Work & Labour in New Zealand 85 indicators covering work & labour for New Zealand. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 65.6% 2025 up 11.2% 12th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 65.9% 2025 up 3.6% 19th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 70.4% 2025 up 2.9% 27th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.7% 2025 up 0.7% 52nd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 88.4% 2025 up 4.4% 33rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 65.8% 2025 up 7.1% 14th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 79.2% 2025 up 7.6% 15th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 85.9% 2025 up 2.4% 18th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 82.6% 2025 up 4.9% 13th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 66.1% 2025 up 5.1% 21st Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 81.6% 2025 up 2.3% 57th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 64.0% 2025 up 7.6% 43rd Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 85.0% 2025 up 1.2% 58th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 78.5% 2025 up 3.3% 55th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 86.4% 2025 up 0.5% 48th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.7% 2025 down 43.0% 139th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.4% 2025 down 48.4% 143rd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.6% 2025 down 45.1% 138th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 9.8% 2025 down 2.8% 98th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 29.1% 2025 down 10.4% 62nd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 19.9% 2025 down 9.3% 81st Employment in services (% of total employment) 74.6% 2025 up 3.8% 37th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 18.4% 2025 down 9.2% 130th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 21.5% 2025 down 10.6% 132nd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 15.0% 2025 down 6.4% 129th Employers, total (% of total employment) 5.8% 2025 down 4.0% 26th Employers, male (% of male employment) 7.4% 2025 down 6.9% 28th Employers, female (% of female employment) 4.1% 2025 up 3.7% 21st Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 13.7% 2025 down 1.1% 89th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.0% 2025 up 7.8% 76th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 14.4% 2025 up 3.5% 82nd GDP per person employed 87,948 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 1.1% 43rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.3% 2025 down 2.8% 94th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.1% 2025 up 2.5% 84th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.4% 2025 down 7.7% 103rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 66.5% 2025 up 4.9% 27th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.6% 2025 up 0.2% 61st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 70.5% 2025 up 2.5% 34th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 63.8% 2025 up 8.0% 12th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 64.6% 2025 up 1.5% 21st Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 89.2% 2025 up 4.7% 31st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 64.2% 2025 up 4.5% 13th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 15.7% 2025 up 13.0% 60th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.8% 2025 up 14.0% 59th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 15.5% 2025 up 12.1% 73rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 13.2% 2025 down 2.8% 134th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 12.4% 2025 up 28.4% 109th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 12.8% 2025 up 10.7% 131st Productivity: output per hour worked 49.56 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 2.5% 31st Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 14.0% 2025 down 12.4% 139th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 56.6% 2025 up 11.4% 18th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 56.1% 2025 up 2.3% 29th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 56.3% 2025 up 6.5% 19th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 12.6% 2025 down 11.4% 138th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 10.9% 2025 down 9.7% 133rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 66.8% 2025 up 3.2% 29th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 71.1% 2025 up 0.8% 51st Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 62.6% 2025 up 5.8% 19th Unemployment with basic education 6.7% 2020 down 34.7% 61st Unemployment with basic education, male 6.9% 2020 down 33.8% 54th Page 1 of 2 Next →