Work & Labour in Yemen 54 indicators covering work & labour for Yemen. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 4.8% 2025 down 10.9% 186th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 3.9% 2025 down 7.4% 186th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 41.7% 2025 up 7.6% 109th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 23.2% 2025 up 6.2% 174th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 62.5% 2025 up 4.3% 171st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 34.0% 2025 up 2.8% 184th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 4.7% 2025 down 10.4% 186th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 7.6% 2025 down 14.4% 185th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 61.2% 2025 up 4.7% 162nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 33.1% 2025 up 3.2% 184th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 47.4% 2025 down 4.8% 133rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 32.6% 2025 down 0.3% 18th Employment in services (% of total employment) 57.3% 2025 up 1.2% 100th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 58.0% 2025 up 0.2% 66th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 45.0% 2025 up 16.6% 151st Employment in industry (% of total employment) 11.1% 2025 down 14.4% 160th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 11.1% 2025 down 14.9% 174th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 11.6% 2025 down 5.8% 76th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 14.5% 2025 up 21.3% 37th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 12.9% 2025 up 29.3% 25th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 40.7% 2025 up 3.9% 9th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 52.6% 2025 up 4.7% 54th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 48.1% 2025 down 5.6% 137th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 34.8% 2025 up 5.9% 139th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 32.0% 2025 down 0.2% 13th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 39.2% 2025 up 1.1% 17th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.4% 2025 up 7.2% 67th Employers, male (% of male employment) 7.3% 2025 up 1.0% 29th Employers, total (% of total employment) 7.1% 2025 up 1.8% 15th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 65.2% 2025 down 2.9% 48th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 51.9% 2025 up 5.8% 50th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 13.5% 2014 down 17.0% 16th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 12.3% 2014 down 5.1% 15th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 26.1% 2014 down 34.0% 7th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 6.0% 2014 down 37.1% 194th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 65.4% 2014 down 4.4% 145th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 36.3% 2014 down 7.5% 196th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 9.2% 2014 down 34.2% 194th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 46.0% 2025 down 0.9% 5th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 24.2% 2025 down 2.0% 36th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 68.7% 2025 down 0.5% 2nd Productivity: output per hour worked 3.14 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 61.5% 125th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 3.2% 2025 down 11.1% 186th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 15.6% 2025 up 6.4% 177th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 28.3% 2025 up 7.7% 141st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 2.4% 2025 down 8.1% 185th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 51.2% 2025 up 5.3% 175th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 27.4% 2025 up 4.0% 184th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 62.7% 2025 down 3.3% 47th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 44.5% 2025 up 6.6% 56th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 45.6% 2025 up 5.2% 60th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 4.5% 2014 down 23.1% 172nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 57.3% 2014 down 3.6% 144th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 31.4% 2014 down 4.7% 176th