Work & Labour in Macao 84 indicators covering work & labour for Macao. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.1% 2025 down 3.6% 56th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.3% 2025 up 8.2% 89th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 67.8% 2025 down 4.2% 38th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 73.6% 2025 down 3.4% 58th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 44.1% 2025 up 1.8% 72nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 73.9% 2025 up 2.0% 38th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 85.3% 2025 up 3.7% 22nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 79.0% 2025 up 2.6% 32nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 63.1% 2025 down 4.6% 28th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 85.7% 2025 down 1.3% 53rd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 93.2% 2025 down 0.1% 10th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 95.8% 2025 down 0.0% 7th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 90.6% 2025 down 0.2% 12th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 80.9% 2025 up 7.6% 4th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.3% 2025 down 43.5% 155th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.1% 2025 down 39.8% 185th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.2% 2025 down 42.2% 162nd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 3.6% 2025 down 23.2% 173rd Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 18.7% 2025 down 23.4% 142nd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 11.0% 2025 down 24.5% 161st Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 96.0% 2025 up 1.2% 4th Employment in services (% of total employment) 88.6% 2025 up 4.2% 3rd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 6.8% 2025 up 0.8% 177th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 9.4% 2025 up 2.1% 175th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 4.2% 2025 up 0.6% 180th Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.4% 2025 up 2.4% 89th Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.0% 2025 up 4.0% 74th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.9% 2025 up 2.0% 99th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 4.9% 2025 up 38.6% 164th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 8.8% 2025 up 67.2% 128th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 6.8% 2025 up 56.3% 147th GDP per person employed 204,817 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 0.5% 5th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.5% 2020 down 9.2% 157th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.9% 2020 down 16.5% 136th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.2% 2020 up 4.8% 163rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.8% 2016 up 5.8% 39th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 67.2% 2016 up 14.2% 25th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 72.3% 2016 up 9.7% 27th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 45.8% 2016 up 17.0% 45th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 47.5% 2016 up 28.4% 75th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 86.4% 2016 up 7.9% 57th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 46.7% 2016 up 22.2% 55th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 8.0% 2020 up 45.3% 121st Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 10.1% 2020 up 31.8% 98th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 6.1% 2020 up 76.7% 134th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 3.7% 2025 down 30.5% 183rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 3.6% 2025 down 33.7% 185th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 3.8% 2025 down 26.8% 181st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 41.0% 2025 down 5.0% 44th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 41.3% 2025 up 4.1% 78th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 71.7% 2025 down 4.0% 47th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 61.8% 2025 down 5.0% 21st Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 66.3% 2025 down 4.7% 30th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 2.3% 2025 down 0.6% 182nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 41.1% 2025 down 0.8% 59th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 4.4% 2025 up 0.1% 179th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 3.3% 2025 down 0.8% 181st Unemployment with basic education 2.3% 2016 down 48.8% 104th Unemployment with basic education, male 2.8% 2016 down 48.6% 98th Unemployment with intermediate education 1.8% 2016 down 34.5% 122nd Page 1 of 2 Next →