Work & Labour in North Korea 43 indicators covering work & labour for North Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 77.7% 2025 up 0.1% 6th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 89.3% 2025 up 1.2% 1st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 91.2% 2025 up 1.1% 3rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 87.3% 2025 up 1.2% 1st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 78.5% 2025 up 0.6% 3rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 75.2% 2025 down 0.3% 4th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 81.9% 2025 up 1.5% 3rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 82.2% 2025 up 0.1% 7th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 86.8% 2025 down 0.1% 8th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 89.6% 2025 up 0.2% 26th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 4.8% 2025 up 14.1% 60th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 37.9% 2025 down 1.3% 144th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 16.0% 2025 up 1.3% 31st Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 20.4% 2025 down 13.5% 18th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 24.2% 2025 down 4.4% 112th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 22.4% 2025 down 8.6% 63rd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 21.8% 2025 up 1.5% 178th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 25.1% 2025 up 6.2% 178th Employment in services (% of total employment) 23.5% 2025 up 4.1% 180th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 28.1% 2025 up 0.0% 24th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 39.6% 2025 down 1.4% 147th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 36.2% 2025 down 1.4% 137th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 8.6% 2025 up 3.1% 131st Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 7.2% 2025 up 0.1% 139th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 7.9% 2025 up 1.8% 138th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 62.1% 2025 up 0.8% 43rd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 60.4% 2025 up 0.9% 40th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 63.8% 2025 up 0.8% 50th Employers, total (% of total employment) 5.3% 2025 down 0.3% 35th Employers, male (% of male employment) 8.0% 2025 down 4.2% 23rd Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.4% 2025 up 13.3% 69th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 9.4% 2025 down 25.0% 157th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 11.5% 2025 down 28.0% 147th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 7.4% 2025 down 20.2% 165th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 56.8% 2025 up 0.9% 47th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 52.5% 2025 up 1.7% 44th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 61.4% 2025 up 0.4% 49th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 79.2% 2025 up 0.1% 8th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 83.8% 2025 down 0.1% 11th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 74.9% 2025 up 0.1% 7th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 72.3% 2025 up 0.4% 3rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 69.9% 2025 down 0.3% 9th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 74.8% 2025 up 1.2% 3rd