Work & Labour in Eswatini 57 indicators covering work & labour for Eswatini. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.2% 2025 up 5.0% 135th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 27.9% 2025 up 11.3% 126th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 27.2% 2025 up 5.9% 172nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 27.6% 2025 up 8.6% 151st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 56.2% 2025 down 2.4% 178th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 53.7% 2025 up 1.2% 158th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 48.5% 2025 up 3.6% 122nd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 89.8% 2025 up 7.6% 24th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 54.0% 2025 down 3.7% 178th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 51.2% 2025 down 0.1% 157th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 2.6% 2025 down 16.5% 106th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 54.3% 2025 up 12.4% 3rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 50.9% 2025 up 10.8% 3rd Employment in services (% of total employment) 58.7% 2025 down 5.0% 95th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 51.9% 2025 down 12.6% 94th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 66.3% 2025 up 2.7% 105th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 26.7% 2025 up 8.0% 30th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 30.0% 2025 up 18.1% 52nd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 23.1% 2025 down 3.7% 11th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 2.9% 2025 up 2.5% 96th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 3.2% 2025 up 21.9% 76th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 57.7% 2025 up 13.6% 5th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 69.8% 2025 up 9.0% 86th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 74.2% 2025 up 6.7% 69th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 64.8% 2025 up 12.6% 100th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.1% 2025 up 30.3% 88th Employers, male (% of male employment) 1.6% 2025 down 43.3% 164th Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.8% 2025 down 18.3% 141st Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 35.2% 2025 down 17.1% 87th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 25.8% 2025 down 15.4% 118th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 30.2% 2025 down 16.1% 101st GDP per person employed 47,440 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 28.1% 87th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 34.3% 2023 up 50.8% 1st Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 31.8% 2023 up 51.4% 1st Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 36.6% 2023 up 49.8% 2nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 48.2% 2023 up 2.2% 130th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 54.2% 2023 down 2.9% 188th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 51.0% 2023 down 0.4% 169th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 27.2% 2023 up 10.9% 123rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 27.5% 2023 up 8.9% 163rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 88.8% 2023 up 5.2% 37th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 27.4% 2023 up 9.9% 150th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 36.7% 2025 up 2.3% 14th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 34.1% 2025 up 12.9% 7th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 39.4% 2025 down 5.1% 23rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 11.8% 2025 down 4.4% 165th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 13.4% 2025 down 3.7% 183rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 12.6% 2025 down 4.0% 181st Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 31.0% 2025 down 11.2% 160th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 36.5% 2025 down 16.9% 184th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 33.7% 2025 down 14.2% 179th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 33.0% 2025 down 19.0% 87th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 24.2% 2025 down 12.5% 108th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 28.4% 2025 down 15.9% 94th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 30.6% 2023 down 14.2% 156th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 37.0% 2023 down 16.1% 171st Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 33.5% 2023 down 15.2% 173rd