Work & Labour in Benin 63 indicators covering work & labour for Benin. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 53.3% 2025 up 7.4% 30th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 51.8% 2025 up 24.0% 64th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 76.4% 2025 up 3.9% 16th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.6% 2025 up 3.3% 33rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 52.5% 2025 up 15.1% 41st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 76.6% 2025 up 4.4% 24th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 78.4% 2025 up 4.0% 90th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 77.5% 2025 up 4.2% 42nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 75.2% 2025 up 4.4% 10th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 96.9% 2025 up 1.0% 3rd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 20.2% 2025 up 25.0% 170th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 15.8% 2025 up 47.2% 162nd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 24.4% 2025 up 13.9% 171st Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 35.8% 2025 up 18.3% 160th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 26.4% 2025 down 8.0% 28th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 14.1% 2025 up 2.4% 23rd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 20.2% 2025 down 4.7% 22nd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 19.2% 2025 up 22.5% 23rd Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 17.4% 2025 up 2.9% 149th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 18.3% 2025 up 12.2% 103rd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 47.2% 2025 down 7.2% 142nd Employment in services (% of total employment) 41.4% 2025 up 2.4% 152nd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 79.8% 2025 down 4.8% 17th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 75.6% 2025 down 3.8% 16th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 84.2% 2025 down 5.7% 25th Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.3% 2025 up 61.9% 163rd Employers, male (% of male employment) 1.9% 2025 up 50.1% 157th Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.7% 2025 up 103.8% 161st Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 2.6% 2025 down 20.8% 177th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 3.2% 2025 down 11.6% 174th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 2.9% 2025 down 15.5% 176th GDP per person employed 9,326 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 29.0% 158th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.7% 2022 down 36.3% 171st Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.9% 2022 down 21.7% 158th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 1.5% 2022 down 47.8% 170th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 78.0% 2022 up 4.9% 38th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 74.7% 2022 up 7.2% 9th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 76.3% 2022 up 6.1% 16th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 52.3% 2022 up 10.4% 32nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 52.9% 2022 up 37.6% 56th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 95.7% 2022 up 2.2% 7th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 52.6% 2022 up 22.2% 41st Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 3.2% 2022 down 43.7% 151st Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 3.6% 2022 down 30.8% 141st Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 2.7% 2022 down 54.3% 151st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 16.9% 2025 down 16.9% 120th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 11.9% 2025 down 0.4% 116th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 14.4% 2025 down 10.7% 120th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 51.9% 2025 up 8.1% 24th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 50.1% 2025 up 24.5% 48th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 51.0% 2025 up 15.7% 27th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 78.5% 2025 down 5.5% 15th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 74.1% 2025 up 4.8% 8th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 76.2% 2025 up 3.6% 29th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 75.1% 2025 up 4.2% 13th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 83.5% 2025 down 6.1% 21st Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 73.7% 2025 down 4.7% 15th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 73.6% 2022 up 8.7% 9th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 76.6% 2022 up 5.5% 32nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 75.0% 2022 up 7.2% 14th Page 1 of 2 Next →