Work & Labour in Bolivia 1,100 indicators covering work & labour for Bolivia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force for 5.32 2024 up 51.9% 46th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 4.7 2019 down 42.1% 50th Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 37.31 2025 — 56th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 39.41 2025 — 47th SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 23.67 2025 — 46th Average hourly earnings of employees 23.67 2025 — 40th Average hourly earnings of employees 23.67 2025 — 40th Gini index of hourly earnings of employees 0.428 2025 — 17th Median hourly earnings of employees 15.21 2025 — 39th Median hourly earnings of employees 15.21 2025 — 39th Median hourly earnings of employees 15.21 2025 — 39th Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment 32.02 2025 — 50th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in care employment 32.58 2025 — 47th Employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 267.37 2025 up 1.9% 33rd Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita 58.0% 2010 up 25.5% 28th Unemployment rate 4.41 2024 up 118.3% 40th Unemployment 277.27 2024 up 164.5% 34th Youth labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1,635 2024 up 0.3% 24th Youth labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition) 53.37 2024 down 8.7% 25th Youth outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1,429 2024 up 23.4% 24th Youth employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1,495 2024 down 4.3% 24th Youth employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 48.79 2024 down 12.9% 21st Working-age population 9,042 2024 up 24.4% 25th Youth unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 8.59 2024 up 105.3% 36th Youth unemployment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 4.59 2024 up 87.5% 36th Labour force participation rate 69.5 2024 down 2.6% 8th Labour force 6,284 2024 up 21.1% 23rd Persons outside the labour force 2,758 2024 up 32.6% 30th Employment-to-population ratio 66.43 2024 down 5.0% 8th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 4.41 2024 up 118.3% 40th Youth informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 92.85 2025 up 3.0% 8th LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization for persons ages 25 to 6.54 2019 down 39.3% 43rd Average hourly earnings of public sector employees 38.15 2025 — 37th Average hourly earnings of public sector employees 38.15 2025 — 37th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.307 2024 down 11.0% 33rd Median monthly earnings of employees 3,250 2024 up 47.7% 25th Public sector employment as a share of total employment 8.9% 2021 down 11.2% 61st Average weekly hours actually worked per person in in a STEM 37.89 2025 — 42nd Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in a STEM occupation 39.69 2025 — 37th Trade union density rate 12.04 2019 down 46.3% 61st Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities 27.71 2025 down 23.4% 23rd Average monthly earnings of care employees 3,774 2025 up 25.0% 32nd Average monthly earnings of care employees 3,774 2025 up 25.0% 32nd SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized 2 2025 — 42nd Existence of a national strategy for youth employment 2 score 2025 — 42nd LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 6.01 2019 up 10.0% 35th Time-related underemployment 123.6 2019 down 30.7% 17th Time-related underemployment rate 2.27 2019 down 35.3% 15th Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities 27.71 2025 down 23.4% 22nd Public sector employment 266.9 2002 up 72.6% 30th Average hourly earnings of care employees 32.93 2025 — 28th Average hourly earnings of care employees 32.93 2025 — 28th Informal care employment 220.48 2025 down 3.3% 24th Informal care employment rate 42.53 2025 down 16.4% 19th Care employment outside the formal sector 163.33 2025 up 37.1% 25th Share of care employment outside the formal sector 31.51 2025 up 18.5% 19th Average monthly earnings of employees 1,233 2002 up 106.5% 41st Informal employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4,485 2025 up 9.2% 22nd Informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 85.61 2025 up 2.1% 8th Employment outside the formal sector (previous ILO definition) 4,081 2025 up 20.9% 22nd ← Previous Page 6 of 19 Next →