Lesotho - Unemployment Rate 2004
16.15%
+0.10pp from 2003
Lesotho's unemployment rate was 16.15% in 2004, increased +0.10pp from 16.06% in 2003. This was the 168th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2004▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pakistan | 0.60% | -92.8% |
| 2nd | Chad | 0.67% | -7.3% |
| 3rd | Myanmar | 0.68% | -1.3% |
| 4th | Benin | 0.79% | 5.8% |
| 5th | Qatar | 0.87% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Cambodia | 1.00% | 10.5% |
| 7th | Bahrain | 1.06% | -5.5% |
| 8th | Mali | 1.41% | 11.1% |
| 9th | Lao PDR | 1.50% | -8.6% |
| 10th | Thailand | 1.51% | -31.4% |
| 11th | Kuwait | 1.70% | 30.8% |
| 12th | Cuba | 1.85% | -20.4% |
| 13th | Solomon Islands | 2.03% | -11.4% |
| 14th | Viet Nam | 2.14% | -63.0% |
| 15th | Liberia | 2.42% | 0.2% |
| 16th | Bhutan | 2.49% | 38.3% |
| 17th | Papua New Guinea | 2.53% | -3.9% |
| 18th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.62% | -70.0% |
| 19th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.68% | -72.9% |
| 20th | Uganda | 2.70% | -25.0% |
| 21st | Niger | 2.75% | 28.3% |
| 22nd | Senegal | 2.78% | -0.2% |
| 23rd | Kenya | 2.84% | -0.9% |
| 24th | Mozambique | 2.95% | 3.4% |
| 25th | United Arab Emirates | 2.97% | 2.1% |
| 26th | Guatemala | 2.97% | 5.8% |
| 27th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2.98% | -2.6% |
| 28th | Tanzania | 3.11% | 1.7% |
| 29th | Burundi | 3.18% | 1.0% |
| 30th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.23% | 1.8% |
| 31st | San Marino | 3.36% | -18.4% |
| 32nd | Korea | 3.42% | -3.7% |
| 33rd | Sierra Leone | 3.42% | -11.8% |
| 34th | Tajikistan | 3.45% | 50.0% |
| 35th | Liechtenstein | 3.47% | 2.4% |
| 36th | Burkina Faso | 3.48% | 25.2% |
| 37th | Seychelles | 3.53% | 12.1% |
| 38th | Malaysia | 3.54% | -1.7% |
| 39th | Philippines | 3.55% | -68.8% |
| 40th | Nigeria | 3.59% | -1.3% |
| 41st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.62% | -1.3% |
| 42nd | Timor-Leste | 3.67% | 3.6% |
| 43rd | Tonga | 3.88% | -25.1% |
| 44th | Mexico | 3.94% | 15.8% |
| 45th | Madagascar | 3.95% | -21.1% |
| 46th | Togo | 3.99% | 0.9% |
| 47th | New Zealand | 4.01% | -15.7% |
| 48th | Iceland | 4.03% | 14.4% |
| 49th | Norway | 4.26% | -5.3% |
| 50th | Bangladesh | 4.32% | -0.1% |
| 51st | Switzerland | 4.32% | 16.9% |
| 52nd | Zimbabwe | 4.39% | -7.3% |
| 53rd | China | 4.49% | -2.0% |
| 54th | Ireland | 4.49% | -7.2% |
| 55th | Comoros | 4.57% | 0.3% |
| 56th | United Kingdom | 4.59% | -8.1% |
| 57th | Netherlands | 4.65% | -21.5% |
| 58th | Oman | 4.69% | 2.0% |
| 59th | Fiji | 4.70% | -31.1% |
| 60th | Guinea | 4.71% | 1.8% |
| 61st | Peru | 4.71% | -50.0% |
| 62nd | Japan | 4.73% | -9.7% |
| 63rd | Cyprus | 4.77% | 16.1% |
| 64th | Macao SAR, China | 4.90% | -18.9% |
| 65th | Malawi | 4.96% | -3.9% |
| 66th | Ecuador | 5.00% | -50.8% |
| 67th | Cameroon | 5.09% | -13.9% |
