Work & Labour in Nicaragua 60 indicators covering work & labour for Nicaragua. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 54.6% 2025 up 7.3% 122nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 32.4% 2025 up 1.0% 102nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 72.0% 2025 up 2.1% 9th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 52.5% 2025 up 2.0% 42nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 83.9% 2025 down 1.0% 32nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 69.0% 2025 up 2.4% 96th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.3% 2025 up 6.0% 111th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 62.7% 2025 up 7.6% 145th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 81.8% 2025 down 1.5% 19th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 66.1% 2025 up 1.5% 54th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 7.2% 2025 down 20.1% 73rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 9.5% 2025 up 8.5% 120th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 8.3% 2025 up 17.9% 133rd Employment in services (% of total employment) 52.6% 2025 up 2.7% 115th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 35.8% 2025 up 0.5% 161st Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 78.1% 2025 up 1.7% 87th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 16.9% 2025 down 4.8% 120th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 20.0% 2025 down 0.4% 133rd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 12.2% 2025 down 12.4% 66th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 7.9% 2025 down 17.3% 55th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 8.3% 2025 down 15.4% 41st Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 12.4% 2025 down 2.6% 102nd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 55.7% 2025 up 2.7% 120th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 58.9% 2025 up 3.2% 109th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 50.9% 2025 up 2.6% 123rd Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.8% 2025 up 7.0% 48th Employers, male (% of male employment) 7.1% 2025 down 2.0% 33rd Employers, total (% of total employment) 5.4% 2025 down 1.8% 33rd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 49.1% 2025 down 2.6% 64th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 41.1% 2025 down 4.2% 78th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 44.3% 2025 down 3.2% 67th GDP per person employed 17,638 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 6.9% 138th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.2% 2018 down 16.1% 96th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.2% 2018 down 8.8% 81st Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.3% 2018 down 23.2% 106th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 83.3% 2014 up 5.5% 18th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 48.0% 2014 up 7.7% 131st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 65.0% 2014 up 6.5% 77th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 32.5% 2014 up 4.0% 99th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 71.4% 2014 up 12.5% 7th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 57.7% 2014 up 2.1% 163rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 51.7% 2014 up 8.2% 44th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 8.5% 2014 down 1.6% 119th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 6.4% 2014 down 21.3% 123rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 12.9% 2014 up 33.8% 89th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 21.9% 2025 down 10.3% 72nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 7.6% 2025 down 14.9% 164th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 36.6% 2025 down 8.9% 29th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 46.3% 2025 down 3.1% 64th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 28.4% 2025 up 1.4% 92nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 66.0% 2025 up 0.7% 12th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 47.5% 2025 up 1.1% 40th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 48.6% 2025 up 6.3% 104th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 38.9% 2025 down 3.4% 68th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 34.0% 2025 down 4.7% 80th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 77.7% 2025 down 2.2% 23rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 62.7% 2025 up 1.1% 52nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 45.4% 2014 up 7.3% 113th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 80.1% 2014 up 1.9% 19th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 62.0% 2014 up 4.1% 65th