Work & Labour in Congo 49 indicators covering work & labour for Congo. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 93.5% 2025 down 2.0% 12th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 65.6% 2025 down 1.4% 22nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 68.7% 2025 down 0.5% 98th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 70.9% 2025 up 0.4% 145th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 66.6% 2025 down 1.4% 73rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 43.3% 2025 down 0.9% 76th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 43.1% 2025 up 1.0% 100th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.5% 2025 down 2.9% 54th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 67.8% 2025 down 0.4% 39th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 70.1% 2025 up 0.6% 90th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 7.2% 2025 up 45.1% 46th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 6.8% 2025 up 35.3% 77th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 7.0% 2025 up 40.4% 58th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 17.3% 2025 down 22.6% 33rd Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 21.5% 2025 down 12.5% 125th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 19.5% 2025 down 17.1% 86th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 45.1% 2025 up 5.9% 150th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 43.3% 2025 up 3.1% 138th Employment in services (% of total employment) 44.2% 2025 up 4.5% 147th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 23.2% 2025 down 2.0% 164th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 40.5% 2025 down 1.7% 7th Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.5% 2025 up 19.7% 176th Employers, male (% of male employment) 1.2% 2025 up 4.6% 169th Employers, total (% of total employment) 0.9% 2025 up 8.7% 173rd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 90.1% 2025 down 0.5% 12th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 64.5% 2025 up 2.5% 31st Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 76.8% 2025 up 0.6% 23rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 41.6% 2025 down 2.2% 6th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 39.4% 2025 down 1.4% 16th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 9.9% 2025 up 5.1% 175th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 35.5% 2025 down 4.2% 156th GDP per person employed 18,978 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 33.1% 134th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 64.3% 2012 down 6.9% 151st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 43.0% 2012 down 35.7% 152nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 53.1% 2012 down 21.8% 157th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 66.9% 2012 down 30.9% 145th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 29.4% 2025 up 3.1% 34th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 32.6% 2025 up 3.1% 42nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 26.3% 2025 up 3.1% 25th Productivity: output per hour worked 7.18 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 15.7% 109th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 75.9% 2025 up 0.5% 20th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 63.3% 2025 up 2.4% 26th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 89.6% 2025 down 0.6% 9th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 54.3% 2025 down 0.2% 119th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 57.0% 2025 up 0.7% 149th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 51.7% 2025 down 1.2% 79th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 25.8% 2025 up 0.3% 132nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 25.2% 2025 up 2.7% 162nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 26.3% 2025 down 2.0% 106th