| 68th | Luxembourg | 5.11% | 55.3% |
| 69th | Samoa | 5.16% | 2.5% |
| 70th | Denmark | 5.20% | -4.2% |
| 71st | Australia | 5.40% | -9.1% |
| 72nd | United States | 5.53% | -7.7% |
| 73rd | Eritrea | 5.70% | -1.5% |
| 74th | Central African Republic | 5.73% | -1.4% |
| 75th | Saudi Arabia | 5.82% | 4.7% |
| 76th | Hungary | 5.83% | -1.2% |
| 77th | Singapore | 5.84% | 47.8% |
| 78th | Brunei Darussalam | 5.85% | 1.8% |
| 79th | Channel Islands | 5.85% | 3.6% |
| 80th | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.92% | 1.2% |
| 81st | Austria | 5.97% | 24.6% |
| 82nd | Honduras | 5.99% | 13.0% |
| 83rd | Slovenia | 6.01% | -10.6% |
| 84th | Panama | 6.10% | -53.3% |
| 85th | Maldives | 6.15% | 20.0% |
| 86th | Dominican Republic | 6.30% | -27.3% |
| 87th | Portugal | 6.32% | -10.2% |
| 88th | Moldova | 6.37% | -19.3% |
| 89th | Nicaragua | 6.41% | -8.4% |
| 90th | Costa Rica | 6.45% | -3.3% |
| 91st | Paraguay | 6.51% | -4.4% |
| 92nd | Jamaica | 6.54% | -44.6% |
| 93rd | Sweden | 6.69% | 0.0% |
| 94th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6.74% | -15.0% |
| 95th | Ghana | 6.76% | -12.6% |
| 96th | El Salvador | 6.80% | -3.8% |
| 97th | Mongolia | 6.85% | 1.2% |
| 98th | Canada | 7.19% | -5.4% |
| 99th | Indonesia | 7.30% | -24.5% |
| 100th | Malta | 7.32% | -3.3% |
| 101st | Belgium | 7.36% | -9.9% |
| 102nd | India | 7.60% | -0.5% |
| 103rd | Equatorial Guinea | 7.66% | -0.6% |
| 104th | Guam | 7.70% | -20.6% |
| 105th | Romania | 7.72% | -0.4% |
| 106th | Russian Federation | 7.76% | -5.7% |
| 107th | Afghanistan | 7.79% | -0.6% |
| 108th | Lebanon | 7.85% | -2.5% |
| 109th | Italy | 7.87% | -6.9% |
| 110th | Azerbaijan | 7.99% | -12.8% |
| 111th | Uzbekistan | 8.15% | 66.4% |
| 112th | Czechia | 8.30% | 6.8% |
| 113th | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.33% | -20.4% |
| 114th | Mauritius | 8.34% | 8.3% |
| 115th | Sri Lanka | 8.38% | -0.2% |
| 116th | Kazakhstan | 8.40% | -4.5% |
| 117th | Turkmenistan | 8.42% | -9.4% |
| 118th | Vanuatu | 8.43% | -2.6% |
| 119th | Ukraine | 8.59% | -5.2% |
| 120th | Iraq | 8.72% | -2.7% |
| 121st | France | 8.91% | 4.6% |
| 122nd | Belarus | 9.46% | 19.3% |
| 123rd | Suriname | 9.49% | 44.9% |
| 124th | Aruba | 9.50% | -16.7% |
| 125th | Syrian Arab Republic | 9.51% | -11.8% |
| 126th | Barbados | 9.57% | -13.0% |
| 127th | Mauritania | 9.77% | -1.4% |
| 128th | European Union | 9.86% | 1.6% |
| 129th | Gambia, The | 9.95% | -0.4% |
| 130th | Brazil | 10.07% | -9.8% |
| 131st | Chile | 10.16% | 6.6% |
| 132nd | Bahamas, The | 10.20% | -5.9% |
| 133rd | Estonia | 10.25% | -0.9% |
| 134th | Virgin Islands (US) | 10.27% | -2.9% |
| 135th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 10.30% | -8.8% |
| 136th | Puerto Rico (US) | 10.31% | -14.1% |
| 137th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 10.32% | -8.5% |
