Work & Labour in Senegal

89 indicators covering work & labour for Senegal.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 19.0% 2025 down 16.7% 159th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 43.5% 2025 up 30.8% 98th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 52.0% 2025 up 14.4% 152nd
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 65.7% 2025 up 14.7% 131st
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 58.2% 2025 down 2.2% 150th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 31.6% 2025 up 12.6% 129th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 39.2% 2025 up 10.8% 160th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 67.3% 2025 up 14.2% 156th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 53.3% 2025 up 13.4% 160th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 38.2% 2025 up 12.2% 157th
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 42.5% 2025 up 12.2% 143rd
Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 41.8% 2025 down 9.7% 143rd
Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 58.7% 2025 down 11.0% 123rd
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 23.8% 2025 down 8.2% 150th
Employment in industry (% of total employment) 22.5% 2025 up 73.2% 62nd
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 35.7% 2025 up 7.0% 145th
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 15.7% 2025 down 45.8% 47th
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 10.3% 2025 down 51.1% 32nd
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 12.2% 2025 down 49.0% 42nd
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 16.8% 2025 up 196.3% 35th
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 25.8% 2025 up 47.7% 94th
Employment in services (% of total employment) 47.9% 2025 down 10.7% 136th
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 64.3% 2025 down 3.5% 42nd
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 57.5% 2025 down 7.4% 44th
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 76.2% 2025 up 2.9% 37th
Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.3% 2025 up 57.1% 160th
Employers, male (% of male employment) 1.8% 2025 up 59.5% 160th
Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.6% 2025 up 37.1% 169th
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 5.5% 2025 down 39.1% 160th
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 2.8% 2025 down 61.6% 176th
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 3.6% 2025 down 55.1% 174th
GDP per person employed 14,821 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 0.8% 142nd
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.8% 2024 down 14.5% 83rd
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.1% 2024 down 20.8% 85th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.1% 2024 down 2.9% 73rd
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 31.0% 2024 down 10.2% 176th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 58.6% 2024 up 1.0% 181st
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 44.6% 2024 down 2.0% 183rd
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 14.9% 2024 down 35.1% 160th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 34.5% 2024 up 1.8% 138th
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 52.9% 2024 down 11.1% 170th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 24.7% 2024 down 12.0% 161st
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 7.6% 2024 down 6.2% 124th
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 6.5% 2024 down 11.1% 122nd
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 9.9% 2024 up 10.5% 111th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 44.1% 2025 up 1.7% 15th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 26.9% 2025 down 7.9% 21st
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 35.3% 2025 down 2.8% 16th
Productivity: output per hour worked 4.3 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 12.1% 118th
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 55.7% 2025 down 8.7% 36th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 18.0% 2025 down 13.4% 142nd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 42.3% 2025 up 37.3% 74th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 30.4% 2025 up 18.0% 105th
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 63.0% 2025 down 4.3% 37th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 37.0% 2025 up 17.3% 152nd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 64.1% 2025 up 19.5% 104th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 50.6% 2025 up 19.3% 137th
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 75.6% 2025 up 2.7% 36th
Unemployment with basic education 7.8% 2024 down 6.9% 51st
Unemployment with basic education, male 6.5% 2024 down 13.7% 57th