Work & Labour in Cape Verde 241 indicators covering work & labour for Cape Verde. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Unemployment with advanced education 7.1% 2019 down 32.6% 35th Unemployment with intermediate education, female 15.1% 2019 up 43.1% 23rd SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0.47 2024 down 27.7% 158th Level of national compliance with labor rights 0.47 score 2024 down 27.7% 159th Labor force with basic education, female 54.6% 2019 up 3.3% 22nd Labor force with basic education, male 69.2% 2019 up 3.8% 40th Labor force with basic education 62.1% 2019 up 3.8% 31st Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 52.1% 2019 down 26.5% 81st Labor force with intermediate education, male 63.6% 2019 down 27.3% 112th Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 58.2% 2019 down 26.8% 99th Unemployment with advanced education, male 3.5% 2019 down 67.1% 71st Labor force with advanced education, male 71.7% 2019 up 0.1% 118th Labor force with advanced education 69.8% 2019 up 6.2% 109th Labor force with advanced education, female 68.0% 2019 up 12.9% 96th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 44.4% 2019 up 5.6% 121st Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 57.6% 2019 up 4.3% 142nd Unemployment with advanced education, female 10.6% 2019 up 0.9% 26th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 50.9% 2019 up 5.4% 138th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 23.8% 2019 down 18.3% 127th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 28.9% 2019 down 15.6% 125th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 18.1% 2019 down 24.5% 123rd Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) 43.0% 2025 down 4.0% 125th Legislation on sexual harassment in employment, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Criminal penalties or civil remedies sexual harassment in employment 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment 9.7% 2019 up 43.0% 80th Own-account workers, total 28.6% 2016 down 6.5% 76th Employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 51.81 2022 up 7.3% 66th Labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 214.01 2022 up 29.4% 75th Persons outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 153.85 2022 up 17.7% 71st Unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 10.95 2022 down 19.0% 7th Unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 23.43 2022 up 4.9% 69th Labor force (15-24 years), female 26,025 2011 up 19.7% 50th Labor force (15-24 years), total 68,058 2011 up 19.8% 50th Labor force (15-24 years), male 42,033 2011 up 19.8% 50th Labor force (15-64 years), female 101,770 2011 up 41.5% 50th Labor force (15-64 years), female 38.8% 2011 up 0.3% 37th Labor force (15-64 years), total 262,084 2011 up 41.0% 51st Labor force (15-64 years), male 160,314 2011 up 40.7% 51st Labor force (15-64 years), male 61.2% 2011 down 0.2% 16th Labor participation rate, female 10.2% 2011 down 6.8% 44th Labor participation rate, male 41.7% 2011 down 22.2% 40th Labor participation rate, total 22.5% 2011 down 21.9% 44th Labor force, male 61.5% 2011 down 0.5% 16th Labor force, male 142,032 2011 up 36.6% 51st Labor participation rate, female 64.4% 2011 up 13.3% 34th Labor participation rate, male 94.9% 2011 down 0.5% 18th Labor participation rate, total 80.0% 2011 up 6.1% 33rd Labor participation rate, female 34.6% 2011 up 20.7% 40th Labor participation rate, male 86.6% 2011 up 0.2% 23rd Labor participation rate, total 56.4% 2011 up 12.7% 39th Labor participation rate, female 66.7% 2010 up 13.1% 34th Labor participation rate, male 95.5% 2010 down 0.4% 15th Labor participation rate, total 81.8% 2010 up 5.7% 29th Labor participation rate, female 60.0% 2010 up 13.6% 37th Labor participation rate, male 94.2% 2010 down 0.4% 32nd Labor participation rate, total 76.7% 2010 up 7.0% 35th Labor force (15-24 years), female 38.2% 2011 down 0.1% 40th Labor force (15-24 years), male 61.8% 2011 up 0.0% 13th Number of people employed 215,768 2011 up 37.4% 50th Total employment, female 83,432 ages 15+ 2011 up 39.0% 49th ← Previous Page 4 of 5 Next →