Work & Labour in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 45 indicators covering work & labour for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC). IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 81.6% 2025 up 0.5% 11th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 59.5% 2025 down 1.4% 7th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 68.1% 2025 down 1.5% 24th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 75.5% 2025 down 1.7% 38th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 60.7% 2025 down 1.3% 19th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 49.7% 2025 down 3.3% 9th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 53.9% 2025 down 2.6% 10th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 45.4% 2025 down 4.1% 9th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 67.0% 2025 down 1.6% 7th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.7% 2025 down 1.9% 16th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 14.5% 2025 up 3.6% 4th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 27.0% 2025 down 18.5% 7th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 20.1% 2025 down 11.0% 4th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 7.4% 2025 down 5.6% 44th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 13.3% 2025 up 2.2% 45th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 10.7% 2025 down 0.4% 45th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 35.3% 2025 up 11.3% 42nd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 31.3% 2025 up 7.3% 46th Employment in services (% of total employment) 33.1% 2025 up 9.2% 46th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 21.0% 2025 up 4.2% 45th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 25.9% 2025 down 0.3% 45th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 15.0% 2025 up 15.4% 45th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 8.8% 2025 down 8.7% 46th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 7.1% 2025 down 11.5% 46th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 7.6% 2025 down 11.1% 46th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 79.0% 2025 down 1.1% 3rd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 74.1% 2025 up 0.1% 3rd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 85.0% 2025 down 2.3% 3rd Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.6% 2025 up 17.1% 45th Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.2% 2025 up 6.9% 46th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.9% 2025 up 47.4% 35th GDP per person employed 8,868 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 10.8% 46th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) 24.1% 2025 up 4.9% 9th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) 17.5% 2025 up 13.1% 7th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) 30.7% 2025 up 0.8% 13th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 50.5% 2025 down 2.3% 5th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 76.4% 2025 down 1.6% 1st Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 70.9% 2025 down 0.2% 2nd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 83.1% 2025 down 3.0% 1st Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 64.2% 2025 down 1.4% 6th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 71.7% 2025 down 1.6% 10th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 56.9% 2025 down 1.1% 7th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 46.4% 2025 down 2.9% 7th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 42.3% 2025 down 3.8% 9th Own-account workers, total 47.2% 2016 down 10.3% 5th