Work & Labour in Bhutan 88 indicators covering work & labour for Bhutan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 56.7% 2025 up 3.1% 68th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 71.8% 2025 up 2.6% 76th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 64.8% 2025 up 2.7% 64th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 31.1% 2025 up 0.9% 109th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 30.6% 2025 up 7.3% 164th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 30.8% 2025 up 4.3% 135th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 59.6% 2025 up 3.0% 101st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 74.5% 2025 up 3.5% 122nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 67.7% 2025 up 3.2% 106th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 79.0% 2025 up 0.5% 96th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 38.0% 2025 up 56.3% 163rd Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.3% 2025 up 325.3% 179th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 15.9% 2025 up 64.4% 136th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 19.3% 2025 up 94.6% 137th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 10.7% 2025 up 16.0% 84th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 31.9% 2025 down 10.1% 8th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 23.9% 2025 down 8.5% 7th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 43.9% 2025 down 12.2% 8th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 30.5% 2025 up 12.8% 153rd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 39.1% 2025 up 11.7% 148th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 17.7% 2025 up 19.8% 161st Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 44.3% 2025 up 17.8% 133rd Employment in services (% of total employment) 41.8% 2025 up 29.0% 150th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 18.4% 2025 up 47.6% 73rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.8% 2025 up 96.9% 67th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 17.1% 2025 up 68.6% 67th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 69.5% 2025 down 4.7% 34th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 60.9% 2025 down 6.3% 39th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 82.3% 2025 down 3.4% 26th Employers, total (% of total employment) 0.5% 2025 up 170.7% 183rd Employers, male (% of male employment) 0.6% 2025 up 139.8% 182nd GDP per person employed 33,517 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 21.6% 106th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.4% 2025 up 37.1% 136th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.6% 2025 up 37.9% 144th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.5% 2025 up 43.8% 116th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 73.2% 2025 up 2.8% 72nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.4% 2025 down 0.9% 95th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 64.7% 2025 up 2.5% 81st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 25.0% 2025 down 19.6% 132nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 24.7% 2025 down 11.6% 167th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 75.7% 2025 down 3.6% 115th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 24.9% 2025 down 16.1% 159th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 17.9% 2025 up 66.9% 53rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 13.9% 2025 up 68.9% 70th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 21.9% 2025 up 72.6% 47th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 23.1% 2025 up 24.8% 88th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 17.4% 2025 up 52.8% 65th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 20.1% 2025 up 37.8% 82nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 25.3% 2025 down 6.0% 112th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 25.8% 2025 down 1.8% 161st Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 54.4% 2025 up 2.3% 61st Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 69.9% 2025 up 1.9% 60th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 62.7% 2025 up 1.8% 53rd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 82.0% 2025 down 3.7% 23rd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 60.4% 2025 down 6.8% 30th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 69.0% 2025 down 5.2% 29th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 25.6% 2025 down 3.7% 135th Unemployment with basic education 2.8% 2024 up 56.1% 102nd Unemployment with basic education, male 1.9% 2024 up 70.3% 108th Unemployment with intermediate education 9.8% 2024 up 9.0% 29th Page 1 of 2 Next →