| 138th | Finland | 10.36% | 14.1% |
| 139th | Belize | 10.59% | -17.9% |
| 140th | Greece | 10.63% | 8.7% |
| 141st | Nepal | 10.65% | 0.1% |
| 142nd | Armenia | 10.68% | -65.8% |
| 143rd | Lithuania | 10.68% | -14.1% |
| 144th | Germany | 10.73% | 10.5% |
| 145th | Morocco | 10.83% | -5.8% |
| 146th | Türkiye | 10.84% | 9.2% |
| 147th | Spain | 11.09% | -3.4% |
| 148th | Guyana | 11.28% | -2.2% |
| 149th | Rwanda | 11.70% | 0.4% |
| 150th | French Polynesia | 11.70% | -0.4% |
| 151st | Latvia | 11.71% | 0.5% |
| 152nd | Bulgaria | 12.04% | -13.1% |
| 153rd | Yemen, Republic of | 12.13% | 1.0% |
| 154th | South Sudan | 12.26% | 0.2% |
| 155th | Georgia | 12.62% | -0.6% |
| 156th | Uruguay | 12.98% | -24.3% |
| 157th | Israel | 13.03% | -2.8% |
| 158th | Haiti | 13.42% | 10.4% |
| 159th | Cabo Verde | 13.46% | -32.7% |
| 160th | Argentina | 13.52% | -21.6% |
| 161st | Croatia | 13.66% | -28.3% |
| 162nd | Colombia | 13.72% | -2.8% |
| 163rd | Tunisia | 14.23% | -2.0% |
| 164th | Jordan | 14.63% | 1.3% |
| 165th | Zambia | 15.33% | 4.3% |
| 166th | Sudan | 15.54% | -1.7% |
| 167th | São Tomé and Principe | 16.12% | -1.5% |
| 168th | Lesotho | 16.15% | 0.6% |
| 169th | Albania | 16.31% | 8.7% |
| 170th | New Caledonia | 16.31% | -2.1% |
| 171st | Angola | 16.31% | -0.8% |
| 172nd | Gabon | 17.11% | -0.1% |
| 173rd | Algeria | 17.65% | -25.6% |
| 174th | Slovak Republic | 18.21% | 2.9% |
| 175th | Serbia | 18.50% | 15.6% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.65% | 0.0% |
| 177th | Poland | 18.82% | -5.6% |
| 178th | Libya | 18.94% | -0.7% |
| 179th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.55% | -2.2% |
| 180th | Congo, Republic of | 19.90% | 0.1% |
| 181st | St. Lucia | 20.97% | -5.5% |
| 182nd | Botswana | 21.76% | -8.6% |
| 183rd | Namibia | 22.09% | -0.1% |
| 184th | South Africa | 22.57% | -18.4% |
| 185th | West Bank and Gaza | 23.22% | -9.0% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 26.44% | -0.2% |
| 187th | Eswatini | 26.72% | 1.7% |
| 188th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.28% | -5.9% |
| 189th | Montenegro | 30.34% | -0.2% |
| 190th | North Macedonia | 37.16% | 1.3% |
FAQ
What was Lesotho's unemployment rate in 2004?▾
Lesotho's unemployment rate in 2004 was 16.15%. This ranked 168th globally.
How did Lesotho's unemployment rate change in 2004?▾
Lesotho's unemployment rate increased by 0.6% in 2004 compared to 2003.
Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2004?▾
North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2004 at 37.16%.
What is the unemployment rate of Lesotho in 2004?▾
The unemployment rate of Lesotho in 2004 was 16.15%. This ranked 168th globally.
How does 2004 compare to 2003 for Lesotho's unemployment rate?▾
Lesotho's unemployment rate went from 16.06% in 2003 to 16.15% in 2004, a 0.6% increase.
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