Work & Labour in North Macedonia 89 indicators covering work & labour for North Macedonia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 23.6% 2025 down 7.0% 145th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 36.4% 2025 down 9.9% 134th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 51.9% 2025 down 3.8% 154th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 61.8% 2025 down 6.9% 157th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 69.1% 2025 up 8.5% 130th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 30.1% 2025 down 9.2% 143rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.9% 2025 up 8.8% 116th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 76.0% 2025 down 0.9% 109th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 65.8% 2025 up 3.0% 117th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 42.7% 2025 up 1.0% 140th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 79.6% 2025 up 12.8% 51st Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 55.5% 2025 up 17.3% 78th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 68.0% 2025 up 17.2% 102nd Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 88.4% 2025 up 12.3% 49th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 30.6% 2025 up 0.4% 17th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 83.4% 2025 up 12.8% 48th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 4.1% 2025 down 66.3% 94th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 1.9% 2025 down 62.5% 99th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 2.8% 2025 down 64.2% 97th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 24.4% 2025 down 0.4% 9th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 35.3% 2025 up 2.0% 27th Employment in services (% of total employment) 60.9% 2025 up 17.8% 89th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 16.6% 2025 down 36.4% 139th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 20.4% 2025 down 30.7% 136th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 11.6% 2025 down 45.4% 138th Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.3% 2025 down 1.5% 58th Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.7% 2025 up 5.2% 53rd Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.3% 2025 down 13.9% 73rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 28.5% 2025 down 34.7% 34th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 28.9% 2025 down 41.9% 20th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 28.8% 2025 down 39.4% 22nd GDP per person employed 65,974 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 11.8% 62nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 11.5% 2025 down 56.3% 21st Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 12.2% 2025 down 54.9% 16th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 10.6% 2025 down 58.3% 40th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 42.9% 2025 down 1.3% 154th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 61.3% 2025 down 9.2% 171st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 51.9% 2025 down 6.3% 164th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 23.8% 2025 down 6.0% 136th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 38.2% 2025 down 5.6% 122nd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 70.0% 2025 up 8.7% 136th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 31.2% 2025 down 5.8% 130th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 29.2% 2025 down 39.0% 16th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 30.3% 2025 down 39.6% 10th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 27.2% 2025 down 37.9% 28th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 17.5% 2025 down 29.8% 117th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 19.5% 2025 down 21.4% 57th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 18.5% 2025 down 25.6% 92nd Productivity: output per hour worked 27.97 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 52.3% 63rd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 14.7% 2025 down 38.8% 137th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 16.9% 2025 up 18.0% 147th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 25.9% 2025 up 27.4% 160th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 21.4% 2025 up 23.2% 157th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 12.3% 2025 down 43.3% 139th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 38.0% 2025 up 20.3% 146th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 53.7% 2025 up 11.0% 165th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 45.6% 2025 up 14.6% 158th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 9.3% 2025 down 50.0% 142nd Unemployment with basic education 19.0% 2024 down 40.6% 9th Unemployment with basic education, male 20.0% 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