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Lesotho Unemployment Rate 2010s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
16.22% decade average (2010-2019)

Lesotho's unemployment rate during the 2010s ranged from 15.76% (2012) to 16.88% (2019), averaging 16.22% over 10 years of data.

2010s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2010 16.07% −0.05pp 167th
2011 16.12% +0.05pp 167th
2012 15.76% −0.35pp 167th
2013 15.93% +0.17pp 164th
2014 16.07% +0.14pp 167th
2015 16.22% +0.16pp 168th
2016 16.14% −0.08pp 170th
2017 16.38% +0.24pp 171st
2018 16.61% +0.23pp 173rd
2019 16.88% +0.26pp 175th