Work & Labour in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 76 indicators covering work & labour for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income). IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 86.9% 2025 up 2.2% 2nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 65.2% 2025 up 0.9% 2nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 71.6% 2025 down 0.3% 14th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 76.5% 2025 down 1.5% 34th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 66.7% 2025 up 1.0% 11th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 51.4% 2025 down 3.8% 4th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 53.4% 2025 down 5.2% 12th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 49.3% 2025 down 2.2% 3rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 70.3% 2025 down 0.4% 2nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 75.6% 2025 down 1.6% 9th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 12.9% 2025 up 1.0% 6th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 21.8% 2025 down 16.8% 16th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 17.1% 2025 down 10.2% 7th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 9.2% 2025 up 12.4% 38th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 14.7% 2025 up 5.7% 41st Employment in industry (% of total employment) 12.2% 2025 up 7.8% 41st Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 42.6% 2025 up 9.6% 35th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 34.9% 2025 up 7.7% 41st Employment in services (% of total employment) 38.5% 2025 up 8.7% 35th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 22.3% 2025 up 0.1% 41st Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 27.1% 2025 down 2.3% 41st Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 16.9% 2025 up 5.1% 41st Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 11.0% 2025 down 9.6% 38th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 9.4% 2025 down 14.2% 39th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 10.1% 2025 down 11.1% 36th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 77.7% 2025 down 0.0% 5th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 72.9% 2025 up 0.9% 5th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 83.1% 2025 down 1.0% 5th Employers, total (% of total employment) 6.7% 2025 up 7.6% 4th Employers, male (% of male employment) 9.1% 2025 up 2.7% 4th Employers, female (% of female employment) 3.9% 2025 up 25.0% 4th GDP per person employed 12,931 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 3.3% 39th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) 21.4% 2025 up 2.2% 20th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) 16.5% 2025 up 8.3% 13th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) 26.3% 2025 down 1.2% 25th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 49.3% 2025 down 3.8% 11th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 63.9% 2025 up 0.6% 8th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 79.2% 2025 down 2.0% 6th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 66.3% 2025 down 0.3% 3rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 71.7% 2025 down 1.3% 11th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 61.1% 2025 up 0.7% 2nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 47.1% 2025 down 2.8% 3rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 44.9% 2025 down 1.6% 3rd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 71.0% 2025 down 0.7% 6th Own-account workers, total 48.0% 2016 down 7.3% 3rd Labor force (15-64 years), male 55.0% 2011 down 1.1% 4th Labor force, male 54.3% 2011 down 0.9% 4th Labor force (15-64 years), female 177.43 million 2011 up 34.4% 3rd Labor force (15-64 years), female 46.1% 2011 up 0.8% 3rd Labor force (15-64 years), total 390.13 million 2011 up 32.9% 3rd Labor force (15-64 years), male 212.70 million 2011 up 31.7% 3rd Labor participation rate, female 42.2% 2011 up 0.4% 4th Labor participation rate, male 63.9% 2011 down 2.2% 3rd Labor participation rate, total 52.0% 2011 down 1.1% 4th Labor force, male 188.59 million 2011 up 31.0% 3rd Labor force (15-24 years), total 92.68 million 2011 up 27.5% 3rd Labor force (15-24 years), female 43.88 million 2011 up 28.3% 3rd Labor force (15-24 years), male 48.80 million 2011 up 26.7% 3rd Labor participation rate, female 72.4% 2010 up 3.5% 4th Labor participation rate, total 72.4% 2010 up 3.6% 4th Page 1 of 2 Next →