Work & Labour in Uganda 89 indicators covering work & labour for Uganda. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 66.0% 2025 up 11.0% 11th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 73.6% 2025 up 19.9% 6th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 80.0% 2025 up 5.9% 8th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 84.6% 2025 up 9.2% 12th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 89.3% 2025 down 6.1% 28th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 69.8% 2025 up 15.5% 10th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 76.9% 2025 up 3.0% 22nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 85.6% 2025 up 9.8% 20th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 81.2% 2025 up 6.4% 17th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 75.6% 2025 up 2.5% 9th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 26.3% 2025 down 7.7% 170th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 29.9% 2025 up 30.6% 172nd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 25.6% 2025 up 28.5% 174th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 12.1% 2025 down 16.7% 170th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 7.3% 2025 up 7.1% 179th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 19.5% 2025 down 9.6% 171st Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 7.6% 2025 up 16.7% 69th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 5.4% 2025 up 84.3% 55th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 6.4% 2025 up 37.1% 60th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 3.5% 2025 up 6.8% 175th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 10.8% 2025 up 4.7% 175th Employment in services (% of total employment) 27.9% 2025 up 30.0% 176th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 80.5% 2025 up 2.6% 16th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 73.7% 2025 up 3.1% 17th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 87.9% 2025 up 2.8% 17th Employers, total (% of total employment) 6.1% 2025 up 204.5% 23rd Employers, male (% of male employment) 7.9% 2025 up 165.3% 24th Employers, female (% of female employment) 4.2% 2025 up 304.3% 17th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 5.1% 2025 up 17.3% 163rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 3.3% 2025 down 1.5% 172nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 4.2% 2025 up 8.1% 166th GDP per person employed 6,731 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 2.0% 167th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.4% 2021 up 287.7% 135th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.9% 2021 up 293.5% 137th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.0% 2021 up 287.3% 133rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 74.7% 2021 down 4.1% 10th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 84.4% 2021 up 2.6% 15th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 79.4% 2021 down 0.8% 12th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 65.9% 2021 down 2.3% 7th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 74.3% 2021 down 0.1% 6th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 88.5% 2021 down 6.5% 40th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 69.9% 2021 down 1.4% 7th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 5.2% 2021 up 295.5% 138th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 3.9% 2021 up 267.8% 139th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 6.4% 2021 up 311.6% 130th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 17.6% 2025 down 9.1% 116th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 9.1% 2025 down 17.8% 151st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 13.3% 2025 down 12.3% 126th Productivity: output per hour worked 3.61 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 1.8% 123rd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 65.9% 2025 down 3.9% 22nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 62.6% 2025 up 10.2% 10th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 71.1% 2025 up 20.0% 5th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 66.9% 2025 up 15.2% 9th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 74.4% 2025 down 2.7% 24th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 73.1% 2025 up 2.5% 9th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 82.7% 2025 up 9.1% 12th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 77.8% 2025 up 5.8% 9th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 83.7% 2025 down 0.9% 19th Unemployment with basic education 1.5% 2021 up 101.0% 117th Unemployment with basic education, male 1.4% 2021 up 106.5% 115th Page 1 of 2 Next →