Work & Labour in Laos 57 indicators covering work & labour for Laos. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 64.7% 2025 up 9.4% 78th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 53.3% 2025 up 4.6% 29th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 55.0% 2025 up 9.5% 50th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 54.2% 2025 up 7.1% 33rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 72.7% 2025 up 10.6% 132nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 68.7% 2025 up 10.0% 99th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 61.6% 2025 up 9.5% 42nd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 87.2% 2025 down 1.0% 45th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 70.6% 2025 up 10.7% 85th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 66.1% 2025 up 10.1% 53rd Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 24.5% 2025 down 17.3% 30th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 2.4% 2025 down 38.9% 179th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 2.5% 2025 down 42.7% 178th Employment in services (% of total employment) 24.0% 2025 up 15.6% 179th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 22.3% 2025 up 13.2% 182nd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 25.9% 2025 up 17.9% 173rd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 7.4% 2025 up 18.2% 177th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 8.9% 2025 up 24.7% 180th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 5.7% 2025 up 8.1% 154th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 22.3% 2025 down 13.1% 17th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 20.3% 2025 down 8.2% 13th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 2.2% 2025 down 34.1% 179th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 22.9% 2025 up 18.3% 166th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 26.9% 2025 up 17.0% 168th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 18.2% 2025 up 20.4% 159th Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.6% 2025 up 31.2% 170th Employers, male (% of male employment) 0.9% 2025 up 4.0% 177th Employers, total (% of total employment) 0.8% 2025 up 12.2% 176th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 81.8% 2025 down 3.6% 28th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 73.1% 2025 down 5.1% 19th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 77.1% 2025 down 4.4% 21st GDP per person employed 19,366 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 13.4% 133rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.2% 2022 up 70.8% 178th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.5% 2022 up 98.4% 164th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 0.9% 2022 up 34.9% 175th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 61.5% 2022 down 19.8% 49th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 70.8% 2022 down 11.4% 98th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 66.0% 2022 down 15.6% 66th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 53.5% 2022 down 20.1% 26th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 55.6% 2022 down 6.5% 43rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 86.9% 2022 down 9.5% 51st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 54.5% 2022 down 13.8% 31st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 22.6% 2025 down 8.9% 71st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 20.3% 2025 down 10.5% 53rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 25.0% 2025 down 7.5% 80th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 52.1% 2025 up 5.8% 22nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 53.6% 2025 up 11.6% 34th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 52.9% 2025 up 8.7% 23rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 61.0% 2025 up 10.7% 26th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 69.6% 2025 up 11.4% 63rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 65.3% 2025 up 11.0% 37th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 81.2% 2025 down 3.8% 26th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 72.2% 2025 down 5.2% 16th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 76.4% 2025 down 4.5% 18th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 60.9% 2022 down 20.0% 30th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 69.7% 2022 down 12.0% 69th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 65.2% 2022 down 16.0% 45th