Work & Labour in Cape Verde 80 indicators covering work & labour for Cape Verde. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 25.5% 2025 down 20.4% 138th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 35.4% 2025 down 13.5% 142nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 57.0% 2025 down 3.6% 129th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 63.4% 2025 down 4.5% 140th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 30.7% 2025 down 16.2% 139th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 56.4% 2025 up 0.5% 115th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 67.7% 2025 down 2.0% 155th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 62.2% 2025 down 0.8% 132nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 50.5% 2025 down 2.6% 117th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 79.6% 2025 up 2.0% 91st Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 61.5% 2025 up 3.0% 104th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 52.8% 2025 up 6.0% 121st Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 68.4% 2025 up 1.5% 90th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 55.1% 2025 up 6.1% 80th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 13.9% 2025 down 23.1% 50th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 4.6% 2025 down 29.7% 62nd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 8.7% 2025 down 24.8% 51st Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 11.3% 2025 down 5.3% 79th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 32.3% 2025 up 10.1% 39th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 23.1% 2025 up 6.0% 58th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 83.8% 2025 up 5.1% 62nd Employment in services (% of total employment) 67.7% 2025 up 5.8% 68th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 38.5% 2025 down 4.4% 83rd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 31.6% 2025 down 3.1% 97th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 47.2% 2025 down 6.0% 66th Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.2% 2025 up 15.1% 61st Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.5% 2025 up 19.5% 56th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.5% 2025 up 5.3% 63rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 33.9% 2025 up 8.5% 24th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 24.8% 2025 down 6.7% 27th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 28.4% 2025 down 0.5% 23rd GDP per person employed 27,490 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 35.0% 119th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 11.3% 2019 down 16.4% 23rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 10.7% 2019 down 19.8% 22nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 12.1% 2019 down 11.8% 27th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 64.5% 2019 up 1.2% 149th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 50.5% 2019 up 3.6% 121st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 57.4% 2019 up 2.8% 134th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 25.6% 2019 down 22.1% 129th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 37.3% 2019 down 18.4% 125th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 78.3% 2019 up 2.4% 104th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 31.8% 2019 down 19.1% 125th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 12.9% 2019 down 50.2% 87th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 11.7% 2019 down 53.4% 85th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 14.4% 2019 down 46.7% 77th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 28.2% 2025 down 12.4% 38th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 27.2% 2025 down 12.3% 20th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 29.2% 2025 down 12.5% 61st Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 50.2% 2025 down 3.6% 138th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 16.8% 2025 down 23.5% 148th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 26.1% 2025 down 6.8% 94th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 26.6% 2025 down 11.4% 156th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 34.3% 2025 down 6.4% 78th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 22.0% 2025 down 16.1% 153rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 55.6% 2025 down 5.4% 158th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 44.7% 2025 down 1.6% 123rd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 44.7% 2025 down 6.5% 66th Unemployment with basic education 10.4% 2019 down 29.7% 36th Unemployment with basic education, male 10.9% 2019 down 22.9% 33rd Unemployment with intermediate education 13.6% 2019 up 59.7% 13th Page 1 of 2 Next →