Work & Labour in Cameroon 67 indicators covering work & labour for Cameroon. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 28.6% 2025 down 32.4% 122nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 39.7% 2025 down 21.4% 123rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 65.2% 2025 down 8.4% 57th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 73.9% 2025 down 3.7% 56th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 76.5% 2025 down 10.5% 107th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 34.2% 2025 down 26.4% 119th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.2% 2025 down 13.7% 109th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 74.5% 2025 down 3.6% 121st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 65.8% 2025 down 8.3% 119th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 56.6% 2025 down 13.8% 71st Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 30.7% 2025 up 30.5% 152nd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 43.8% 2025 up 7.5% 136th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 21.9% 2025 up 49.2% 151st Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 37.5% 2025 up 20.5% 152nd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 43.1% 2025 up 16.2% 155th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 7.5% 2025 down 61.5% 70th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 3.1% 2025 down 61.8% 77th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 5.0% 2025 down 62.5% 73rd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 12.0% 2025 up 9.2% 69th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 16.6% 2025 down 2.6% 154th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 14.6% 2025 up 2.5% 145th Employment in services (% of total employment) 43.5% 2025 up 11.4% 149th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 69.3% 2025 down 9.4% 35th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 62.5% 2025 down 9.3% 35th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 78.1% 2025 down 8.5% 36th Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.7% 2025 down 40.6% 143rd Employers, male (% of male employment) 2.3% 2025 down 36.1% 144th Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.9% 2025 down 53.7% 147th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 7.1% 2025 up 5.4% 146th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 6.1% 2025 up 5.9% 148th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 6.5% 2025 up 5.1% 149th GDP per person employed 13,370 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 11.0% 145th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.3% 2021 down 20.3% 139th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.5% 2021 down 27.0% 147th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2021 down 15.2% 127th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.7% 2021 down 18.4% 71st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.5% 2021 down 9.5% 64th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 65.3% 2021 down 14.3% 71st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 30.0% 2021 down 43.7% 111th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 40.8% 2021 down 33.2% 105th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 77.5% 2021 down 9.8% 110th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 35.0% 2021 down 38.6% 110th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 6.4% 2021 up 0.8% 131st Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 5.2% 2021 down 1.9% 133rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 7.9% 2021 up 5.4% 125th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 23.2% 2025 up 31.3% 66th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 15.2% 2025 up 36.5% 82nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 31.3% 2025 up 28.9% 49th Productivity: output per hour worked 6.44 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 41.9% 110th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 71.6% 2025 down 3.8% 48th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 67.6% 2025 down 8.2% 32nd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 60.2% 2025 down 7.8% 31st Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 77.1% 2025 down 7.4% 34th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 62.8% 2025 down 8.5% 51st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 26.6% 2025 down 32.7% 105th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 54.2% 2025 down 13.9% 62nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 37.2% 2025 down 21.7% 95th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 31.9% 2025 down 26.7% 98th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 23.2% 2021 up 115.2% 28th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 30.4% 2021 up 89.5% 20th Page 1 of 2 Next →