Work & Labour in Solomon Islands 44 indicators covering work & labour for Solomon Islands. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 82.3% 2025 down 0.3% 2nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 85.8% 2025 down 0.1% 6th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 87.4% 2025 down 0.0% 14th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 84.3% 2025 down 0.1% 3rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 70.8% 2025 down 0.5% 5th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 70.0% 2025 down 0.2% 13th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 71.7% 2025 down 0.7% 4th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 84.3% 2025 down 0.2% 3rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 86.2% 2025 down 0.0% 10th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 95.5% 2025 down 0.2% 7th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 44.3% 2025 down 4.2% 1st Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 30.1% 2025 up 2.0% 154th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 56.9% 2025 down 0.7% 1st Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 3.1% 2025 down 9.2% 177th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 11.7% 2025 down 10.5% 172nd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 7.6% 2025 down 10.2% 176th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 53.1% 2025 down 1.9% 134th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 47.0% 2025 up 2.5% 116th Employment in services (% of total employment) 50.0% 2025 up 0.2% 128th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 70.6% 2025 up 1.8% 1st Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 39.0% 2025 up 3.6% 149th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 20.4% 2025 down 1.3% 154th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 3.1% 2025 up 99.0% 175th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 2.4% 2025 up 134.1% 179th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 2.8% 2025 up 112.7% 178th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 69.9% 2025 down 0.8% 33rd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 61.0% 2025 down 2.2% 38th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 79.6% 2025 up 0.3% 33rd Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.3% 2025 up 25.5% 164th Employers, male (% of male employment) 2.0% 2025 up 25.9% 151st Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.5% 2025 up 23.4% 175th GDP per person employed 4,519 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 14.7% 171st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 8.3% 2025 up 18.0% 162nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 10.5% 2025 up 16.4% 156th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 6.2% 2025 up 21.4% 172nd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 68.7% 2025 down 1.2% 30th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 59.0% 2025 down 2.9% 33rd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 79.1% 2025 up 0.2% 30th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 83.1% 2025 down 0.9% 2nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 84.9% 2025 down 0.8% 10th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 81.2% 2025 down 0.9% 1st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 68.9% 2025 down 1.9% 7th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 68.3% 2025 down 1.6% 10th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 69.5% 2025 down 2.2% 4th