Work & Labour in South Asia 84 indicators covering work & labour for South Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 19.6% 2025 up 14.2% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.4% 2025 down 5.2% — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 55.6% 2025 up 4.6% — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.4% 2025 down 0.6% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 33.0% 2025 down 0.4% — Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 35.5% 2025 up 22.2% — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 81.2% 2025 up 0.8% — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 59.0% 2025 up 6.2% — Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 33.0% 2025 up 20.0% — Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 42.6% 2025 up 20.8% — Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 26.9% 2025 up 16.9% — Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 23.2% 2025 up 22.8% — Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 28.5% 2025 up 16.5% — Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 37.4% 2025 up 9.7% — Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 29.3% 2025 down 19.0% — Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 8.8% 2025 down 14.8% — Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 14.8% 2025 down 12.4% — Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 15.4% 2025 down 22.1% — Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 29.0% 2025 up 11.1% — Employment in industry (% of total employment) 25.1% 2025 up 2.2% — Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 23.8% 2025 down 3.9% — Employment in services (% of total employment) 33.4% 2025 up 5.3% — Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 73.1% 2025 down 5.1% — Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 71.5% 2025 down 5.3% — Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 76.8% 2025 down 5.3% — Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.3% 2025 up 79.8% — Employers, male (% of male employment) 4.4% 2025 up 92.4% — Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.6% 2025 up 23.8% — Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 16.3% 2025 down 28.0% — Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.4% 2025 down 34.2% — Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 15.4% 2025 down 33.6% — GDP per person employed 24,604 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 37.3% — Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.5% 2025 up 39.3% — Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.6% 2025 up 49.8% — Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.4% 2025 up 15.5% — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.1% 2025 down 2.2% — Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 34.0% 2025 up 24.3% — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 55.3% 2025 up 3.5% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 16.5% 2025 down 5.8% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.8% 2025 down 7.0% — Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 44.1% 2025 up 27.0% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 31.6% 2025 down 7.8% — Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 17.7% 2025 up 77.2% — Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 17.2% 2025 up 76.7% — Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 19.1% 2025 up 78.6% — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 23.4% 2025 down 17.6% — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 37.1% 2025 down 19.2% — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 10.7% 2025 down 11.9% — Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 16.8% 2025 up 25.1% — Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 38.4% 2025 up 4.6% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 74.1% 2025 up 2.5% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 31.6% 2025 up 24.6% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 53.2% 2025 up 8.0% — Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 76.2% 2025 down 5.5% — Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 28.0% 2025 up 9.7% — Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 67.1% 2025 down 8.4% — Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 69.7% 2025 down 7.2% — Unemployment with basic education 2.3% 2024 down 21.1% — Unemployment with basic education, male 2.6% 2024 down 7.1% — Unemployment with intermediate education 5.8% 2024 down 0.1% — Page 1 of 2 Next →