Work & Labour in Kuwait 61 indicators covering work & labour for Kuwait. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 49.6% 2025 down 3.4% 140th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 15.2% 2025 down 11.3% 168th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 35.2% 2025 up 5.3% 143rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 25.7% 2025 down 0.5% 163rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 89.6% 2025 up 1.5% 7th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 75.1% 2025 up 1.9% 56th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 47.2% 2025 down 4.9% 132nd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 53.3% 2025 down 6.4% 156th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 88.6% 2025 up 1.6% 3rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 73.4% 2025 up 1.4% 22nd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 96.8% 2025 down 2.0% 3rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 15.1% 2025 down 6.9% 79th Employment in services (% of total employment) 73.5% 2025 up 0.8% 43rd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 67.7% 2025 up 3.8% 31st Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 93.1% 2025 down 1.1% 11th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 24.6% 2025 down 1.1% 46th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 29.9% 2025 down 6.1% 53rd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 6.7% 2025 up 18.8% 146th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.5% 2025 up 442.5% 141st Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.5% 2025 up 469.0% 134th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.6% 2025 up 402.4% 144th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 3.2% 2025 up 173.6% 184th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 96.3% 2025 down 2.3% 3rd Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 98.6% 2025 down 1.0% 2nd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 9.4% 2025 down 33.0% 117th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 29.5% 2025 up 40.0% 32nd Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.7% 2025 up 168.5% 159th Employers, male (% of male employment) 0.8% 2025 up 15.5% 179th Employers, total (% of total employment) 0.8% 2025 up 35.3% 177th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 1.4% 2025 up 220.1% 185th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 3.7% 2025 up 160.1% 184th GDP per person employed 81,972 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 21.5% 50th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.2% 2016 up 66.5% 164th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 0.9% 2016 up 18.0% 173rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.8% 2016 up 101.1% 91st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 87.9% 2016 down 1.6% 5th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 49.9% 2016 down 10.1% 122nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 73.8% 2016 down 5.2% 22nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 33.0% 2016 down 32.4% 147th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 16.6% 2016 down 27.4% 156th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 56.8% 2016 down 8.6% 164th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 25.6% 2016 down 30.9% 157th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 15.4% 2016 up 36.3% 63rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 9.4% 2016 down 20.6% 99th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 30.0% 2016 up 199.8% 19th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 15.6% 2025 down 5.5% 110th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 10.4% 2025 down 13.2% 129th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 21.4% 2025 down 1.5% 94th Productivity: output per hour worked 37.38 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 52.0% 51st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 21.8% 2025 up 0.9% 155th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 2.4% 2025 up 303.6% 182nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 10.7% 2025 down 20.7% 166th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 31.9% 2025 up 11.0% 126th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 71.8% 2025 up 1.5% 18th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 44.4% 2025 down 6.3% 124th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 2.9% 2025 up 287.9% 182nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 87.7% 2025 up 1.9% 3rd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 0.7% 2025 up 306.6% 185th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 47.0% 2016 down 12.8% 110th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 87.0% 2016 down 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