Unemployment Rate rose 14.2% to 3.30% in Liberia in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Liberia reached an all time high of 3.30% in 2020 and an all time low of 2.08% in 2015. When compared to Liberia's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Ghana amounted to 4.53%, 4.35% in Guinea, 3.50% in Ivory Coast and 4.60% in Sierra Leone in 2020.
Liberia has been ranked 154th within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Benin | % | 2.61% | 2.57% | 2.52% | 2.44% | 2.37% | ||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | % | 6.48% | 6.04% | 5.60% | 5.13% | 4.70% | ||||||||||||||||
Ghana | % | 6.52% | 6.81% | 5.45% | 4.22% | 4.16% | ||||||||||||||||
Guinea | % | 4.41% | 4.38% | 4.33% | 4.26% | 4.19% | ||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | % | 3.65% | 3.10% | 2.60% | 3.27% | 3.21% | ||||||||||||||||
Liberia | % | 2.13% | 2.08% | 3.08% | 3.00% | 2.94% | ||||||||||||||||
Mali | % | 6.38% | 7.73% | 7.60% | 7.41% | 7.31% | ||||||||||||||||
Senegal | % | 7.61% | 6.76% | 6.70% | 6.61% | 6.53% | ||||||||||||||||
Sierra Leone | % | 4.68% | 4.64% | 4.59% | 4.50% | 4.42% | ||||||||||||||||
Togo | % | 2.16% | 2.20% | 2.95% | 3.74% | 3.66% |