Work & Labour in Eritrea 43 indicators covering work & labour for Eritrea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 72.8% 2025 down 0.7% 12th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 80.9% 2025 down 0.8% 19th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 85.8% 2025 down 1.4% 19th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 76.2% 2025 down 0.4% 27th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 68.5% 2025 down 2.9% 12th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 71.6% 2025 down 3.3% 10th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 65.3% 2025 down 2.5% 13th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 78.3% 2025 down 1.1% 13th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 84.1% 2025 down 1.5% 15th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 86.6% 2025 up 0.8% 48th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 7.2% 2025 down 0.5% 48th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 47.6% 2025 up 1.9% 132nd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 11.9% 2025 down 8.1% 44th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 7.3% 2025 down 12.0% 136th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 17.7% 2025 up 3.8% 147th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 12.7% 2025 down 0.8% 154th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 34.6% 2025 up 6.7% 165th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 29.2% 2025 up 6.7% 175th Employment in services (% of total employment) 31.8% 2025 up 6.7% 171st Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 17.1% 2025 down 11.0% 42nd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 53.6% 2025 up 1.5% 121st Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 41.0% 2025 up 2.2% 130th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 11.4% 2025 up 2.4% 105th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 9.2% 2025 up 1.6% 122nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 10.2% 2025 up 2.1% 112th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 52.4% 2025 down 1.6% 55th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 46.4% 2025 down 1.7% 66th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 59.0% 2025 down 1.5% 57th Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.5% 2025 up 1.1% 51st Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.9% 2025 down 3.9% 49th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.9% 2025 up 14.1% 46th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 25.8% 2025 up 9.6% 45th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 33.4% 2025 up 6.7% 37th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 18.3% 2025 up 15.3% 63rd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 47.9% 2025 down 1.9% 56th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 40.5% 2025 down 1.4% 64th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 56.1% 2025 down 2.2% 57th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 73.7% 2025 down 1.3% 15th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 79.7% 2025 down 1.7% 17th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 67.9% 2025 down 1.0% 15th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 61.5% 2025 down 3.1% 11th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 65.1% 2025 down 3.5% 13th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 57.9% 2025 down 2.8% 15th