Unemployment, Youth Total (As % of Total Labour Force Ages 15-24) rose 2.99% to 11.8% in Central African Republic in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Unemployment, Youth Total (As % of Total Labour Force Ages 15-24) in Central African Republic reached an all time high of 11.8% in 2021 and an all time low of 10.2% in 2014. When compared to Central African Republic's main peers, Unemployment, Youth Total (As % of Total Labour Force Ages 15-24) in Cameroon amounted to 6.64%, 2.44% in Chad, 35.6% in Sudan and 10.1% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2021.
Central African Republic has been ranked 113th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment, Youth Total (As % of Total Labour Force Ages 15-24), 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment, Youth Total (As % of Total 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 |
| Angola | % | 16.7% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 16.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 6.09% | 6.17% | 6.24% | 6.30% | 6.37% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 10.4% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.3% | 10.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 1.54% | 1.53% | 1.51% | 1.49% | 1.52% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 39.7% | 39.7% | 39.5% | 39.4% | 39.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 8.46% | 8.50% | 8.50% | 8.51% | 8.53% | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | % | 34.7% | 34.2% | 33.3% | 26.6% | 21.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 3.52% | 3.57% | 3.61% | 3.67% | 3.72% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 36.5% | 36.5% | 36.6% | 36.6% | 36.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.688% | 0.708% | 0.731% | 0.750% | 0.774% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 8.22% | 13.1% | 14.5% | 16.2% | 17.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 18.8% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 18.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 32.5% | 32.5% | 32.5% | 32.6% | 32.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 19.4% | 20.5% | 21.6% | 22.6% | 25.5% |
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