Work & Labour in Botswana 89 indicators covering work & labour for Botswana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 38.1% 2025 up 15.5% 71st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.7% 2025 up 12.0% 85th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 68.8% 2025 up 10.6% 32nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.0% 2025 up 8.4% 55th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 86.1% 2025 up 4.5% 52nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 41.9% 2025 up 13.5% 83rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 66.7% 2025 up 14.0% 71st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 75.7% 2025 up 8.9% 111th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 71.2% 2025 up 11.3% 76th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 63.7% 2025 up 13.2% 26th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 71.9% 2025 up 3.6% 75th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 52.1% 2025 down 6.0% 91st Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 83.7% 2025 up 2.1% 65th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 71.9% 2025 up 2.9% 87th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 15.8% 2025 down 2.9% 137th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 71.9% 2025 up 3.3% 82nd Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 2.3% 2025 down 39.3% 108th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 2.2% 2025 down 35.2% 91st Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 2.2% 2025 down 37.1% 103rd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 8.7% 2025 up 6.6% 112th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 21.4% 2025 down 5.4% 126th Employment in services (% of total employment) 66.2% 2025 down 1.5% 73rd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 28.1% 2025 down 7.5% 105th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 28.1% 2025 down 8.1% 112th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 28.1% 2025 down 6.7% 100th Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.5% 2025 up 0.6% 131st Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.4% 2025 down 3.2% 122nd Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.4% 2025 up 14.8% 122nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 51.7% 2025 up 36.3% 7th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 41.3% 2025 up 28.3% 7th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 46.0% 2025 up 32.4% 5th GDP per person employed 50,029 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 3.5% 79th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 24.4% 2024 up 22.2% 4th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 22.5% 2024 up 26.2% 4th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 26.4% 2024 up 18.3% 6th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 65.2% 2024 up 3.1% 30th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 73.4% 2024 down 4.5% 71st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 69.1% 2024 down 0.8% 41st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 35.5% 2024 up 9.0% 75th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 47.0% 2024 up 14.3% 77th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 88.9% 2024 up 8.0% 36th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 41.4% 2024 up 12.6% 79th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 45.2% 2024 up 5.2% 2nd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 42.4% 2024 up 12.3% 2nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 49.0% 2024 down 0.4% 4th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 38.4% 2025 up 3.4% 26th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 37.9% 2025 up 31.6% 4th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 38.1% 2025 up 15.8% 10th Productivity: output per hour worked 18.36 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 10.8% 80th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 24.7% 2025 down 8.7% 107th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 18.4% 2025 down 10.1% 139th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 26.9% 2025 down 3.0% 154th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 22.6% 2025 down 6.1% 152nd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 25.6% 2025 down 8.2% 99th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 45.9% 2025 up 4.1% 117th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 58.1% 2025 up 2.0% 142nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 52.0% 2025 up 3.0% 129th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 26.7% 2025 down 7.6% 98th Unemployment with basic education 26.5% 2024 up 26.1% 4th Unemployment with basic education, male 26.0% 2024 up 50.0% 4th Page 1 of 2 Next →