Work & Labour in Bolivia

1,100 indicators covering work & labour for Bolivia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Average monthly earnings of employees 3,190 2025 up 12.4% 72nd
Average monthly earnings of employees 3,190 2025 up 12.4% 70th
Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.299 2025 down 3.5% 70th
Median monthly earnings of employees 2,800 2025 up 12.0% 61st
Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment 12.5% 2024 up 32.6% 48th
Female share of employment in senior and middle management 22.3% 2024 down 37.2% 91st
Median monthly earnings of employees 2,800 2025 up 12.0% 60th
Median monthly earnings of employees 2,800 2025 up 12.0% 60th
Own-account workers, total 26.4% 2016 down 2.3% 89th
Public sector employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 442.31 2025 down 0.2% 47th
LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 10.03 2025 up 85.2% 34th
Time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 403.47 2025 up 246.3% 26th
Time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 7.7 2025 up 223.9% 9th
Discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 3.34 2025 down 53.9% 74th
Labor market, S1 - Additional requirements for collective dismissal 1 2014 unchanged 1st
Labor market, S1 - Firing costs 0 2014 down 100.0% 89th
Labor market, Overall 0.2967 2014 down 62.8% 89th
Labor market, S1 - Procedural inconvenience 0.7333 2014 down 26.1% 53rd
Labor market, S1 - Redress measures 0.198 2014 down 80.2% 85th
Labor market, S1 - Valid grounds 0.0436 2014 down 94.9% 90th
LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 3.99 2025 down 27.4% 80th
Potential labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 82.37 2025 down 35.4% 53rd
Employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 71.39 2024 6th
Labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 5,985 2024 28th
Persons outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2,165 2024 42nd
Employment-to-population ratio for persons ages 25 to 54 82.82 2024 down 0.3% 30th
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 85.34 2024 up 1.4% 37th
Unemployment rate for persons ages 25 to 54 2.96 2024 up 129.8% 53rd
Informal employment 4,485 2025 up 9.2% 26th
Informal employment rate 85.61 2025 up 2.1% 8th
Employment outside the formal sector 4,081 2025 up 20.9% 26th
Share of employment outside the formal sector 77.89 2025 up 13.1% 9th
Unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2.78 2024 74th
Unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 166.5 2024 46th
Youth time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 144.42 2025 up 206.2% 20th
Youth time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition) 8.95 2025 up 169.1% 14th
Average hourly earnings of employees 23.67 2025 49th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 354.37 2002 up 325.7% 23rd
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 21.38 2002 up 52.9% 14th
Youth discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1.61 2025 down 65.1% 70th
Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women 81.9% 2024 down 14.2% 11th
Share of male workers in informal employment 81.9% 2024 down 14.2% 11th
Share of workers in informal employment 83.9% 2024 down 12.5% 11th
Share of female workers in informal employment 86.0% 2024 down 10.9% 12th
Share of workers in informal employment vs. GDP per capita 83.9% 2024 down 12.5% 11th
LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (previous ILO) 11.38 2025 up 47.0% 44th
Average weekly hours actually worked per person in the public sector 34.53 2025 62nd
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in the public sector 34.53 2025 61st
Gender wage gap 4.47 2025 43rd
Care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 518.36 2025 up 15.7% 40th
Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 5,239 2025 up 6.9% 35th
Employees 1,776 2025 down 5.6% 47th
Public sector employees 442.31 2025 down 0.2% 37th
Average monthly earnings of public sector employees 4,658 2025 up 31.0% 49th
Average monthly earnings of public sector employees 4,658 2025 up 31.0% 48th
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 4.4% 2024 41st
Gender wage gap 4.4% 2024 41st
Gender wage gap vs. ratio of female-to-male labor force participation 4.4% 2024 41st
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 4.4% 2024 41st
Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 4.4% 2024 41st