Work & Labour in Vanuatu 67 indicators covering work & labour for Vanuatu. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 33.7% 2025 down 11.2% 91st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 40.2% 2025 down 6.5% 120th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 58.1% 2025 down 5.1% 118th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 62.9% 2025 down 5.5% 145th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 37.0% 2025 down 8.4% 104th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.3% 2025 down 2.5% 121st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 64.7% 2025 down 4.8% 164th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 60.0% 2025 down 3.7% 144th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 53.3% 2025 down 4.3% 93rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 84.7% 2025 up 1.2% 58th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 41.9% 2025 up 9.5% 145th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 42.1% 2025 up 9.7% 142nd Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 36.4% 2025 up 19.6% 136th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 49.4% 2025 up 16.6% 140th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 39.4% 2025 up 13.3% 141st Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 1.5% 2025 down 55.1% 120th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 1.4% 2025 down 42.7% 107th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 1.4% 2025 down 49.0% 113th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 4.3% 2025 up 15.2% 167th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 14.9% 2025 up 4.0% 161st Employment in industry (% of total employment) 10.0% 2025 up 4.9% 163rd Employment in services (% of total employment) 45.4% 2025 up 13.1% 144th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 60.6% 2025 down 7.1% 46th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 58.1% 2025 down 5.9% 42nd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 63.6% 2025 down 8.6% 51st Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.6% 2025 up 57.9% 125th Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.5% 2025 up 63.7% 119th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.6% 2025 up 47.3% 116th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 13.3% 2025 up 7.6% 91st Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 9.8% 2025 down 1.0% 112th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 11.3% 2025 up 2.5% 104th GDP per person employed 11,300 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 5.4% 150th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.4% 2025 down 74.1% 176th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.3% 2025 down 68.6% 168th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 1.5% 2025 down 78.2% 170th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 72.9% 2025 up 15.3% 76th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 66.3% 2025 up 23.0% 28th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 69.6% 2025 up 18.8% 38th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 49.6% 2025 up 23.7% 72nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.3% 2025 up 25.5% 51st Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 91.0% 2025 up 6.7% 24th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 46.6% 2025 up 25.1% 57th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 2.8% 2025 down 76.9% 154th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 2.9% 2025 down 71.8% 148th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 2.7% 2025 down 81.1% 150th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 34.8% 2025 up 3.8% 17th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 30.8% 2025 up 6.3% 10th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 39.0% 2025 up 3.1% 24th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 29.2% 2025 down 12.1% 86th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 36.3% 2025 down 6.5% 105th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 54.7% 2025 down 8.4% 39th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 32.8% 2025 down 8.7% 97th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 50.0% 2025 down 4.3% 91st Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 60.4% 2025 down 5.3% 133rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 55.2% 2025 down 5.0% 113th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 62.0% 2025 down 9.5% 48th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 58.0% 2025 down 8.8% 44th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 29.3% 2025 down 15.2% 11th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 30.6% 2025 down 20.9% 19th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 28.0% 2025 down 7.0% 9th Page 1 of 2 Next →