Work & Labour in Somalia 44 indicators covering work & labour for Somalia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 20.7% 2025 down 1.2% 174th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 34.8% 2025 down 0.6% 183rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 48.2% 2025 down 0.6% 184th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 21.5% 2025 down 0.8% 175th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 15.8% 2025 down 3.4% 185th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 20.0% 2025 down 2.4% 185th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 11.6% 2025 down 5.0% 175th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 33.8% 2025 down 0.9% 183rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 47.2% 2025 down 0.8% 183rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 43.8% 2025 down 0.3% 167th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 9.5% 2025 down 6.9% 37th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 47.8% 2025 up 1.5% 130th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 10.5% 2025 down 9.4% 46th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 14.8% 2025 up 9.0% 49th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 18.9% 2025 up 1.2% 138th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 17.8% 2025 up 3.0% 112th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 50.9% 2025 down 4.9% 137th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 52.8% 2025 down 0.7% 88th Employment in services (% of total employment) 52.2% 2025 down 1.9% 117th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 13.0% 2025 down 13.6% 53rd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 53.5% 2025 up 1.5% 122nd Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 33.6% 2025 up 1.3% 141st Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 37.4% 2025 up 2.9% 19th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 32.4% 2025 up 2.6% 12th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 34.2% 2025 up 2.6% 15th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 52.2% 2025 down 1.4% 57th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 46.5% 2025 down 1.7% 65th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 66.4% 2025 down 0.6% 46th Employers, total (% of total employment) 6.2% 2025 down 0.5% 22nd Employers, male (% of male employment) 6.2% 2025 down 6.2% 44th Employers, female (% of female employment) 6.2% 2025 up 17.1% 10th GDP per person employed 9,575 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 3.9% 157th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 43.6% 2025 up 0.1% 6th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 50.0% 2025 up 0.1% 11th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 37.4% 2025 up 0.2% 5th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 46.0% 2025 down 1.5% 59th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 40.2% 2025 down 1.0% 65th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 60.2% 2025 down 2.1% 50th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 27.4% 2025 down 1.5% 183rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 39.5% 2025 down 1.3% 183rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 15.6% 2025 down 1.9% 176th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 10.4% 2025 down 4.7% 184th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 13.5% 2025 down 3.6% 182nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 7.2% 2025 down 6.5% 175th