Work & Labour in Uruguay 108 indicators covering work & labour for Uruguay. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 42.3% 2025 down 4.4% 59th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 51.2% 2025 down 9.7% 66th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 46.8% 2025 down 7.4% 61st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 72.0% 2025 up 4.4% 51st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 83.1% 2025 down 0.2% 38th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 77.5% 2025 up 1.9% 41st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.3% 2025 up 1.7% 65th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 78.0% 2025 up 3.1% 103rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 73.4% 2025 down 1.3% 61st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 65.0% 2025 up 0.1% 60th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.1% 2025 down 19.5% 87th Employers, male (% of male employment) 4.8% 2025 down 7.4% 80th Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.6% 2025 down 11.4% 81st Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 25.6% 2025 up 6.2% 103rd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 30.0% 2025 up 2.0% 103rd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 28.0% 2025 up 3.6% 106th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 74.4% 2025 down 2.0% 84th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 70.0% 2025 down 0.8% 84th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 72.0% 2025 down 1.3% 81st Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 1.2% 2025 up 3.0% 123rd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.5% 2025 down 16.8% 133rd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.8% 2025 down 4.4% 128th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 8.6% 2025 down 9.7% 115th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 27.2% 2025 up 3.7% 80th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 18.8% 2025 up 0.0% 98th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 87.7% 2025 up 1.9% 44th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 61.1% 2025 up 2.0% 57th Employment in services (% of total employment) 73.2% 2025 up 2.2% 44th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 28.0% 2025 up 6.4% 36th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 22.9% 2025 up 12.7% 34th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 25.1% 2025 up 9.9% 29th GDP per person employed 66,348 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 8.6% 61st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 8.2% 2024 up 25.4% 51st Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 7.2% 2024 up 42.5% 50th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 9.4% 2024 up 12.8% 50th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.2% 2024 up 0.5% 81st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.5% 2024 down 1.7% 63rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 65.5% 2024 down 0.6% 69th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 41.5% 2024 down 8.8% 56th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 54.4% 2024 down 10.0% 49th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 76.8% 2024 up 2.2% 111th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 48.1% 2024 down 9.4% 52nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 26.5% 2024 up 36.5% 20th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 24.0% 2024 up 49.1% 22nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 29.9% 2024 up 24.8% 20th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 17.1% 2025 down 23.0% 119th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 13.2% 2025 down 13.8% 103rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 15.1% 2025 down 19.2% 113th Productivity: output per hour worked 38.73 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 22.9% 48th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 30.4% 2025 down 6.6% 81st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 39.5% 2025 down 12.6% 83rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 35.1% 2025 down 10.2% 86th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 52.3% 2025 up 1.9% 72nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 68.6% 2025 down 1.5% 70th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 60.1% 2025 up 0.1% 71st Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 23.4% 2025 up 9.4% 103rd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 25.1% 2025 up 4.0% 102nd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 24.4% 2025 up 6.2% 104th Unemployment with basic education 9.8% 2024 up 24.1% 42nd Unemployment with basic education, male 7.9% 2024 up 35.6% 48th Page 1 of 2 Next →