Work & Labour in Madagascar 64 indicators covering work & labour for Madagascar. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 71.0% 2025 down 2.6% 5th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 73.8% 2025 down 3.5% 5th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 85.5% 2025 down 0.6% 2nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 88.1% 2025 down 0.9% 5th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 94.1% 2025 up 0.5% 10th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 72.4% 2025 down 3.1% 4th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 84.6% 2025 down 0.0% 2nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 89.2% 2025 down 0.6% 8th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 86.9% 2025 down 0.3% 4th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 82.9% 2025 down 0.4% 1st Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 11.7% 2025 up 10.3% 183rd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 19.4% 2025 up 27.5% 185th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 9.4% 2025 up 17.0% 179th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 13.9% 2025 up 6.5% 185th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 22.4% 2025 up 31.2% 177th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 56.8% 2025 down 4.5% 5th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 23.9% 2025 up 1.6% 6th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 39.9% 2025 down 2.7% 4th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 9.3% 2025 down 4.9% 102nd Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 10.5% 2025 up 20.6% 176th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 9.9% 2025 up 7.5% 165th Employment in services (% of total employment) 20.9% 2025 up 29.4% 181st Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 88.3% 2025 down 1.2% 4th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 86.1% 2025 down 1.0% 2nd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 90.6% 2025 down 1.5% 8th Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.9% 2025 up 1.5% 68th Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.2% 2025 down 7.6% 66th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.5% 2025 up 29.1% 62nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 5.3% 2025 up 82.1% 162nd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 5.2% 2025 up 41.4% 155th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 5.2% 2025 up 58.8% 160th GDP per person employed 3,296 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 0.7% 175th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.2% 2022 up 431.9% 143rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.9% 2022 up 415.4% 133rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.5% 2022 up 451.4% 139th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 68.9% 2022 down 24.6% 23rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 81.6% 2022 down 13.1% 24th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 75.0% 2022 down 19.0% 19th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 57.0% 2022 down 36.7% 20th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 66.4% 2022 down 26.3% 14th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 84.5% 2022 down 13.2% 74th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 61.6% 2022 down 31.6% 17th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 5.6% 2022 up 467.1% 135th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 5.5% 2022 up 465.9% 129th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 5.7% 2022 up 469.0% 137th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 24.4% 2025 up 7.5% 56th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 18.6% 2025 up 8.0% 61st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 30.2% 2025 up 7.1% 54th Productivity: output per hour worked 1.66 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 18.9% 130th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 68.6% 2025 down 5.0% 8th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 69.9% 2025 down 5.0% 8th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 80.2% 2025 down 1.9% 2nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 67.3% 2025 down 5.0% 6th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 85.6% 2025 down 1.9% 8th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 82.9% 2025 down 1.9% 3rd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 88.1% 2025 down 2.1% 11th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 81.0% 2025 down 0.5% 4th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 84.4% 2025 down 1.3% 3rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 66.5% 2022 down 26.7% 18th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 79.2% 2022 down 15.2% 22nd Page 1 of 2 Next →