Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) rose 1.36% to 6.02% in Sierra Leone in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 6.02% in 2021 and an all time low of 4.27% in 1991. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) in Burkina Faso amounted to 4.74%, 6.18% in Guinea, 4.74% in Liberia and 6.89% in Mali in 2021.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 84th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force), 11 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | 9.92% | 8.18% | 8.31% | 8.41% | 8.52% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 4.22% | 4.39% | 4.57% | 4.74% | 4.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 7.01% | 5.56% | 4.08% | 4.13% | 4.16% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 5.17% | 5.05% | 5.01% | 5.01% | 4.98% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 2.60% | 2.08% | 2.86% | 2.88% | 2.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | 2.34% | 3.74% | 3.69% | 3.64% | 3.60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 6.89% | 6.79% | 6.69% | 6.70% | 6.72% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 9.30% | 9.56% | 9.78% | 9.82% | 9.83% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.600% | 0.601% | 0.606% | 0.605% | 0.611% | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 6.39% | 4.26% | 3.79% | 3.26% | 2.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | 5.57% | 5.45% | 5.42% | 5.39% | 5.36% |
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