Work & Labour in South Sudan

43 indicators covering work & labour for South Sudan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 70.4% 2023 down 2.5% 18th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 74.3% 2023 down 0.2% 63rd
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 76.8% 2023 up 2.0% 104th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 72.0% 2023 down 2.3% 49th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 62.7% 2023 up 1.6% 19th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 61.9% 2023 up 5.5% 32nd
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 63.6% 2023 down 1.9% 18th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 73.4% 2023 down 0.2% 20th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 76.6% 2023 up 2.2% 41st
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 91.9% 2023 down 4.6% 18th
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 41.1% 2023 up 4.3% 2nd
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 17.5% 2023 up 18.0% 173rd
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 43.3% 2023 down 3.0% 2nd
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 1.3% 2023 down 21.3% 183rd
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 2.0% 2023 down 18.2% 186th
Employment in industry (% of total employment) 1.7% 2023 down 19.2% 186th
Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 33.3% 2023 down 5.1% 166th
Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 35.8% 2023 up 5.3% 159th
Employment in services (% of total employment) 34.6% 2023 up 0.1% 166th
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 45.6% 2023 down 8.7% 7th
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 19.7% 2023 up 9.1% 177th
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 15.1% 2023 up 31.6% 163rd
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 17.7% 2023 down 3.8% 75th
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 19.4% 2023 down 8.8% 46th
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 18.5% 2023 down 6.1% 59th
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 82.5% 2023 down 3.1% 14th
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 80.3% 2023 down 2.0% 10th
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 84.9% 2023 down 4.1% 24th
Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.3% 2023 down 4.4% 133rd
Employers, male (% of male employment) 2.5% 2023 down 10.6% 139th
Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.1% 2023 up 4.3% 92nd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 34.1% 2023 up 9.9% 21st
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 37.8% 2023 up 10.9% 28th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 30.5% 2023 up 8.9% 11th
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 80.3% 2023 down 3.1% 12th
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 77.8% 2023 down 1.7% 7th
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 82.8% 2023 down 4.3% 22nd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 64.3% 2023 up 0.1% 41st
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 68.1% 2023 up 2.6% 72nd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 60.8% 2023 down 2.2% 28th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 51.1% 2023 up 3.2% 26th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 49.9% 2023 up 8.0% 49th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 52.3% 2023 down 1.0% 21st