Work & Labour in East Timor 87 indicators covering work & labour for East Timor. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 34.4% 2025 down 6.2% 82nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 40.6% 2025 down 5.6% 118th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 67.0% 2025 up 0.1% 46th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 72.2% 2025 down 0.2% 68th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 37.5% 2025 down 5.8% 100th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 62.1% 2025 up 0.9% 89th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 72.6% 2025 up 0.2% 133rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 67.4% 2025 up 0.5% 107th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 61.7% 2025 up 0.6% 41st Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 85.4% 2025 up 0.8% 55th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 29.3% 2025 up 1.7% 164th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 48.8% 2025 up 17.1% 110th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 20.2% 2025 up 2.5% 155th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 51.9% 2025 up 21.0% 136th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 25.1% 2025 up 1.9% 158th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 36.2% 2025 down 8.3% 16th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 28.7% 2025 up 4.2% 3rd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 32.1% 2025 down 2.6% 7th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 1.4% 2025 down 83.1% 182nd Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 5.8% 2025 down 63.1% 185th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 3.8% 2025 down 69.4% 184th Employment in services (% of total employment) 50.2% 2025 up 18.9% 126th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 74.9% 2025 down 0.6% 29th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 70.7% 2025 down 0.7% 23rd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 79.8% 2025 down 0.6% 32nd Employers, total (% of total employment) 16.2% 2025 down 6.2% 3rd Employers, male (% of male employment) 16.8% 2025 down 13.1% 3rd Employers, female (% of female employment) 15.6% 2025 up 4.2% 1st Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 4.0% 2025 down 45.1% 168th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 3.5% 2025 down 63.8% 171st Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 3.7% 2025 down 56.6% 173rd GDP per person employed 9,323 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 18.2% 159th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.5% 2022 down 62.0% 173rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.5% 2022 down 62.9% 163rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 1.6% 2022 down 60.8% 169th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 40.9% 2022 down 6.7% 162nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 52.5% 2022 down 19.4% 190th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 46.7% 2022 down 14.4% 178th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 18.6% 2022 down 26.2% 152nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 23.1% 2022 down 23.9% 168th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 77.9% 2022 up 15.7% 107th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 20.9% 2022 down 24.9% 172nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 3.4% 2022 down 60.8% 149th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 3.4% 2022 down 67.5% 142nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 3.4% 2022 down 47.0% 149th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 29.0% 2025 up 46.2% 37th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 29.4% 2025 up 24.5% 60th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 28.6% 2025 up 77.3% 15th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 58.6% 2025 up 1.0% 42nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 36.1% 2025 down 0.8% 79th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 53.9% 2025 up 3.9% 41st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 39.2% 2025 up 0.9% 86th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 33.1% 2025 down 2.9% 66th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 64.2% 2025 down 1.7% 45th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 65.9% 2025 up 2.3% 34th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 71.1% 2025 up 2.6% 50th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 60.7% 2025 up 2.1% 29th Unemployment with basic education 2.1% 2022 down 52.4% 108th Unemployment with basic education, male 2.0% 2022 down 50.5% 106th Unemployment with intermediate education 3.1% 2022 down 68.7% 111th Page 1 of 2 Next →