Work & Labour in Central African Republic

44 indicators covering work & labour for Central African Republic.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 65.5% 2025 up 0.2% 23rd
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 73.6% 2025 down 0.0% 70th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 82.4% 2025 up 0.3% 46th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 66.1% 2025 up 0.3% 75th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 60.7% 2025 up 0.2% 21st
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 64.9% 2025 up 1.2% 25th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 56.5% 2025 down 0.7% 23rd
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 73.4% 2025 down 0.0% 21st
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 82.8% 2025 up 0.5% 17th
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 79.1% 2025 down 0.2% 94th
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 9.9% 2025 up 4.5% 35th
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 14.6% 2025 up 1.0% 181st
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 17.8% 2025 down 2.4% 26th
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 12.1% 2025 down 16.2% 68th
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 14.6% 2025 down 2.6% 162nd
Employment in industry (% of total employment) 13.4% 2025 down 9.0% 153rd
Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 19.4% 2025 up 1.2% 179th
Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 21.6% 2025 up 1.1% 183rd
Employment in services (% of total employment) 20.5% 2025 up 0.9% 183rd
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 26.4% 2025 down 7.2% 27th
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 17.3% 2025 up 0.3% 180th
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 11.7% 2025 up 4.2% 171st
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 11.3% 2025 up 4.3% 108th
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 9.0% 2025 up 1.2% 126th
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 10.1% 2025 up 2.8% 114th
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 85.4% 2025 down 0.2% 6th
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 82.7% 2025 down 0.1% 7th
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 88.3% 2025 down 0.5% 16th
Employers, total (% of total employment) 6.0% 2025 up 0.5% 24th
Employers, male (% of male employment) 8.4% 2025 down 2.7% 19th
Employers, female (% of female employment) 3.3% 2025 up 18.4% 27th
GDP per person employed 3,180 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 7.5% 176th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 29.9% 2025 up 5.5% 33rd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 38.1% 2025 up 4.8% 27th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 21.5% 2025 up 5.8% 46th
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 79.4% 2025 down 0.2% 13th
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 74.3% 2025 up 0.2% 13th
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 85.0% 2025 down 1.1% 17th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 68.8% 2025 down 0.5% 23rd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 78.2% 2025 up 0.0% 22nd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 60.9% 2025 down 0.3% 27th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 54.5% 2025 down 0.1% 20th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 59.1% 2025 up 1.1% 21st
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 50.1% 2025 down 1.2% 26th