Work & Labour in Gabon 49 indicators covering work & labour for Gabon. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 69.2% 2025 down 1.5% 129th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 41.6% 2025 up 0.4% 145th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 53.1% 2025 up 1.2% 161st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 62.2% 2025 up 2.0% 172nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 43.4% 2025 up 0.5% 151st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 17.8% 2025 up 1.0% 183rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 20.2% 2025 up 2.2% 184th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 15.4% 2025 down 0.3% 166th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 51.1% 2025 up 1.2% 158th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 60.1% 2025 up 1.9% 163rd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.5% 2025 down 22.9% 131st Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 1.2% 2025 down 28.8% 125th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.8% 2025 down 26.2% 131st Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 8.7% 2025 up 27.9% 114th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 24.5% 2025 up 28.9% 109th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 18.9% 2025 up 28.6% 95th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 65.3% 2025 down 0.2% 107th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 45.0% 2025 down 4.3% 130th Employment in services (% of total employment) 52.3% 2025 down 2.5% 116th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 67.6% 2025 up 1.6% 95th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 36.3% 2025 up 1.2% 13th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.6% 2025 up 11.0% 114th Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.1% 2025 down 3.7% 127th Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.6% 2025 down 0.9% 126th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 38.6% 2025 down 2.9% 78th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 29.0% 2025 down 3.4% 108th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 32.4% 2025 down 3.1% 92nd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 31.6% 2025 up 1.5% 15th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 42.4% 2025 up 0.8% 11th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 61.4% 2025 up 1.9% 109th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 71.0% 2025 up 1.4% 79th GDP per person employed 73,046 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 7.1% 54th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 57.2% 2024 down 1.7% 182nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 42.6% 2024 up 6.9% 156th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 49.5% 2024 up 1.7% 173rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 74.5% 2024 up 8.7% 119th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 29.4% 2025 down 1.0% 35th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 33.3% 2025 down 2.2% 38th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 25.5% 2025 up 0.0% 27th Productivity: output per hour worked 33.27 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 8.8% 57th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 29.8% 2025 down 3.3% 92nd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 25.8% 2025 down 3.3% 98th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 37.0% 2025 down 3.4% 74th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 40.8% 2025 up 0.9% 162nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 51.4% 2025 up 1.7% 173rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 29.7% 2025 up 0.2% 162nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 11.3% 2025 up 0.3% 182nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 13.8% 2025 up 1.5% 181st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 8.9% 2025 down 0.8% 172nd