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Lesotho Unemployment Rate 2020s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
17.04% decade average (2020-2029)

Lesotho's unemployment rate during the 2020s ranged from 16.32% (2025) to 18.39% (2020), averaging 17.04% over 6 years of data.

2020s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2020 18.39% +1.51pp 178th
2021 18.21% −0.17pp 177th
2022 16.62% −1.59pp 177th
2023 16.35% −0.28pp 176th
2024 16.34% −0.01pp 175th
2025 16.32% −0.02pp 169th