Work & Labour in Cuba 56 indicators covering work & labour for Cuba. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 50.4% 2025 down 5.8% 139th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 32.3% 2025 down 7.7% 103rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.0% 2025 down 2.7% 93rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 38.8% 2025 down 4.8% 92nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 77.2% 2025 down 1.0% 101st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 63.8% 2025 down 2.9% 124th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 40.0% 2025 down 9.8% 150th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 61.4% 2025 down 6.9% 148th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 65.1% 2025 down 3.0% 137th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 52.2% 2025 down 5.9% 149th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.7% 2025 down 46.4% 143rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 4.3% 2025 down 28.3% 164th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 4.6% 2025 down 27.4% 159th Employment in services (% of total employment) 67.6% 2025 up 4.6% 69th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 57.8% 2025 up 7.9% 68th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 82.7% 2025 up 2.4% 69th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 16.9% 2025 down 0.1% 119th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 20.8% 2025 down 0.7% 128th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 10.9% 2025 down 1.4% 83rd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.5% 2025 down 45.7% 143rd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.4% 2025 down 44.4% 139th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 3.8% 2025 down 30.1% 169th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 75.1% 2025 down 0.6% 68th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 71.3% 2025 down 0.8% 76th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 81.1% 2025 up 0.0% 66th Employers, female (% of female employment) 3.1% 2025 up 4.7% 38th Employers, male (% of male employment) 7.1% 2025 up 11.9% 32nd Employers, total (% of total employment) 5.6% 2025 up 11.2% 30th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 18.9% 2025 down 0.1% 121st Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 28.7% 2025 up 2.1% 111th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 24.9% 2025 up 2.0% 119th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.7% 2018 up 7.4% 170th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.6% 2018 up 18.7% 162nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 1.8% 2018 down 8.4% 168th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.3% 2013 up 64.8% 77th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 87.1% 2013 up 34.0% 7th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 72.9% 2013 up 46.3% 23rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 33.6% 2012 up 78.0% 91st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 52.6% 2012 up 32.7% 57th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 65.8% 2013 up 23.0% 147th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 43.5% 2012 up 46.9% 69th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 11.5% 2025 down 17.8% 141st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 7.9% 2025 down 14.9% 161st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 15.3% 2025 down 19.4% 127th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 31.0% 2025 down 6.1% 77th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 43.0% 2025 down 0.9% 71st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 37.1% 2025 down 3.1% 76th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 39.2% 2025 down 9.1% 142nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 64.0% 2025 down 2.4% 105th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 51.3% 2025 down 5.3% 133rd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 15.8% 2025 down 1.1% 122nd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 21.6% 2025 down 0.7% 119th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 19.3% 2025 down 0.4% 119th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 55.3% 2013 up 61.6% 57th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 84.4% 2013 up 34.8% 11th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 70.5% 2013 up 45.8% 23rd