Work & Labour in Latin America & Caribbean 88 indicators covering work & labour for Latin America & Caribbean. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.4% 2025 up 1.2% 28th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 69.3% 2025 up 3.8% 34th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 68.9% 2025 up 1.1% 23rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.4% 2025 down 0.8% 7th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.7% 2025 up 3.9% 27th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 47.2% 2025 down 2.3% 19th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 55.2% 2025 down 4.9% 6th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.0% 2025 up 1.4% 27th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.6% 2025 down 2.6% 17th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 62.7% 2025 down 1.1% 20th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 63.2% 2025 up 0.1% 16th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 12.2% 2025 down 17.2% 30th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 64.4% 2025 down 0.1% 17th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 5.4% 2025 down 23.5% 37th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 2.5% 2025 down 19.3% 37th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 3.7% 2025 down 21.1% 37th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 11.9% 2025 down 5.0% 28th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 26.5% 2025 down 4.1% 31st Employment in industry (% of total employment) 20.5% 2025 down 5.1% 31st Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 81.0% 2025 up 1.0% 10th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 56.8% 2025 up 5.5% 13th Employment in services (% of total employment) 66.8% 2025 up 3.6% 12th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 66.0% 2025 down 0.6% 17th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 14.5% 2025 down 19.9% 24th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 10.6% 2025 down 15.5% 35th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 35.6% 2025 up 0.2% 32nd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 36.8% 2025 down 0.3% 33rd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 34.0% 2025 up 1.2% 32nd Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.7% 2025 up 8.5% 14th Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.1% 2025 up 2.5% 19th Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.2% 2025 up 1.5% 19th GDP per person employed 43,303 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 1.3% 20th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.4% 2025 down 16.8% 10th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.6% 2025 down 17.8% 16th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.5% 2025 down 16.8% 9th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 52.2% 2025 up 2.5% 10th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.9% 2025 down 3.1% 8th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 63.1% 2025 down 0.9% 7th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 54.8% 2025 down 9.1% 3rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.9% 2025 down 0.7% 6th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 69.9% 2025 up 5.4% 11th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 47.4% 2025 down 5.8% 5th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 12.0% 2025 down 14.1% 23rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 10.4% 2025 down 11.6% 20th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 14.2% 2025 down 17.6% 16th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 25.6% 2025 down 12.1% 31st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 19.3% 2025 down 8.2% 31st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 13.2% 2025 up 0.6% 23rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 33.3% 2025 up 6.5% 26th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 49.6% 2025 down 2.5% 10th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 41.6% 2025 up 0.9% 19th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 48.0% 2025 up 2.7% 29th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 71.2% 2025 down 1.5% 17th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 31.5% 2025 down 0.1% 33rd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 31.6% 2025 down 0.5% 33rd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 31.3% 2025 up 0.6% 32nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 59.3% 2025 up 0.2% 20th Unemployment with basic education 6.6% 2024 up 5.3% 16th Unemployment with basic education, male 5.4% 2024 down 1.4% 16th Unemployment with intermediate education 7.1% 2024 up 14.2% 13th Page 1 of 2 Next →