Work & Labour in Least developed countries 45 indicators covering work & labour for Least developed countries. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 73.8% 2025 up 1.9% 26th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 52.7% 2025 up 0.6% 19th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 65.2% 2025 down 0.3% 36th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 76.2% 2025 down 1.4% 37th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 54.6% 2025 up 1.1% 31st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 49.5% 2025 up 0.4% 10th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 53.9% 2025 down 2.2% 11th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 45.1% 2025 up 3.6% 10th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 63.5% 2025 down 0.7% 15th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.8% 2025 down 1.6% 15th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 13.5% 2025 up 0.7% 5th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 26.9% 2025 down 24.5% 8th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 19.1% 2025 down 15.4% 5th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 7.8% 2025 down 16.2% 43rd Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 15.4% 2025 up 2.5% 39th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 12.2% 2025 down 3.6% 40th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 31.3% 2025 up 7.8% 44th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 34.9% 2025 up 8.4% 44th Employment in services (% of total employment) 33.3% 2025 up 8.1% 45th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 24.3% 2025 down 0.1% 40th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 29.0% 2025 down 4.3% 38th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 17.9% 2025 up 12.3% 40th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 10.3% 2025 down 11.4% 43rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 10.0% 2025 up 1.4% 36th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 9.8% 2025 down 5.6% 41st Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 75.7% 2025 up 0.0% 8th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 71.0% 2025 up 1.9% 10th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 82.1% 2025 down 2.3% 8th Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.9% 2025 up 15.7% 41st Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.8% 2025 up 11.3% 38th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.6% 2025 up 36.6% 39th GDP per person employed 10,846 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 15.7% 45th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) 23.5% 2025 down 5.2% 13th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) 16.8% 2025 up 9.0% 11th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) 30.2% 2025 down 11.7% 14th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 49.0% 2025 down 2.7% 14th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 72.8% 2025 down 0.5% 3rd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 67.2% 2025 up 1.4% 3rd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 80.5% 2025 down 2.9% 4th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 60.6% 2025 down 0.5% 15th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 71.4% 2025 down 1.8% 16th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 50.2% 2025 up 1.3% 19th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 45.4% 2025 up 0.5% 9th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 41.7% 2025 up 4.7% 10th Own-account workers, total 44.6% 2016 down 6.2% 7th