Work & Labour in Brunei 88 indicators covering work & labour for Brunei. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 54.4% 2025 down 5.1% 87th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 72.8% 2025 down 0.2% 64th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 64.2% 2025 down 2.2% 75th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 26.4% 2025 down 27.9% 135th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 42.8% 2025 down 3.3% 101st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 34.9% 2025 down 14.2% 113th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 59.8% 2025 down 1.7% 99th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 77.9% 2025 up 2.3% 94th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 69.6% 2025 up 0.8% 94th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 74.8% 2025 down 4.9% 111th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 88.0% 2025 down 1.8% 43rd Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.7% 2025 up 20.9% 54th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 20.4% 2025 up 18.1% 76th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 26.5% 2025 up 19.2% 87th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 11.1% 2025 up 11.2% 81st Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.6% 2025 up 24.9% 139th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.4% 2025 up 32.0% 142nd Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.8% 2025 up 20.7% 136th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 92.7% 2025 up 1.9% 12th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 93.7% 2025 up 3.7% 8th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 91.2% 2025 down 0.8% 30th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 72.1% 2025 down 4.7% 16th Employment in services (% of total employment) 78.4% 2025 down 3.6% 25th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 21.5% 2025 down 21.3% 55th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 16.4% 2025 down 34.1% 64th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 18.2% 2025 down 29.6% 63rd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 7.3% 2025 down 18.9% 175th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 6.3% 2025 down 34.5% 179th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 8.8% 2025 up 8.9% 157th Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.8% 2025 down 17.4% 119th Employers, male (% of male employment) 2.8% 2025 down 31.6% 133rd GDP per person employed 163,544 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 7.5% 7th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.9% 2024 down 29.0% 104th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.3% 2024 down 29.9% 102nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.7% 2024 down 26.9% 94th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 72.2% 2024 down 1.0% 82nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.3% 2024 down 5.8% 98th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 64.3% 2024 down 2.6% 85th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 32.2% 2024 down 2.9% 102nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 42.2% 2024 up 7.3% 99th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 76.6% 2024 down 4.9% 113th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 37.6% 2024 up 3.1% 94th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 19.4% 2024 down 23.4% 44th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 16.9% 2024 down 27.6% 50th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 23.2% 2024 down 17.0% 40th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 19.0% 2025 down 3.4% 109th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 14.5% 2025 down 15.0% 91st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 16.7% 2025 down 8.8% 102nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 20.7% 2025 down 22.1% 133rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 35.8% 2025 up 7.6% 108th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 51.6% 2025 down 1.7% 81st Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 69.0% 2025 up 1.7% 68th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 60.8% 2025 up 0.4% 66th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 6.1% 2025 up 4.3% 166th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 3.4% 2025 down 36.8% 181st Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 4.5% 2025 down 19.9% 176th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 28.6% 2025 down 5.3% 115th Unemployment with basic education 5.2% 2024 down 37.4% 75th Unemployment with basic education, male 4.4% 2024 down 42.7% 76th Unemployment with intermediate education 4.8% 2024 down 36.5% 84th Page 1 of 2 Next →