Work & Labour in Iraq 64 indicators covering work & labour for Iraq. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 5.6% 2025 down 28.1% 185th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 47.5% 2025 down 7.7% 80th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 41.5% 2025 down 3.5% 173rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 72.6% 2025 down 0.4% 66th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 15.1% 2025 down 22.5% 184th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 27.0% 2025 down 10.0% 154th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 11.5% 2025 down 22.5% 184th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 75.0% 2025 down 0.1% 116th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 43.4% 2025 down 3.1% 175th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 10.9% 2025 down 22.9% 184th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 68.3% 2025 up 0.3% 93rd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 64.2% 2025 up 1.3% 42nd Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 62.7% 2025 up 3.5% 106th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 69.0% 2025 down 0.5% 87th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 74.5% 2025 up 2.2% 92nd Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 12.7% 2025 up 13.4% 54th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 4.0% 2025 up 25.9% 67th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 4.9% 2025 up 13.9% 74th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 11.6% 2025 down 3.2% 73rd Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 28.4% 2025 up 0.8% 68th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 26.5% 2025 up 2.9% 31st Employment in services (% of total employment) 65.3% 2025 up 0.9% 77th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 31.7% 2025 down 0.7% 94th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 31.0% 2025 up 1.2% 100th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 37.3% 2025 down 5.4% 81st Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.5% 2025 up 23.0% 50th Employers, male (% of male employment) 4.9% 2025 up 19.5% 76th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.2% 2025 up 14.6% 130th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 66.4% 2025 up 59.2% 3rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 28.1% 2025 up 52.7% 21st Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 32.0% 2025 up 49.7% 19th GDP per person employed 54,291 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 8.1% 75th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 16.2% 2021 up 103.1% 10th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 14.3% 2021 up 98.7% 11th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 28.3% 2021 up 127.8% 5th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 10.8% 2021 down 9.5% 193rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 68.2% 2021 down 4.5% 119th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 39.7% 2021 down 3.2% 194th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 6.8% 2021 up 18.9% 171st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.2% 2021 down 14.9% 88th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 15.8% 2021 down 5.3% 193rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 26.6% 2021 down 11.1% 152nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 35.4% 2021 up 120.3% 9th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 31.6% 2021 up 115.7% 8th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 62.2% 2021 up 108.7% 2nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 36.9% 2025 down 5.9% 13th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 21.1% 2025 up 17.0% 50th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 53.4% 2025 down 12.7% 6th Productivity: output per hour worked 36.03 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 13.6% 54th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 18.4% 2025 down 22.2% 170th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 34.1% 2025 down 18.7% 115th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 7.6% 2025 down 30.6% 184th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 1.9% 2025 down 58.5% 186th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 63.0% 2025 down 5.5% 114th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 35.1% 2025 down 8.5% 176th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 36.1% 2025 down 5.9% 77th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 26.0% 2025 down 1.6% 95th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 27.1% 2025 down 3.8% 97th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 7.7% 2021 down 25.9% 171st Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 58.5% 2021 down 11.8% 138th Page 1 of 2 Next →