Work & Labour in Sierra Leone 51 indicators covering work & labour for Sierra Leone. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 93.5% 2025 down 2.7% 13th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 30.9% 2025 up 4.5% 132nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 53.1% 2025 down 6.3% 129th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 28.8% 2025 up 14.3% 170th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 56.1% 2025 down 2.6% 180th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 33.1% 2025 down 2.7% 95th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 54.6% 2025 down 4.5% 156th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 55.2% 2025 down 3.8% 176th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 53.4% 2025 down 5.0% 145th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.6% 2025 down 6.3% 108th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 5.7% 2025 down 13.3% 63rd Employers, female (% of female employment) 3.4% 2025 up 14.2% 26th Employers, male (% of male employment) 2.1% 2025 down 6.5% 149th Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.8% 2025 up 4.8% 121st Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 94.8% 2025 down 0.2% 3rd Employment in services (% of total employment) 44.0% 2025 up 20.3% 148th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 38.3% 2025 up 25.3% 153rd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 50.0% 2025 up 17.3% 138th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 11.5% 2025 up 77.2% 159th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 16.7% 2025 up 48.6% 153rd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 6.1% 2025 up 251.3% 152nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 3.7% 2025 down 54.3% 172nd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 6.3% 2025 down 7.1% 52nd Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 5.2% 2025 down 20.1% 85th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 11.2% 2025 up 3.4% 184th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 17.0% 2025 up 2.0% 182nd Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 5.2% 2025 up 3.8% 184th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 83.0% 2025 down 0.4% 5th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 88.8% 2025 down 0.4% 3rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 2.5% 2025 down 50.9% 178th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 5.1% 2025 down 58.2% 156th GDP per person employed 9,855 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 17.1% 156th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 63.9% 2018 down 3.1% 36th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 69.0% 2018 up 4.0% 117th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 66.2% 2018 up 8.7% 64th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 42.0% 2018 up 17.1% 101st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.4% 2018 down 10.2% 50th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 92.6% 2018 down 6.8% 16th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.7% 2018 up 12.8% 77th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 33.1% 2025 down 1.9% 40th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 28.5% 2025 down 7.3% 16th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 30.8% 2025 down 4.5% 25th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 86.0% 2025 down 0.6% 2nd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 80.9% 2025 down 0.2% 5th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 91.3% 2025 down 0.7% 4th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 51.7% 2025 down 3.7% 131st Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 52.9% 2025 down 2.5% 167th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 50.5% 2025 down 4.9% 88th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 29.8% 2025 up 9.6% 109th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 27.3% 2025 up 23.5% 149th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 32.3% 2025 down 0.0% 70th