Work & Labour in Papua New Guinea 52 indicators covering work & labour for Papua New Guinea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 28.2% 2025 down 14.5% 149th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 27.2% 2025 down 15.0% 173rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.6% 2025 up 3.9% 134th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 29.3% 2025 down 13.9% 117th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 54.1% 2025 up 4.6% 181st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 52.1% 2025 up 4.6% 151st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 53.3% 2025 up 4.9% 179th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 95.4% 2025 down 0.7% 8th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 50.8% 2025 up 4.2% 115th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 52.9% 2025 up 4.2% 162nd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 12.7% 2025 down 4.6% 27th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 27.6% 2025 up 5.8% 166th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 21.2% 2025 down 6.8% 20th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 2.4% 2025 down 8.8% 179th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 12.9% 2025 down 1.1% 164th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 7.9% 2025 down 2.4% 174th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 58.7% 2025 down 17.0% 121st Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 52.1% 2025 down 5.6% 92nd Employment in services (% of total employment) 55.3% 2025 down 11.7% 106th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 30.3% 2025 down 7.9% 21st Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 21.3% 2025 up 6.9% 169th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 14.5% 2025 up 9.3% 167th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 3.0% 2025 down 4.3% 176th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 78.7% 2025 down 1.7% 18th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 72.4% 2025 down 2.0% 21st Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 85.5% 2025 down 1.4% 20th Employers, total (% of total employment) 7.5% 2025 up 3.9% 11th Employers, male (% of male employment) 8.9% 2025 down 2.7% 13th Employers, female (% of female employment) 6.0% 2025 up 16.6% 11th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 4.6% 2025 down 15.0% 160th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 3.8% 2025 down 11.3% 171st GDP per person employed 13,139 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 2.0% 146th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.7% 2022 up 2.5% 154th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 50.6% 2022 up 6.2% 119th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 53.3% 2022 up 8.8% 189th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 52.0% 2022 up 7.5% 163rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 27.7% 2022 down 22.8% 162nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 29.7% 2022 down 23.4% 112th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 95.1% 2022 down 2.3% 10th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 28.6% 2022 down 23.1% 145th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 27.7% 2025 down 14.3% 39th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 24.5% 2025 down 16.0% 34th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 31.2% 2025 down 12.7% 50th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 28.5% 2025 down 13.8% 89th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 25.9% 2025 down 14.3% 159th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 27.1% 2025 down 14.0% 124th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 49.8% 2025 up 3.7% 95th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 51.7% 2025 up 5.3% 172nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 50.7% 2025 up 4.5% 136th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 79.5% 2025 down 2.6% 29th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 63.5% 2025 down 2.0% 25th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 71.2% 2025 down 2.3% 26th