Work & Labour in United Arab Emirates 86 indicators covering work & labour for United Arab Emirates. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 26.7% 2025 down 13.6% 134th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 61.6% 2025 down 2.9% 33rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 78.6% 2025 up 0.8% 12th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 91.5% 2025 down 0.6% 2nd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 57.9% 2025 up 10.7% 151st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 47.3% 2025 down 5.2% 60th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 54.3% 2025 up 10.4% 124th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 92.3% 2025 down 0.7% 2nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 79.6% 2025 up 0.8% 26th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 53.0% 2025 up 10.1% 94th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 95.0% 2025 down 1.2% 5th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 61.3% 2025 up 2.5% 55th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 91.3% 2025 down 1.0% 24th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 94.8% 2025 down 2.8% 9th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 30.6% 2025 down 1.7% 19th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 94.9% 2025 down 1.6% 6th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.7% 2025 up 966.6% 138th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.1% 2025 up 28.7% 161st Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.3% 2025 up 171.8% 154th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 8.7% 2025 up 13.2% 113th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 36.9% 2025 up 0.3% 19th Employment in services (% of total employment) 68.0% 2025 up 2.8% 67th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 5.1% 2025 up 42.1% 181st Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 5.0% 2025 up 31.2% 182nd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 5.2% 2025 up 112.7% 178th Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.6% 2025 up 28.0% 85th Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.8% 2025 up 22.5% 106th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.7% 2025 up 87.2% 53rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 12.4% 2025 up 47.5% 100th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 4.7% 2025 up 5.5% 158th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 6.5% 2025 up 18.5% 150th GDP per person employed 108,203 constant 2021 PPP $ 2024 down 7.6% 30th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.9% 2024 up 14.6% 169th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.0% 2024 down 5.7% 172nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.5% 2024 up 37.0% 101st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.1% 2024 up 7.5% 100th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 91.8% 2024 down 1.5% 2nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 81.4% 2024 up 1.0% 8th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 30.6% 2024 down 1.6% 108th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 65.0% 2024 up 2.7% 20th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 60.0% 2024 up 9.2% 160th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 54.9% 2024 up 6.2% 29th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 5.2% 2024 down 13.2% 137th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 3.0% 2024 down 40.4% 147th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 16.6% 2024 up 74.7% 70th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 13.9% 2025 down 6.9% 133rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 5.5% 2025 up 50.9% 176th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 9.0% 2025 up 7.2% 159th Productivity: output per hour worked 52.13 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 12.7% 27th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 1.2% 2025 up 67.8% 183rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 23.4% 2025 down 17.4% 120th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 58.7% 2025 down 3.1% 22nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 44.3% 2025 down 6.2% 46th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 50.8% 2025 up 10.1% 85th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 1.5% 2025 up 92.5% 184th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 2.5% 2025 up 150.9% 181st Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 76.9% 2025 up 0.4% 11th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 90.1% 2025 down 1.0% 2nd Unemployment with basic education 1.2% 2023 up 12.9% 121st Unemployment with basic education, male 1.1% 2023 up 72.9% 120th Page 1 of 2 Next →