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