Work & Labour in Burundi 60 indicators covering work & labour for Burundi. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 57.7% 2025 down 0.9% 20th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 48.0% 2025 up 0.1% 78th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 78.3% 2025 down 1.6% 14th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.0% 2025 down 1.5% 39th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 52.8% 2025 down 0.4% 39th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 80.8% 2025 down 1.5% 12th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 77.3% 2025 down 1.5% 99th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 79.1% 2025 down 1.5% 31st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 79.5% 2025 down 1.6% 5th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 103.3% 2025 down 0.1% 1st Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 15.1% 2025 up 16.1% 177th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 9.4% 2025 up 65.2% 178th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 21.3% 2025 up 1.4% 174th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 17.2% 2025 up 11.0% 186th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 58.5% 2025 down 12.6% 4th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 14.9% 2025 up 33.3% 22nd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 37.4% 2025 down 6.7% 5th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 0.5% 2025 down 40.2% 186th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 5.8% 2025 down 6.7% 184th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 3.1% 2025 down 10.9% 185th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 6.3% 2025 up 22.7% 185th Employment in services (% of total employment) 11.6% 2025 up 14.4% 186th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 84.9% 2025 down 2.4% 10th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 78.7% 2025 down 0.4% 13th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 90.6% 2025 down 3.9% 9th Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.2% 2025 up 53.6% 166th Employers, male (% of male employment) 1.8% 2025 up 41.4% 159th Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.6% 2025 up 99.6% 167th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 1.3% 2025 down 29.2% 183rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 2.2% 2025 down 42.3% 181st Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 1.7% 2025 down 37.4% 182nd GDP per person employed 2,456 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 2.7% 177th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.0% 2020 down 37.0% 179th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.1% 2020 down 49.5% 170th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 1.0% 2020 down 14.1% 174th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 78.9% 2020 up 13.1% 33rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 78.3% 2020 up 11.6% 7th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 78.6% 2020 up 12.2% 14th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 58.1% 2020 up 7.5% 17th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 54.2% 2020 up 20.7% 50th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 99.1% 2020 down 1.3% 2nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 56.4% 2020 up 13.4% 25th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 11.3% 2025 up 114.2% 150th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 14.2% 2025 up 161.5% 94th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 12.8% 2025 up 138.2% 132nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 78.9% 2025 down 1.3% 3rd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 83.7% 2025 down 2.9% 7th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 76.2% 2025 down 0.7% 29th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 52.0% 2025 up 0.6% 24th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 77.5% 2025 down 1.0% 10th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 90.0% 2025 down 4.3% 7th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 47.0% 2025 up 1.8% 56th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 76.9% 2025 down 1.0% 8th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 56.9% 2025 down 0.3% 16th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 77.5% 2020 up 3.7% 4th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 78.1% 2020 up 3.6% 25th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 77.7% 2020 up 3.7% 11th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 55.4% 2020 down 11.2% 16th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 53.1% 2020 down 7.4% 28th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 57.3% 2020 down 14.2% 11th