Work & Labour in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 49 indicators covering work & labour for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income). IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 72.4% 2025 down 6.1% 27th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 65.4% 2025 down 5.2% 9th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.3% 2025 down 7.9% 15th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.0% 2025 down 10.8% 22nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 46.9% 2025 down 9.5% 20th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 66.4% 2025 down 0.5% 12th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.2% 2025 down 3.7% 19th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 72.9% 2025 down 2.2% 9th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 58.3% 2025 down 4.1% 8th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 80.8% 2025 up 2.0% 11th Employment in services (% of total employment) 47.0% 2025 up 10.8% 26th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 39.6% 2025 up 9.2% 31st Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 56.2% 2025 up 11.9% 21st Employment in industry (% of total employment) 29.1% 2025 up 8.1% 4th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 14.6% 2025 down 25.7% 25th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 34.2% 2025 up 12.5% 5th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 22.8% 2025 up 1.1% 2nd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 9.6% 2025 down 23.2% 23rd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 5.6% 2025 down 18.9% 28th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 57.9% 2025 up 5.0% 21st Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 57.6% 2025 up 4.2% 21st Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 58.3% 2025 up 6.0% 20th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.4% 2025 up 21.6% 20th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 12.2% 2025 up 21.1% 30th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 13.9% 2025 up 26.7% 16th Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.0% 2025 down 6.9% 21st Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.9% 2025 down 0.8% 22nd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 41.7% 2025 down 7.3% 26th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 42.1% 2025 down 6.1% 25th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 42.4% 2025 down 5.2% 25th GDP per person employed 42,355 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 61.5% 20th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.0% 2022 up 42.1% 29th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 69.2% 2018 down 2.9% 1st Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 12.8% 2021 — 17th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) 11.5% 2025 down 2.9% 36th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) 15.6% 2025 down 17.4% 38th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) 13.4% 2025 down 11.5% 37th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 43.0% 2025 down 14.0% 25th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 38.3% 2025 down 6.6% 25th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 37.4% 2025 down 4.9% 25th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 39.3% 2025 down 8.7% 26th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 62.8% 2025 down 5.0% 8th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 69.3% 2025 down 5.8% 25th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 56.2% 2025 down 3.9% 8th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 40.6% 2025 down 12.5% 21st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 38.0% 2025 down 10.7% 17th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 13.1% 2025 up 26.7% 24th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 66.8% 2019 down 3.8% 1st Own-account workers, total 27.5% 2016 down 6.4% 12th