Work & Labour in Guinea-Bissau 48 indicators covering work & labour for Guinea-Bissau. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 86.6% 2025 up 9.2% 47th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 65.8% 2025 up 4.7% 118th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 70.2% 2025 down 0.5% 148th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 61.6% 2025 up 10.6% 92nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 45.0% 2025 down 14.8% 69th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 48.5% 2025 down 13.6% 76th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 41.4% 2025 down 16.2% 62nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 69.6% 2025 down 1.6% 99th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 64.8% 2025 up 2.6% 65th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 60.3% 2025 up 7.4% 49th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 19.7% 2025 down 7.6% 24th Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.3% 2025 up 31.1% 181st Employers, male (% of male employment) 0.7% 2025 down 0.1% 180th Employers, total (% of total employment) 0.5% 2025 up 4.9% 181st Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 85.5% 2025 down 1.4% 21st Employment in services (% of total employment) 29.2% 2025 up 5.9% 174th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 31.1% 2025 up 6.8% 169th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 27.2% 2025 up 5.4% 172nd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 9.7% 2025 up 41.7% 166th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 12.5% 2025 up 34.8% 167th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 6.7% 2025 up 66.2% 147th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 2.8% 2025 down 26.8% 177th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 15.8% 2025 down 5.0% 21st Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 23.8% 2025 down 10.8% 32nd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 24.5% 2025 up 5.5% 160th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 33.8% 2025 up 6.2% 159th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 14.5% 2025 up 9.4% 166th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 66.2% 2025 down 2.9% 28th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 75.5% 2025 down 1.7% 27th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 1.9% 2025 down 48.7% 181st Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 3.6% 2025 down 9.1% 170th GDP per person employed 7,233 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 14.5% 165th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 60.1% 2022 — 57th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 70.2% 2022 — 107th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 64.8% 2022 — 80th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 85.7% 2022 — 63rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 15.7% 2025 down 39.7% 126th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 11.5% 2025 down 25.1% 118th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 13.6% 2025 down 34.3% 124th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 74.9% 2025 down 1.7% 23rd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 65.5% 2025 down 2.9% 23rd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 85.2% 2025 down 1.5% 16th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 63.1% 2025 up 3.1% 50th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 67.2% 2025 down 1.5% 80th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 59.1% 2025 up 8.4% 37th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 43.7% 2025 down 13.8% 48th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 46.8% 2025 down 13.2% 57th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 40.6% 2025 down 14.6% 46th