Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) fell 6.45% to 3.22% in Liberia in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) in Liberia reached an all time high of 3.44% in 2020 and an all time low of 1.88% in 2015. When compared to Liberia's main peers, Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) in Ghana amounted to 9.73%, 6.98% in Guinea, 4.75% in Ivory Coast and 15.8% in Sierra Leone in 2021.
Liberia has been ranked 168th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24), 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Benin | % | 3.90% | 3.60% | 3.29% | 2.99% | 3.02% | ||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | % | 6.88% | 7.13% | 7.39% | 7.65% | 7.67% | ||||||||||||||||
Ghana | % | 14.5% | 11.8% | 8.97% | 9.10% | 9.19% | ||||||||||||||||
Guinea | % | 6.07% | 5.95% | 5.91% | 5.89% | 5.84% | ||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | % | 3.69% | 2.81% | 4.57% | 4.64% | 4.72% | ||||||||||||||||
Liberia | % | 1.88% | 2.39% | 2.45% | 2.50% | 2.56% | ||||||||||||||||
Mali | % | 16.6% | 16.0% | 15.4% | 15.3% | 15.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Senegal | % | 7.38% | 6.25% | 5.01% | 3.84% | 2.70% | ||||||||||||||||
Sierra Leone | % | 14.7% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 14.6% | 14.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Togo | % | 3.95% | 8.00% | 11.9% | 11.9% | 11.8% |