Disability Facts: Global Employment. Over 1 Billion people have disabilities: Vision, Hearing, Neurodiversity, Physical Health, Mental Health. Mobility, Learning. 386 million working age-people around the world have a dsiability. Up to 80% Unemployment Rate in some countries. In the U.S.: Labor force participation rate is 19.6% for people with disabilities and 66.4% for people without; the Unemployment rate is 12% for people with disabilities and 6.6% for people without. Disability:IN logo.