Work & Labour in Hong Kong 85 indicators covering work & labour for Hong Kong. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 30.1% 2025 down 27.2% 114th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 28.8% 2025 down 26.3% 169th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 56.4% 2025 down 6.8% 132nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 62.1% 2025 down 8.9% 154th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 83.5% 2025 up 4.9% 71st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 29.5% 2025 down 26.8% 145th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 66.2% 2025 up 3.0% 74th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 78.6% 2025 down 1.6% 88th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 71.6% 2025 up 0.5% 74th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.8% 2025 down 4.4% 104th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 92.3% 2025 up 1.4% 13th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 75.4% 2025 down 1.8% 9th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 95.3% 2025 up 0.6% 8th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 89.1% 2025 up 1.9% 17th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 95.6% 2025 down 0.0% 6th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.1% 2025 down 76.0% 173rd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.1% 2025 down 44.4% 183rd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.1% 2025 down 70.5% 179th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 4.3% 2025 up 1.4% 168th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 24.4% 2025 up 6.2% 111th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 14.0% 2025 up 2.4% 149th Employment in services (% of total employment) 85.8% 2025 down 0.3% 5th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 7.7% 2025 down 13.8% 174th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 10.9% 2025 down 13.0% 170th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 4.7% 2025 down 11.0% 179th Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.9% 2025 down 34.1% 140th Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.0% 2025 down 32.5% 129th Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.9% 2025 down 33.2% 151st Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 8.0% 2025 down 16.2% 140th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 9.9% 2025 down 12.7% 111th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 9.0% 2025 down 14.1% 128th GDP per person employed 139,884 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 15.2% 13th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.7% 2025 up 10.2% 130th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.4% 2025 up 27.6% 98th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.0% 2025 down 7.3% 150th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 52.7% 2025 down 3.7% 112th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 62.3% 2025 down 9.5% 164th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 57.0% 2025 down 6.8% 137th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 28.7% 2025 down 30.7% 114th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 28.1% 2025 down 28.0% 161st Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 84.5% 2025 up 6.3% 71st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 28.4% 2025 down 29.4% 146th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 11.2% 2025 up 6.9% 97th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 11.5% 2025 up 1.1% 87th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 10.9% 2025 up 13.3% 104th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 5.1% 2025 down 24.6% 181st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 6.3% 2025 down 2.2% 171st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 5.7% 2025 down 13.6% 178th Productivity: output per hour worked 51.52 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 18.4% 28th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 7.8% 2025 down 2.1% 170th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 27.7% 2025 down 26.0% 97th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 25.9% 2025 down 25.1% 158th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 26.8% 2025 down 25.6% 125th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 5.8% 2025 down 3.9% 172nd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 3.8% 2025 down 3.4% 178th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 54.8% 2025 down 6.3% 116th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 60.0% 2025 down 8.8% 137th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 50.6% 2025 down 3.5% 87th Unemployment with basic education 3.0% 2024 down 22.6% 98th Unemployment with basic education, male 4.0% 2024 down 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