Work & Labour in Jamaica 89 indicators covering work & labour for Jamaica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 34.2% 2025 up 16.8% 87th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 40.7% 2025 up 5.5% 116th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 69.6% 2025 up 6.2% 31st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 76.3% 2025 up 5.0% 45th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 82.6% 2025 up 2.6% 81st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 37.5% 2025 up 10.3% 102nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 68.5% 2025 up 9.4% 67th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.5% 2025 up 5.8% 82nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 74.0% 2025 up 7.5% 67th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 63.0% 2025 up 7.7% 30th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 59.9% 2025 up 10.4% 107th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 54.3% 2025 up 3.6% 83rd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 86.3% 2025 up 0.2% 51st Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 69.5% 2025 up 3.6% 92nd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 17.1% 2025 up 14.7% 115th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 64.3% 2025 up 7.3% 100th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.5% 2025 down 60.9% 147th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.5% 2025 down 40.4% 137th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.5% 2025 down 52.1% 144th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 5.7% 2025 down 1.3% 156th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 26.7% 2025 up 20.6% 85th Employment in services (% of total employment) 68.9% 2025 up 2.4% 64th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 35.7% 2025 down 10.9% 87th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 40.1% 2025 down 12.3% 80th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 30.5% 2025 down 7.3% 95th Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.2% 2025 up 35.2% 62nd Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.1% 2025 up 36.7% 71st Employers, female (% of female employment) 3.1% 2025 up 35.1% 39th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 13.0% 2025 down 61.4% 96th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 9.1% 2025 down 54.8% 124th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 10.8% 2025 down 58.1% 107th GDP per person employed 20,659 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 4.9% 130th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.0% 2023 down 68.8% 146th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.2% 2023 down 69.7% 152nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.9% 2023 down 68.8% 135th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 60.6% 2023 up 14.5% 54th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 72.4% 2023 up 4.5% 81st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 66.4% 2023 up 9.0% 62nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 34.3% 2023 up 26.8% 83rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 40.8% 2023 up 8.1% 107th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 83.7% 2023 up 9.6% 80th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 37.6% 2023 up 15.9% 95th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 9.1% 2023 down 67.0% 112th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 7.8% 2023 down 62.8% 116th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 10.6% 2023 down 70.9% 107th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 20.7% 2025 down 41.5% 101st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 19.4% 2025 down 30.4% 58th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 20.0% 2025 down 36.5% 83rd Productivity: output per hour worked 10.5 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 11.8% 99th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 35.0% 2025 down 16.7% 76th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 29.7% 2025 up 53.0% 83rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 37.0% 2025 up 20.1% 99th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 33.4% 2025 up 32.5% 89th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 31.6% 2025 down 14.7% 87th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 60.3% 2025 up 16.4% 30th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 74.5% 2025 up 9.7% 37th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 67.3% 2025 up 12.7% 26th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 27.4% 2025 down 10.5% 97th Unemployment with basic education 1.4% 2023 down 79.8% 118th Unemployment with basic education, male 1.0% 2023 down 80.1% 122nd Page 1 of 2 Next →