Work & Labour in Panama 107 indicators covering work & labour for Panama. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 37.0% 2025 up 20.3% 75th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 52.7% 2025 down 4.7% 60th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 45.0% 2025 up 4.1% 68th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 61.1% 2025 up 8.7% 94th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 82.7% 2025 down 1.6% 43rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 71.9% 2025 up 2.6% 73rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 54.9% 2025 up 6.7% 83rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 70.6% 2025 up 9.6% 124th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.9% 2025 down 2.7% 31st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 66.3% 2025 up 1.0% 51st Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.6% 2025 down 20.2% 110th Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.5% 2025 down 18.5% 120th Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.7% 2025 down 19.8% 123rd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 37.2% 2025 up 16.4% 82nd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 42.9% 2025 up 12.0% 74th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 40.6% 2025 up 13.3% 77th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 62.8% 2025 down 7.7% 105th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 57.1% 2025 down 7.5% 113th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 59.4% 2025 down 7.4% 110th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 6.9% 2025 up 20.1% 76th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 3.8% 2025 up 16.7% 69th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 5.1% 2025 up 19.8% 72nd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 10.5% 2025 up 8.5% 90th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 21.5% 2025 down 5.0% 124th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 17.0% 2025 down 3.2% 117th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 79.9% 2025 down 2.9% 77th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 58.0% 2025 up 4.2% 67th Employment in services (% of total employment) 67.0% 2025 up 1.3% 71st Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 26.2% 2025 up 66.1% 39th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.4% 2025 up 62.8% 73rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 19.8% 2025 up 69.3% 51st GDP per person employed 81,808 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 23.7% 51st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 8.3% 2025 up 88.7% 48th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.7% 2025 up 79.0% 57th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 10.4% 2025 up 93.7% 42nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 52.1% 2025 up 3.6% 116th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.0% 2025 down 5.1% 66th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 62.5% 2025 down 1.8% 101st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 33.8% 2025 up 10.0% 88th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 51.4% 2025 down 7.0% 65th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 70.4% 2025 up 9.2% 132nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.8% 2025 down 0.8% 75th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 19.5% 2025 up 66.7% 43rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 16.5% 2025 up 74.0% 52nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 24.3% 2025 up 54.0% 35th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 19.5% 2025 down 28.6% 107th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 10.4% 2025 up 3.7% 131st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 14.8% 2025 down 19.7% 116th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 27.3% 2025 up 5.4% 99th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 44.6% 2025 down 11.0% 65th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 36.1% 2025 down 5.5% 80th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 49.2% 2025 up 1.0% 100th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 72.5% 2025 down 5.9% 46th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 60.8% 2025 down 3.3% 67th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 35.6% 2025 up 18.9% 82nd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 39.4% 2025 up 15.8% 68th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 37.9% 2025 up 16.7% 72nd Unemployment with basic education 6.8% 2024 up 43.4% 60th Unemployment with basic education, male 5.5% 2024 up 38.3% 72nd Unemployment with intermediate education 12.0% 2024 up 113.8% 16th Page 1 of 2 Next →