Work & Labour in Malawi 94 indicators covering work & labour for Malawi. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 62.6% 2025 down 6.5% 86th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.3% 2025 down 6.6% 118th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 86.4% 2025 up 0.1% 50th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 58.2% 2025 down 6.5% 60th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 63.2% 2025 down 6.4% 127th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 67.8% 2025 down 6.5% 154th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 59.0% 2025 down 6.4% 103rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 46.2% 2025 down 12.1% 62nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 48.8% 2025 down 11.4% 73rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.7% 2025 down 12.9% 53rd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 55.6% 2025 down 1.7% 46th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 24.2% 2025 down 0.2% 175th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 61.3% 2025 down 1.5% 44th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 9.9% 2025 up 0.0% 178th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 4.6% 2025 down 5.6% 163rd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 5.6% 2025 down 16.1% 64th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 5.1% 2025 down 8.2% 58th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 6.1% 2025 down 22.0% 79th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 38.7% 2025 up 2.4% 143rd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 44.4% 2025 up 2.3% 141st Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 32.6% 2025 up 2.4% 142nd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 67.4% 2025 down 1.1% 45th Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.4% 2025 up 16.9% 159th Employers, male (% of male employment) 1.6% 2025 up 7.4% 163rd Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.0% 2025 up 37.2% 139th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 7.3% 2025 down 1.6% 178th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 30.9% 2025 up 3.2% 171st Employment in services (% of total employment) 27.7% 2025 up 1.8% 177th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 7.3% 2025 up 3.2% 144th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 6.6% 2025 up 2.9% 143rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 6.9% 2025 up 2.9% 144th GDP per person employed 4,563 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 0.8% 170th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 15.4% 2024 up 209.5% 11th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 12.9% 2024 up 215.6% 12th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 18.0% 2024 up 208.2% 15th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 44.8% 2024 down 38.5% 146th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 55.2% 2024 down 33.7% 186th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 49.6% 2024 down 36.1% 172nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 41.0% 2024 down 38.7% 104th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 34.0% 2024 down 46.3% 85th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 81.1% 2024 down 7.2% 88th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 37.4% 2024 down 42.5% 98th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 19.2% 2024 up 181.1% 47th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 16.3% 2024 up 149.4% 55th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 22.3% 2024 up 215.6% 43rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 27.0% 2025 down 0.1% 68th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 16.4% 2025 up 6.6% 72nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 21.8% 2025 up 1.9% 75th Productivity: output per hour worked 3.29 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 14.5% 124th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 54.0% 2025 down 2.0% 40th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 64.5% 2025 down 6.7% 97th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 54.7% 2025 down 6.7% 59th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 43.0% 2025 down 12.2% 53rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 45.5% 2025 down 11.6% 62nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 59.4% 2025 down 6.7% 79th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 66.4% 2025 down 1.6% 43rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 40.5% 2025 down 13.1% 47th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 59.9% 2025 down 1.8% 41st Unemployment with basic education 14.9% 2024 up 201.7% 16th Unemployment with basic education, male 12.4% 2024 up 353.5% 26th Page 1 of 2 Next →