Work & Labour in Maldives 63 indicators covering work & labour for Maldives. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.3% 2025 up 5.9% 55th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 58.6% 2025 up 15.0% 40th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 63.5% 2025 up 13.0% 79th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 76.4% 2025 up 13.0% 43rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 51.7% 2025 up 10.2% 45th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 43.2% 2025 up 7.8% 152nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.2% 2025 up 14.0% 84th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 66.4% 2025 up 14.5% 113th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 40.7% 2025 up 5.6% 149th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 53.3% 2025 down 6.5% 157th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 80.0% 2025 up 5.7% 60th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 68.5% 2025 up 5.4% 96th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 83.5% 2025 up 4.8% 33rd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 72.5% 2025 up 3.3% 15th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.4% 2025 down 90.2% 149th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.4% 2025 down 83.8% 140th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.4% 2025 down 86.2% 147th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 21.1% 2025 down 1.4% 15th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 15.7% 2025 down 9.4% 157th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 16.9% 2025 down 8.0% 118th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 69.5% 2025 down 8.7% 100th Employment in services (% of total employment) 71.8% 2025 up 0.0% 52nd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 20.0% 2025 down 17.6% 127th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 16.5% 2025 down 18.7% 154th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 31.5% 2025 down 10.1% 91st Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.1% 2025 down 24.6% 105th Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.8% 2025 down 26.2% 107th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.0% 2025 down 35.0% 142nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 9.4% 2025 down 22.4% 127th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 19.5% 2025 up 0.6% 45th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 15.7% 2025 down 6.8% 75th GDP per person employed 49,706 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 6.4% 80th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.6% 2019 down 61.0% 110th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.0% 2019 down 51.6% 86th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.9% 2019 down 71.4% 134th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 78.6% 2019 up 15.6% 36th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 50.6% 2019 up 32.5% 120th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 63.6% 2019 up 22.1% 91st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 47.1% 2019 up 23.6% 42nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 58.0% 2019 up 26.0% 34th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 64.4% 2019 up 14.6% 152nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 52.6% 2019 up 25.7% 39th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 13.9% 2019 down 45.4% 76th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 17.2% 2019 down 40.9% 47th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 9.7% 2019 down 54.7% 113th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 27.4% 2025 down 3.4% 66th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 21.8% 2025 up 9.8% 45th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 24.3% 2025 up 4.6% 57th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 39.2% 2025 up 9.1% 54th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 47.2% 2025 up 14.8% 54th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 43.6% 2025 up 11.7% 49th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 16.9% 2025 down 16.2% 127th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 39.1% 2025 up 8.3% 144th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 72.9% 2025 up 15.4% 44th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 60.6% 2025 up 15.5% 68th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 30.5% 2025 down 8.9% 90th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 12.8% 2025 down 16.1% 145th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 48.6% 2019 up 47.6% 99th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 74.6% 2019 up 22.5% 40th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 60.7% 2019 up 32.0% 74th Page 1 of 2 Next →