Work & Labour in South Asia 85 indicators covering work & labour for South Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 33.0% 2025 up 20.0% 42nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 55.6% 2025 up 4.6% 42nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 19.6% 2025 up 14.2% 42nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.4% 2025 down 5.2% 38th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 33.0% 2025 down 0.4% 41st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 35.5% 2025 up 22.2% 42nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 81.2% 2025 up 0.8% 1st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 59.0% 2025 up 6.2% 42nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.4% 2025 down 0.6% 2nd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 42.6% 2025 up 20.8% 42nd Employers, male (% of male employment) 4.4% 2025 up 92.4% 33rd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 37.4% 2025 up 9.7% 36th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 23.8% 2025 down 3.9% 46th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 25.1% 2025 up 2.2% 14th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 29.0% 2025 up 11.1% 22nd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 15.4% 2025 down 22.1% 12th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 14.8% 2025 down 12.4% 12th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 8.8% 2025 down 14.8% 15th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 29.3% 2025 down 19.0% 5th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 26.9% 2025 up 16.9% 36th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 28.5% 2025 up 16.5% 39th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 23.2% 2025 up 22.8% 34th Employment in services (% of total employment) 33.4% 2025 up 5.3% 43rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 16.3% 2025 down 28.0% 14th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.4% 2025 down 34.2% 11th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 15.4% 2025 down 33.6% 12th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 73.1% 2025 down 5.1% 11th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 71.5% 2025 down 5.3% 8th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 76.8% 2025 down 5.3% 13th Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.3% 2025 up 79.8% 34th Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.6% 2025 up 23.8% 46th GDP per person employed 24,604 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 37.3% 32nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.5% 2025 up 39.3% 27th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.6% 2025 up 49.8% 17th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.4% 2025 up 15.5% 22nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.1% 2025 down 2.2% 3rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 34.0% 2025 up 24.3% 19th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 55.3% 2025 up 3.5% 28th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 16.5% 2025 down 5.8% 18th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.8% 2025 down 7.0% 15th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 44.1% 2025 up 27.0% 19th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 31.6% 2025 down 7.8% 20th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 19.1% 2025 up 78.6% 6th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 17.2% 2025 up 76.7% 2nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 17.7% 2025 up 77.2% 4th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) 37.1% 2025 down 19.2% 5th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) 10.7% 2025 down 11.9% 41st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) 23.4% 2025 down 17.6% 14th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 16.8% 2025 up 25.1% 42nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 38.4% 2025 up 4.6% 39th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 69.7% 2025 down 7.2% 11th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 67.1% 2025 down 8.4% 4th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 76.2% 2025 down 5.5% 12th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 53.2% 2025 up 8.0% 41st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 28.0% 2025 up 9.7% 40th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 74.1% 2025 up 2.5% 3rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 31.6% 2025 up 24.6% 42nd Unemployment with basic education 2.3% 2024 down 21.1% 19th Unemployment with basic education, male 2.6% 2024 down 7.1% 19th Unemployment with intermediate education 5.8% 2024 down 0.1% 18th Page 1 of 2 Next →