Work & Labour in Mauritania 49 indicators covering work & labour for Mauritania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 57.8% 2025 down 4.3% 176th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 27.1% 2025 down 1.8% 169th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 20.1% 2025 down 9.5% 180th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 27.3% 2025 down 9.9% 171st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 12.9% 2025 down 11.8% 171st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 40.8% 2025 down 3.1% 176th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 56.6% 2025 down 4.1% 173rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 46.2% 2025 up 2.3% 165th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 26.2% 2025 down 1.9% 169th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 41.9% 2025 down 3.1% 178th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 5.1% 2025 down 19.6% 57th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 49.3% 2025 up 1.5% 134th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 6.9% 2025 down 21.2% 59th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 10.0% 2025 down 4.1% 95th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 17.4% 2025 up 12.3% 150th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 15.0% 2025 up 8.6% 141st Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 60.5% 2025 up 7.5% 115th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 49.3% 2025 up 5.4% 104th Employment in services (% of total employment) 52.8% 2025 up 6.0% 113th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 10.8% 2025 down 21.7% 60th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 42.6% 2025 up 1.7% 138th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 28.1% 2025 up 0.7% 146th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 29.8% 2025 up 37.9% 30th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 57.4% 2025 down 1.3% 49th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 50.7% 2025 down 1.4% 53rd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 71.9% 2025 down 0.3% 41st Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.1% 2025 up 23.1% 64th Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.6% 2025 up 22.6% 54th Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.8% 2025 up 12.7% 157th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 19.6% 2025 up 16.3% 43rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 22.9% 2025 up 23.9% 37th GDP per person employed 31,135 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 10.0% 111th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 10.4% 2019 up 5.6% 29th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 29.8% 2019 up 6.2% 177th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 64.1% 2019 up 2.0% 153rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 45.5% 2019 up 4.4% 181st Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 46.5% 2019 up 4.1% 175th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 48.6% 2025 down 1.9% 13th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 24.6% 2025 up 4.4% 33rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 36.7% 2025 down 1.0% 15th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 53.3% 2025 down 2.7% 50th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 45.1% 2025 down 3.8% 54th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 71.1% 2025 down 0.4% 39th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 36.6% 2025 down 3.3% 172nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 52.0% 2025 down 2.9% 170th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 22.3% 2025 down 5.1% 169th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 15.5% 2025 down 14.4% 178th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 21.9% 2025 down 12.9% 173rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 9.0% 2025 down 21.0% 171st