Work & Labour in Sao Tome and Principe 47 indicators covering work & labour for Sao Tome and Principe. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 24.1% 2025 down 4.7% 186th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 22.8% 2025 up 0.7% 173rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 21.2% 2025 down 10.1% 179th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 22.7% 2025 down 9.8% 181st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 19.8% 2025 down 10.2% 154th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 23.3% 2025 down 2.7% 186th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 24.0% 2025 down 5.1% 186th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 95.0% 2025 up 5.3% 9th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 22.7% 2025 down 0.1% 171st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 23.4% 2025 down 2.2% 186th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 3.9% 2025 down 4.5% 68th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 56.4% 2025 up 1.2% 116th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 4.1% 2025 down 7.6% 80th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 21.2% 2025 up 3.8% 14th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 23.8% 2025 down 0.0% 114th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 22.5% 2025 up 1.3% 61st Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 67.6% 2025 up 1.3% 104th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 63.3% 2025 up 1.7% 46th Employment in services (% of total employment) 65.4% 2025 up 1.7% 75th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 4.2% 2025 down 11.0% 93rd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 56.0% 2025 up 1.0% 118th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 55.6% 2025 up 0.9% 120th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 9.4% 2025 down 38.8% 128th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 44.0% 2025 down 1.3% 69th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 43.6% 2025 down 1.5% 71st Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 44.4% 2025 down 1.1% 67th Employers, total (% of total employment) 9.0% 2025 down 2.4% 8th Employers, male (% of male employment) 9.4% 2025 down 3.2% 10th Employers, female (% of female employment) 8.6% 2025 down 1.0% 5th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 8.3% 2025 down 22.0% 132nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 8.8% 2025 down 31.3% 130th GDP per person employed 41,153 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 1.6% 96th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.7% 2017 down 60.0% 68th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.6% 2017 down 40.5% 62nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.7% 2017 down 72.5% 80th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 51.4% 2025 up 0.6% 9th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 49.4% 2025 up 2.2% 1st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 50.4% 2025 up 1.4% 2nd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 35.0% 2025 down 1.0% 77th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 34.2% 2025 down 1.1% 78th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 35.8% 2025 down 1.1% 79th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 21.2% 2025 down 1.2% 186th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 21.8% 2025 down 4.8% 186th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 20.6% 2025 up 3.0% 172nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 19.4% 2025 down 5.9% 164th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 20.8% 2025 down 7.4% 175th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 18.0% 2025 down 3.9% 143rd