Work & Labour in Low & middle income

48 indicators covering work & labour for Low & middle income.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.3% 2025 down 2.8% 20th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 61.0% 2025 down 1.6% 25th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 33.9% 2025 down 1.8% 32nd
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.0% 2025 down 5.6% 23rd
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.2% 2025 down 4.2% 28th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 52.0% 2025 up 2.2% 37th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.0% 2025 down 1.4% 23rd
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 65.7% 2025 up 0.1% 34th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 47.6% 2025 up 0.4% 36th
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 67.0% 2025 up 2.9% 36th
Employment in services (% of total employment) 44.6% 2025 up 6.5% 32nd
Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 41.1% 2025 up 7.5% 31st
Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 50.0% 2025 up 4.9% 30th
Employment in industry (% of total employment) 24.0% 2025 up 3.2% 18th
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 18.2% 2025 down 17.7% 20th
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 28.5% 2025 up 7.0% 26th
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 17.0% 2025 down 4.9% 9th
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 11.6% 2025 down 14.4% 18th
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 7.3% 2025 down 10.3% 18th
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 45.0% 2025 up 1.4% 31st
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 45.5% 2025 up 2.0% 31st
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 44.2% 2025 up 0.3% 30th
Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.4% 2025 up 19.1% 23rd
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 15.4% 2025 down 9.6% 17th
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 13.3% 2025 down 14.5% 22nd
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 13.7% 2025 down 14.0% 20th
Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.4% 2025 up 7.8% 15th
Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.2% 2025 up 9.5% 15th
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 55.0% 2025 down 1.1% 17th
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 54.5% 2025 down 1.6% 17th
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 55.8% 2025 down 0.3% 18th
GDP per person employed 33,279 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 32.1% 30th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.2% 2022 up 23.0% 15th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 60.0% 2018 down 3.9% 17th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) 13.3% 2025 up 1.0% 20th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) 29.5% 2025 down 10.0% 15th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) 21.1% 2025 down 6.7% 23rd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 43.7% 2025 down 3.5% 19th
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 50.8% 2025 down 1.9% 18th
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 49.2% 2025 down 2.5% 17th
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 53.4% 2025 down 1.0% 18th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 58.0% 2025 down 0.5% 25th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 70.7% 2025 down 1.7% 19th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 45.2% 2025 up 1.3% 36th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 37.0% 2025 down 2.4% 27th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 29.8% 2025 down 0.6% 31st
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 57.6% 2019 down 3.6% 16th
Own-account workers, total 37.0% 2016 down 2.0% 8th