Work & Labour in Puerto Rico 63 indicators covering work & labour for Puerto Rico. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 16.0% 2025 down 5.1% 164th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 27.1% 2025 down 1.4% 174th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 42.8% 2025 up 12.5% 170th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 49.6% 2025 up 10.3% 181st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 21.7% 2025 down 2.3% 178th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 50.6% 2025 up 26.1% 137th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 63.4% 2025 up 17.7% 169th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 56.8% 2025 up 21.5% 153rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 36.9% 2025 up 15.6% 160th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 74.3% 2025 up 4.8% 115th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 87.4% 2025 down 0.9% 29th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 92.0% 2025 down 1.1% 22nd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 83.3% 2025 down 1.0% 36th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 77.4% 2025 up 2.3% 6th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.8% 2025 down 7.6% 135th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.2% 2025 up 17.5% 157th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.5% 2025 down 2.0% 145th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 7.8% 2025 down 11.9% 129th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 20.8% 2025 down 6.1% 129th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 14.7% 2025 down 8.3% 144th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 91.9% 2025 up 1.1% 18th Employment in services (% of total employment) 84.1% 2025 up 1.9% 8th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 12.6% 2025 up 6.9% 158th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 16.7% 2025 up 5.1% 151st Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 8.0% 2025 up 14.0% 165th Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.3% 2025 up 10.3% 132nd Employers, male (% of male employment) 2.8% 2025 up 4.0% 134th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.7% 2025 up 26.8% 108th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 11.3% 2025 down 46.1% 110th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.5% 2025 down 48.3% 70th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 14.0% 2025 down 47.4% 84th GDP per person employed 124,954 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 16.3% 21st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.6% 2025 down 53.1% 87th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 15.0% 2020 down 19.8% 9th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 15.7% 2020 up 23.3% 19th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 49.0% 2020 down 4.5% 193rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 39.5% 2020 up 15.7% 165th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 43.9% 2020 up 4.8% 186th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 30.1% 2020 up 57.8% 110th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 33.5% 2020 up 8.1% 142nd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 80.6% 2020 up 21.2% 92nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 31.9% 2020 up 27.4% 123rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 34.3% 2020 up 13.4% 11th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 34.9% 2020 down 1.4% 7th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 33.5% 2020 up 52.4% 15th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 19.6% 2025 down 3.6% 106th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 21.4% 2025 down 7.1% 47th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 20.5% 2025 down 5.4% 80th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 14.2% 2025 up 6.5% 159th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 22.9% 2025 up 19.1% 171st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 18.6% 2025 up 14.5% 169th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 10.3% 2025 up 6.2% 147th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 35.0% 2025 up 21.6% 154th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 46.2% 2025 up 19.3% 179th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 40.2% 2025 up 20.2% 165th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 6.3% 2025 up 11.0% 163rd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 13.8% 2025 up 5.4% 141st Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 33.3% 2020 up 11.7% 148th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 41.6% 2020 down 0.2% 170th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 37.2% 2020 up 5.9% 168th Page 1 of 2 Next →