Work & Labour in Ecuador 108 indicators covering work & labour for Ecuador. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 35.2% 2025 up 8.4% 77th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 53.9% 2025 up 2.2% 51st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 44.7% 2025 up 4.6% 71st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.8% 2025 up 2.0% 118th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.3% 2025 down 2.0% 64th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 68.0% 2025 down 0.4% 103rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 52.4% 2025 up 0.9% 102nd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 68.2% 2025 up 4.6% 132nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 76.9% 2025 down 3.5% 40th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 64.5% 2025 down 1.8% 70th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.5% 2025 down 1.3% 117th Employers, male (% of male employment) 2.7% 2025 down 29.0% 137th Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.2% 2025 down 23.6% 136th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 60.7% 2025 up 6.6% 54th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 46.6% 2025 up 11.5% 64th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 52.3% 2025 up 9.5% 56th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 39.3% 2025 down 8.7% 133rd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 53.4% 2025 down 8.2% 123rd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 47.7% 2025 down 8.7% 131st Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 22.4% 2025 up 16.3% 35th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 8.2% 2025 up 28.3% 42nd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 14.0% 2025 up 21.8% 39th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 9.1% 2025 down 13.3% 108th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 21.7% 2025 down 7.0% 123rd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 16.6% 2025 down 9.2% 125th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 60.2% 2025 down 10.0% 117th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 44.6% 2025 down 3.6% 131st Employment in services (% of total employment) 50.9% 2025 down 6.4% 122nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 10.7% 2025 down 7.4% 114th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 6.6% 2025 down 8.8% 145th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 8.2% 2025 down 7.5% 137th GDP per person employed 30,171 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 2.4% 115th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.2% 2025 down 5.5% 142nd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.6% 2025 down 7.4% 143rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 4.0% 130th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 52.0% 2025 up 0.1% 117th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.1% 2025 down 3.5% 43rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 64.3% 2025 down 1.9% 84th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 32.3% 2025 up 0.6% 100th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 52.0% 2025 down 1.7% 61st Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 67.5% 2025 up 3.7% 141st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.8% 2025 up 0.5% 76th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 7.8% 2025 down 7.7% 122nd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 6.1% 2025 down 11.1% 124th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 10.9% 2025 down 1.5% 105th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 27.4% 2025 down 6.9% 67th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 10.8% 2025 up 2.7% 121st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 18.9% 2025 down 4.4% 91st Productivity: output per hour worked 18.8 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 6.2% 77th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 31.4% 2025 up 9.4% 76th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 50.4% 2025 up 2.9% 47th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 41.1% 2025 up 5.3% 60th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 50.2% 2025 up 1.4% 90th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 74.7% 2025 down 3.3% 36th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 62.4% 2025 down 1.5% 56th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 59.2% 2025 up 6.8% 52nd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 43.9% 2025 up 15.5% 61st Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 50.1% 2025 up 11.7% 53rd Unemployment with basic education 1.3% 2025 down 41.8% 119th Unemployment with basic education, male 1.2% 2025 down 45.9% 119th Page 1 of 2 Next →