Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Lesotho's youth unemployment rate stands at 24.67% as of 2025-12-31, down from 24.74% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1991 to 2025 (35 observations).
In 2025, Lesotho's youth unemployment rate was 24.67%, down from 24.74% in 2024.
In 2024, Lesotho's youth unemployment rate was 24.74%, up from 24.74% in 2023.
In 2023, Lesotho's youth unemployment rate was 24.74%, down from 25.06% in 2022.
In 2022, Lesotho's youth unemployment rate was 25.06%, down from 27.19% in 2021.
In 2021, Lesotho's youth unemployment rate was 27.19%, down from 28.22% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.67% | -0.071% |
| 2024 | 24.74% | +0.005% |
| 2023 | 24.74% | -0.319% |
| 2022 | 25.06% | -2.13% |
| 2021 | 27.19% | -1.03% |
| 2020 | 28.22% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 25.32% | +0.431% |
| 2018 | 24.89% | +0.409% |
| 2017 | 24.48% | +0.433% |
| 2016 | 24.05% | +0.048% |
| 2015 | 24% | +0.361% |
| 2014 | 23.64% | +0.345% |
| 2013 | 23.29% | +0.374% |
| 2012 | 22.92% | -0.279% |
| 2011 | 23.2% | +0.204% |
| 2010 | 22.99% | +0.075% |
| 2009 | 22.92% | +0.439% |
| 2008 | 22.48% | -0.018% |
| 2007 | 22.5% | -0.064% |
| 2006 | 22.56% | +0.094% |
| 2005 | 22.47% | -0.087% |
| 2004 | 22.55% | +0.166% |
| 2003 | 22.39% | +0.005% |
| 2002 | 22.38% | +0.025% |
| 2001 | 22.36% | -0.082% |
| 2000 | 22.44% | +0.019% |
| 1999 | 22.42% | +0.319% |
| 1998 | 22.1% | +0.121% |
| 1997 | 21.98% | +0.134% |
| 1996 | 21.85% | -0.122% |
| 1995 | 21.97% | +0.202% |
| 1994 | 21.77% | +0.053% |
| 1993 | 21.71% | +0.137% |
| 1992 | 21.58% | -0.064% |
| 1991 | 21.64% | — |
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Lesotho's youth unemployment rate is 24.67% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 24.74% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 28.22% (2020); the lowest is 21.58% (1992), across data from 1991 to 2025.
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