10.6% 55th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 29.7% 2025 up 20.0% 85th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 56.6% 2025 up 5.2% 27th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 40.2% 2025 down 6.3% 137th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 67.4% 2025 down 10.3% 77th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 53.9% 2025 down 8.7% 123rd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 34.2% 2025 up 37.9% 84th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 27.3% 2025 up 1.0% 89th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 29.8% 2025 up 13.9% 91st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 43.4% 2025 up 10.3% 50th Unemployment with basic education 9.9% 2019 down 38.0% 41st Unemployment with basic education, male 6.1% 2019 down 32.6% 61st Unemployment with intermediate education 10.1% 2019 down 26.0% 26th Page 1 of 2 Next →