Work & Labour in East Asia & Pacific 48 indicators covering work & labour for East Asia & Pacific. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 67.0% 2025 up 0.7% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 46.8% 2025 down 8.0% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 49.6% 2025 down 9.4% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.7% 2025 down 6.2% — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.6% 2025 down 3.1% — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 73.4% 2025 down 1.4% — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 65.2% 2025 down 4.2% — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 72.3% 2025 down 5.4% — Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 80.7% 2025 up 2.7% — Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 58.1% 2025 down 2.7% — Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 5.0% 2025 down 19.2% — Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 61.6% 2025 up 5.9% — Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 8.8% 2025 down 23.8% — Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 21.7% 2025 up 0.0% — Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 34.0% 2025 up 10.6% — Employment in industry (% of total employment) 28.5% 2025 up 6.5% — Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 59.4% 2025 up 10.9% — Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 42.2% 2025 up 8.3% — Employment in services (% of total employment) 49.9% 2025 up 9.9% — Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 13.3% 2025 down 26.5% — Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 61.0% 2025 up 4.8% — Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 60.4% 2025 up 4.0% — Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 11.7% 2025 up 18.0% — Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 39.0% 2025 down 6.7% — Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 39.6% 2025 down 5.5% — Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 38.4% 2025 down 8.2% — Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.8% 2025 down 2.1% — Employers, male (% of male employment) 4.9% 2025 down 7.5% — Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.4% 2025 up 18.6% — Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 13.3% 2025 up 23.3% — Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 12.5% 2025 up 21.0% — GDP per person employed 49,219 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 46.6% — Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.9% 2022 up 31.8% — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 68.4% 2018 down 2.3% — Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 12.3% 2021 — — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 14.8% 2025 down 17.5% — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 11.1% 2025 down 3.4% — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 12.8% 2025 down 11.7% — Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 35.3% 2025 down 7.2% — Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 34.7% 2025 down 5.2% — Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 36.0% 2025 down 9.6% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 62.7% 2025 down 3.9% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 69.3% 2025 down 5.1% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 56.1% 2025 down 2.5% — Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 40.8% 2025 down 10.5% — Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 42.9% 2025 down 12.1% — Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 38.5% 2025 down 8.5% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 66.1% 2019 down 2.8% —