Work & Labour in Lesotho 63 indicators covering work & labour for Lesotho. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 23.8% 2025 down 28.3% 143rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.5% 2025 down 10.0% 86th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 57.1% 2025 down 9.0% 128th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 66.9% 2025 down 6.8% 122nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 34.6% 2025 down 17.2% 116th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 50.5% 2025 down 11.0% 138th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 68.1% 2025 down 6.4% 152nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 59.1% 2025 down 8.4% 149th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 48.1% 2025 down 11.8% 123rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 71.9% 2025 down 5.3% 121st Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 61.5% 2025 up 1.2% 105th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 66.4% 2025 up 3.3% 98th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 57.8% 2025 down 0.3% 112th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 29.8% 2025 down 1.0% 173rd Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.9% 2025 up 2.7% 130th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.8% 2025 up 13.9% 119th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.8% 2025 up 7.9% 130th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 35.7% 2025 down 0.7% 1st Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 31.0% 2025 up 3.0% 49th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 33.0% 2025 up 1.0% 9th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 44.5% 2025 down 4.3% 153rd Employment in services (% of total employment) 36.1% 2025 down 3.5% 163rd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 38.5% 2025 down 1.8% 82nd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 42.2% 2025 up 0.4% 75th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 33.6% 2025 down 5.9% 89th Employers, total (% of total employment) 5.9% 2025 down 1.0% 25th Employers, male (% of male employment) 6.8% 2025 down 0.9% 38th Employers, female (% of female employment) 4.7% 2025 down 2.9% 14th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 37.1% 2025 up 9.4% 21st Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 18.1% 2025 up 4.5% 58th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 24.7% 2025 up 2.8% 32nd GDP per person employed 8,639 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 3.6% 160th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 18.7% 2024 down 23.9% 8th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 16.2% 2024 down 27.8% 8th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 21.7% 2024 down 19.9% 10th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 73.9% 2024 down 0.1% 67th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.5% 2024 up 0.4% 74th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 65.4% 2024 up 0.3% 70th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 32.7% 2024 down 13.4% 95th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 51.7% 2024 down 1.8% 63rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 77.8% 2024 up 0.5% 108th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.3% 2024 down 6.2% 78th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 31.1% 2024 down 9.7% 13th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 23.3% 2024 down 19.8% 23rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 43.7% 2024 up 4.3% 7th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 43.5% 2025 up 3.5% 16th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 32.7% 2025 up 17.7% 9th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 38.1% 2025 up 9.0% 11th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 15.0% 2025 down 31.7% 154th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 37.2% 2025 down 10.9% 97th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 26.1% 2025 down 17.9% 131st Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 32.6% 2025 down 1.9% 86th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 39.2% 2025 down 11.9% 142nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 57.1% 2025 down 7.0% 148th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 47.8% 2025 down 9.1% 152nd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 28.9% 2025 down 6.4% 93rd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 35.4% 2025 up 0.7% 75th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 45.0% 2024 up 7.8% 119th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 62.0% 2024 up 7.9% 125th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 53.2% 2024 up 8.1% 124th Page 1 of 2 Next →