Work & Labour in Niger 82 indicators covering work & labour for Niger. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 64.6% 2025 up 25.3% 15th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 76.7% 2025 up 7.1% 3rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 79.7% 2025 up 8.7% 9th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 86.5% 2025 up 2.2% 9th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 84.1% 2025 up 15.4% 65th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 70.8% 2025 up 14.5% 6th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 74.0% 2025 up 17.3% 37th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 86.7% 2025 up 1.9% 16th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 80.4% 2025 up 8.3% 22nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 72.8% 2025 up 17.9% 13th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 10.5% 2025 up 19.9% 185th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 23.8% 2025 up 16.4% 181st Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 4.6% 2025 up 27.7% 185th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 15.4% 2025 up 23.4% 184th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 10.3% 2025 down 29.2% 184th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 38.8% 2025 down 9.8% 11th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 22.8% 2025 down 10.5% 8th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 30.0% 2025 down 8.4% 9th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 11.5% 2025 up 5.2% 77th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 7.5% 2025 up 46.7% 183rd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 9.3% 2025 up 23.5% 167th Employment in services (% of total employment) 17.7% 2025 down 1.5% 185th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 89.5% 2025 down 1.9% 2nd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 84.6% 2025 down 3.3% 3rd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 95.4% 2025 down 1.0% 2nd Employers, total (% of total employment) 5.7% 2025 up 271.2% 28th Employers, male (% of male employment) 8.7% 2025 up 517.7% 15th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.2% 2025 up 24.7% 83rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 0.3% 2025 down 33.9% 186th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 0.6% 2025 down 33.7% 185th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 0.5% 2025 down 35.1% 186th GDP per person employed 4,356 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 9.0% 172nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 0.4% 2022 down 81.5% 182nd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 0.5% 2022 down 68.9% 175th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 0.3% 2022 down 92.2% 178th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 73.4% 2022 up 262.2% 15th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 87.3% 2022 up 30.0% 6th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 79.6% 2022 up 86.4% 10th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 64.8% 2022 up 255.6% 10th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 78.8% 2022 up 61.3% 3rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 84.0% 2022 up 178.6% 75th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 71.5% 2022 up 136.3% 4th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 0.4% 2022 down 91.1% 158th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 0.5% 2022 down 85.9% 154th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 0.2% 2022 down 95.7% 155th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 23.3% 2025 down 36.9% 86th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 9.2% 2025 down 32.0% 147th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 16.1% 2025 down 35.5% 108th Productivity: output per hour worked 2.35 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 47.7% 128th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 76.3% 2025 up 7.4% 1st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 64.4% 2025 up 25.5% 8th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 83.7% 2025 down 6.6% 5th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 70.4% 2025 up 14.8% 4th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 76.0% 2025 down 11.8% 10th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 93.2% 2025 down 1.5% 2nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 79.4% 2025 up 8.9% 7th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 86.1% 2025 up 2.3% 7th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 72.6% 2025 up 18.1% 10th Unemployment with basic education 0.8% 2022 down 12.2% 125th Unemployment with basic education, male 0.9% 2022 down 15.3% 124th Page 1 of 2 Next →