Work & Labour in World

48 indicators covering work & labour for World.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.1% 2025 up 2.7%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.5% 2025 down 3.4%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 49.5% 2025 down 4.7%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 35.0% 2025 down 1.2%
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.3% 2025 down 0.8%
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 67.4% 2025 up 0.7%
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 61.0% 2025 down 1.1%
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 73.1% 2025 down 2.3%
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 69.6% 2025 up 3.0%
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 48.9% 2025 up 0.8%
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 6.1% 2025 down 9.9%
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 54.6% 2025 down 0.1%
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 9.4% 2025 down 14.1%
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 15.7% 2025 down 4.9%
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 29.0% 2025 up 4.4%
Employment in industry (% of total employment) 23.7% 2025 up 1.4%
Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 58.2% 2025 up 3.3%
Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 45.5% 2025 up 6.3%
Employment in services (% of total employment) 50.6% 2025 up 5.1%
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 14.4% 2025 down 17.5%
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 53.6% 2025 up 0.9%
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 53.0% 2025 up 1.5%
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 14.9% 2025 down 12.2%
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 46.4% 2025 down 1.0%
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 47.0% 2025 down 1.7%
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 45.4% 2025 up 0.1%
Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.0% 2025 up 6.6%
Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.2% 2025 up 4.8%
Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.3% 2025 up 16.0%
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 13.1% 2025 down 16.3%
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 13.4% 2025 down 16.0%
GDP per person employed 50,672 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 19.5%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.1% 2022 up 0.1%
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 58.4% 2019 down 9.0%
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 16.7% 2021
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 27.1% 2025 down 10.0%
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 12.9% 2025 up 0.2%
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 19.8% 2025 down 6.8%
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 42.4% 2025 down 1.7%
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 41.9% 2025 down 2.4%
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 43.1% 2025 down 0.6%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 58.1% 2025 up 0.2%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 69.6% 2025 down 1.0%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 46.5% 2025 up 2.0%
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 37.3% 2025 down 1.2%
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 43.4% 2025 down 2.3%
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 30.8% 2025 up 0.4%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 57.8% 2019 down 1.9%