Work & Labour in Gambia 51 indicators covering work & labour for Gambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 91.8% 2025 up 6.0% 19th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 30.7% 2025 down 3.3% 138th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 46.9% 2025 up 3.1% 145th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 32.8% 2025 down 7.7% 154th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 50.5% 2025 down 3.0% 182nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 28.6% 2025 up 2.2% 121st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 48.7% 2025 down 0.1% 166th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 49.5% 2025 down 3.5% 182nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 47.5% 2025 down 0.8% 164th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 45.5% 2025 up 2.2% 136th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 5.5% 2025 down 49.7% 67th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.6% 2025 down 1.1% 113th Employers, male (% of male employment) 8.4% 2025 up 151.9% 17th Employers, total (% of total employment) 5.1% 2025 up 100.9% 37th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 82.3% 2025 down 2.1% 27th Employment in services (% of total employment) 53.6% 2025 up 1.3% 110th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 51.3% 2025 up 1.9% 96th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 56.2% 2025 up 0.3% 129th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 18.8% 2025 up 14.2% 97th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 31.9% 2025 up 19.7% 43rd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 5.0% 2025 up 2.4% 158th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 10.9% 2025 down 1.4% 106th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 4.7% 2025 down 53.2% 61st Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 6.4% 2025 down 47.1% 78th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 31.4% 2025 up 19.4% 151st Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 44.4% 2025 up 25.5% 140th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 17.7% 2025 up 10.9% 160th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 55.6% 2025 down 14.0% 47th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 68.6% 2025 down 6.9% 36th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 11.3% 2025 down 10.4% 109th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 10.5% 2025 up 7.3% 108th GDP per person employed 11,842 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 18.9% 149th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 47.4% 2025 down 10.3% 134th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 55.5% 2025 down 23.8% 185th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 51.3% 2025 down 17.6% 167th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 33.2% 2025 down 36.7% 144th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 28.4% 2025 down 28.4% 117th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 85.6% 2025 up 17.7% 64th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 30.7% 2025 down 32.5% 132nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 38.9% 2025 up 9.1% 25th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 40.7% 2025 up 65.9% 3rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 39.8% 2025 up 32.4% 8th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 63.5% 2025 down 10.8% 36th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 47.2% 2025 down 23.0% 50th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 80.7% 2025 down 2.1% 27th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 44.4% 2025 down 0.0% 159th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 46.1% 2025 down 4.1% 180th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 42.7% 2025 up 4.5% 129th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 27.4% 2025 down 3.2% 122nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 29.4% 2025 down 8.4% 138th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 25.4% 2025 up 3.7% 110th