Metrics matching “Employment”

8 metrics. Each one has a world map, a chart over time and a free download.

Unemployment rate

Where is unemployment highest?

eSwatini 34.2%
South Africa 32.4%

World 4.8% · 2025 181 countries

Youth unemployment

Where do young people struggle most to find work?

Djibouti 76.8%
South Africa 59.9%

World 13.4% · 2025 181 countries

Employment rate

Where do most adults work?

Qatar 86.9%
Solomon Islands 83.1%

World 58.1% · 2025 181 countries

Vulnerable employment

Where do most people work for themselves or their family?

Chad 90.2%
Sierra Leone 86.0%

World 42.4% · 2025 181 countries

Employment by sector

Do people work on farms, in factories or in services?

Djibouti 92.2%
Luxembourg 91.5%

World 50.6% · 2025 181 countries

Women in the labour force

Where do most women work or look for work?

Madagascar 82.9%
Solomon Islands 82.3%

World 48.9% · 2025 181 countries

Labour force participation

How many adults work or look for work?

Qatar 87.0%
Madagascar 85.5%

World 61.0% · 2025 181 countries

Young people not in work or school

How many young people are neither working nor studying?

Belarus 65.7%
Nauru 50.4%

2024 99 countries

About the author

Hello there, I’m Klaus Jürgen Folz. I studied Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil, and I work in Austria as a lead Python and Power BI developer. I built Data Mechanics because good decisions start with facts. Public data is often scattered, hard to find or locked behind paywalls, and too much of what we read about the world is biased. Here, every number is shown as it was published, next to its source, so anyone can check it, compare countries and leaders, and draw their own conclusions.

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