Work & Labour in Venezuela

81 indicators covering work & labour for Venezuela.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 18.7% 2025 down 22.4% 160th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 41.9% 2025 down 12.0% 108th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 51.9% 2025 down 15.8% 155th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.5% 2025 down 10.7% 115th
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 54.9% 2025 down 14.0% 154th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 30.6% 2025 down 15.2% 141st
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 41.6% 2025 down 20.3% 154th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 71.9% 2025 down 8.9% 141st
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 56.6% 2025 down 13.5% 154th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 37.1% 2025 down 23.1% 159th
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 59.6% 2025 down 8.3% 108th
Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 67.4% 2025 up 8.4% 36th
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 62.2% 2025 down 9.3% 108th
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 58.1% 2025 down 7.2% 111th
Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 86.6% 2025 down 1.1% 46th
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 8.5% 2025 up 561.4% 65th
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 2.7% 2025 up 453.5% 84th
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 4.8% 2025 up 498.4% 76th
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 10.7% 2025 down 3.4% 85th
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 20.2% 2025 down 27.9% 132nd
Employment in industry (% of total employment) 16.8% 2025 down 21.4% 123rd
Employment in services (% of total employment) 74.4% 2025 up 3.0% 39th
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 40.4% 2025 up 15.4% 79th
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 41.9% 2025 up 12.1% 76th
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 37.8% 2025 up 20.2% 79th
Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.1% 2025 down 10.1% 107th
Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.7% 2025 down 17.5% 111th
Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.2% 2025 up 8.5% 82nd
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 13.1% 2025 down 24.7% 93rd
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 9.3% 2025 down 18.0% 118th
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 10.4% 2025 down 21.7% 111th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.5% 2020 up 5.8% 58th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 7.3% 2020 up 0.9% 48th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.9% 2020 up 13.7% 63rd
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 47.2% 2020 down 4.5% 135th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 72.7% 2020 down 7.2% 78th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 59.9% 2020 down 6.2% 123rd
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 28.6% 2020 up 0.5% 115th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.6% 2020 down 16.1% 86th
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 65.0% 2020 up 2.9% 150th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 37.2% 2020 down 10.6% 99th
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 13.6% 2020 down 4.0% 80th
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 11.7% 2020 down 11.4% 84th
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 16.8% 2020 up 3.8% 69th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 32.0% 2025 up 16.7% 47th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 16.1% 2025 up 20.5% 76th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 23.8% 2025 up 17.7% 63rd
Productivity: output per hour worked 18.44 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2014 up 29.5% 79th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 38.0% 2025 down 10.0% 92nd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 16.2% 2025 down 18.4% 150th
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 37.3% 2025 up 18.2% 73rd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 27.4% 2025 down 12.4% 121st
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 38.3% 2025 up 16.1% 72nd
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 35.6% 2025 up 21.0% 80th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 49.2% 2025 down 15.1% 147th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 64.1% 2025 down 9.9% 101st
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 34.9% 2025 down 22.5% 155th
Unemployment with basic education 3.9% 2017 down 45.4% 89th
Unemployment with basic education, male 3.7% 2017 down 49.1% 85th
Unemployment with basic education, female 4.6% 2017 down 37.0% 87th