Work & Labour in Turkmenistan 45 indicators covering work & labour for Turkmenistan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 44.8% 2025 down 1.6% 173rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 48.3% 2025 down 2.4% 183rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 41.5% 2025 down 0.9% 157th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 26.8% 2025 down 7.8% 158th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 25.7% 2025 down 7.8% 176th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 27.9% 2025 down 7.6% 127th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 38.2% 2025 down 3.1% 156th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 82.9% 2025 up 0.8% 77th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 42.0% 2025 down 3.5% 172nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 46.1% 2025 down 3.8% 184th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 3.8% 2025 down 26.3% 70th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 65.6% 2025 up 3.9% 100th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 5.5% 2025 down 30.9% 65th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 19.8% 2025 down 6.1% 19th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 36.6% 2025 up 4.2% 23rd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 28.6% 2025 up 0.5% 25th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 58.4% 2025 up 9.8% 124th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 41.3% 2025 up 7.1% 145th Employment in services (% of total employment) 49.5% 2025 up 8.6% 130th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 7.4% 2025 down 33.3% 71st Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 68.0% 2025 up 4.2% 94th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 70.5% 2025 up 4.5% 89th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 5.8% 2025 up 9.3% 154th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 14.4% 2025 up 12.7% 81st Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 32.0% 2025 down 7.9% 93rd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 34.4% 2025 down 6.6% 87th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 29.5% 2025 down 9.4% 98th Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.8% 2025 up 0.5% 75th Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.4% 2025 down 5.1% 63rd Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.0% 2025 up 22.4% 97th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 10.0% 2025 up 12.4% 115th GDP per person employed 69,785 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 58.6% 59th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 17.0% 2025 down 25.0% 101st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 17.7% 2025 down 28.4% 114th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 16.4% 2025 down 20.9% 73rd Productivity: output per hour worked 20.88 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 16.8% 72nd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 28.3% 2025 down 8.9% 95th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 29.0% 2025 down 6.9% 87th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 27.5% 2025 down 11.0% 96th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 40.2% 2025 down 3.7% 164th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 43.4% 2025 down 4.2% 181st Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 37.3% 2025 down 3.2% 148th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 24.1% 2025 down 8.9% 145th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 22.0% 2025 down 9.6% 172nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 26.3% 2025 down 8.1% 107th