Work & Labour in Latin America & Caribbean

88 indicators covering work & labour for Latin America & Caribbean.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Unemployment with basic education, female 8.8% 2024 up 14.1% 12th
Unemployment with advanced education 4.6% 2024 up 15.7% 11th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 9.0% 2024 up 19.3% 8th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 18.2% 2025 down 14.0% 9th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 5.7% 2024 up 9.0% 15th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 12.8% 2025 down 0.9% 5th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 23.8% 2025 down 19.7% 9th
Labor force with basic education, female 40.2% 2024 down 15.9% 3rd
Labor force with basic education 54.3% 2024 down 14.0% 6th
Labor force with basic education, male 68.7% 2024 down 12.7% 6th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 69.9% 2024 down 4.7% 2nd
Labor force with intermediate education, male 81.6% 2024 down 2.8% 2nd
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 59.4% 2024 down 7.7% 2nd
Unemployment with advanced education, male 4.0% 2024 up 12.3% 11th
Labor force with advanced education, male 86.8% 2024 up 0.5% 4th
Labor force with advanced education 81.1% 2024 down 0.8% 1st
Labor force with advanced education, female 76.6% 2024 down 1.4% 3rd
Unemployment with advanced education, female 5.3% 2024 up 15.7% 11th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 71.5% 2025 down 2.1% 7th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 48.8% 2025 up 4.1% 8th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 59.7% 2025 up 0.3% 8th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 41.8% 2025 down 3.2% 5th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 49.3% 2025 down 7.5% 3rd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 34.1% 2025 up 3.5% 6th
Part time employment, total 29.8% 2025 up 4.3% 2nd
Part time employment, male 23.4% 2025 up 10.0% 2nd
Part time employment, female 38.4% 2025 down 1.9% 2nd
Own-account workers, total 27.7% 2016 up 6.4% 11th