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Lesotho - Youth Unemployment 2001

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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

22.36% −0.08pp from 2000 Global rank: 134th

Lesotho's youth unemployment was 22.36% in 2001, decreased +0.08pp from 22.44% in 2000. This was the 134th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2001▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 2001
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Benin	0.91%	-9.4%
2nd	Pakistan	0.96%	-0.9%
3rd	Chad	1.11%	1.4%
4th	Cambodia	1.30%	6.2%
5th	Myanmar	1.32%	-1.0%
6th	Mali	2.08%	-3.6%
7th	Qatar	2.68%	0.8%
8th	Senegal	2.84%	0.9%
9th	Kuwait	2.98%	-0.4%
10th	Liberia	3.00%	2.7%
11th	Niger	3.11%	1.6%
12th	Guatemala	3.44%	2.9%
13th	Solomon Islands	3.67%	2.3%
14th	Guinea-Bissau	3.68%	-7.3%
15th	Burundi	3.86%	0.2%
16th	Lao PDR	3.98%	-7.6%
17th	Burkina Faso	4.26%	2.1%
18th	Bahrain	4.27%	1.3%
19th	Kyrgyz Republic	4.32%	6.3%
20th	Netherlands	4.33%	-16.7%
21st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.59%	7.6%
22nd	Iceland	4.86%	14.5%
23rd	Mexico	4.98%	-4.8%
24th	Papua New Guinea	5.08%	-4.1%
25th	Uganda	5.18%	-0.3%
26th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	5.30%	0.0%
27th	Tanzania	5.35%	-3.4%
28th	Tajikistan	5.47%	-10.5%
29th	Bhutan	5.59%	14.2%
30th	Viet Nam	5.59%	18.2%
31st	United Arab Emirates	5.63%	9.5%
32nd	Switzerland	5.63%	17.0%
33rd	Guinea	5.67%	-0.2%
34th	Ireland	5.86%	-6.4%
35th	Austria	6.00%	-4.5%
36th	Peru	6.07%	2.0%
37th	Mozambique	6.09%	0.8%
38th	Luxembourg	6.33%	-0.7%
39th	Maldives	6.70%	52.3%
40th	Kenya	6.78%	0.2%
41st	Honduras	6.81%	3.5%
42nd	Côte d'Ivoire	6.90%	6.6%
43rd	Malawi	6.92%	2.4%
44th	Togo	7.30%	-0.5%
45th	Singapore	7.40%	8.3%
46th	Nigeria	7.54%	-0.4%
47th	Sierra Leone	7.66%	1.5%
48th	Germany	7.79%	-8.9%
49th	Madagascar	7.80%	-7.2%
50th	Thailand	7.87%	15.5%
51st	Cyprus	7.98%	-10.4%
52nd	China	7.99%	16.9%
53rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	8.06%	0.7%
54th	Denmark	8.23%	22.3%
55th	Cuba	8.51%	-23.5%
56th	Ecuador	8.55%	-12.5%
57th	Bangladesh	8.82%	-9.5%
58th	Portugal	8.95%	8.6%
59th	Korea	9.36%	-6.4%
60th	Philippines	9.42%	-1.3%
61st	Mongolia	9.50%	2.0%
62nd	Comoros	9.57%	-0.3%
63rd	Japan	9.60%	4.2%
64th	Macao SAR, China	9.87%	-9.5%
65th	Timor-Leste	9.98%	-3.2%
66th	United Kingdom	10.19%	-14.2%
67th	Afghanistan	10.27%	0.7%
68th	Eritrea	10.37%	1.5%
69th	United States	10.49%	13.1%
70th	Channel Islands	10.51%	-1.0%
71st	Zimbabwe	10.86%	-9.0%
72nd	Hungary	11.04%	-14.2%
73rd	Central African Republic	11.04%	0.7%
74th	Fiji	11.19%	0.8%
75th	Hong Kong SAR, China	11.20%	1.2%
76th	Paraguay	11.22%	-19.7%
77th	Cameroon	11.26%	-1.1%
78th	Malaysia	11.40%	18.7%
79th	Nicaragua	11.51%	0.8%
80th	Tonga	11.51%	10.9%
81st	Samoa	11.65%	5.9%
82nd	Sweden	11.67%	25.6%
83rd	New Zealand	12.09%	-10.4%
84th	El Salvador	12.14%	1.4%
85th	Norway	12.14%	9.9%
86th	Armenia	12.16%	-0.3%
87th	Canada	12.87%	1.6%
88th	Oman	13.34%	-2.9%
89th	Dominican Republic	13.46%	8.5%
90th	Australia	13.48%	11.5%
91st	Panama	13.77%	1.7%
92nd	Costa Rica	13.81%	22.9%
93rd	Gambia, The	14.18%	-0.8%
94th	Vanuatu	14.25%	1.0%
95th	Equatorial Guinea	14.99%	1.4%
96th	Bahamas, The	15.20%	-1.6%
97th	Belgium	15.33%	0.5%
98th	Ghana	15.38%	-6.4%
99th	Mauritania	15.42%	0.8%
100th	Rwanda	15.60%	1.1%
101st	Slovenia	15.73%	-3.9%
102nd	Iraq	15.96%	2.9%
103rd	Türkiye	16.05%	24.0%
104th	Moldova	16.50%	3.1%
105th	Jamaica	16.55%	-0.3%
106th	Czechia	16.56%	-2.4%
107th	Brunei Darussalam	17.47%	0.7%
108th	Malta	17.74%	49.9%
109th	Romania	17.78%	-1.0%
110th	France	17.91%	-12.6%
111th	Russian Federation	18.00%	-13.1%
112th	South Sudan	18.40%	0.3%
113th	Belize	18.56%	-15.8%
114th	Israel	18.70%	8.0%
115th	Kazakhstan	18.72%	-17.6%
116th	Georgia	18.77%	-4.2%
117th	Nepal	18.83%	-0.3%
118th	Morocco	18.87%	-7.5%
119th	Yemen, Republic of	18.95%	1.8%
120th	Indonesia	19.04%	-0.6%
121st	Brazil	20.02%	-1.5%
122nd	European Union	20.18%	-2.4%
123rd	India	20.42%	1.1%
124th	Belarus	20.53%	-5.4%
125th	Ukraine	20.69%	-5.5%
126th	Spain	20.72%	-18.0%
127th	Virgin Islands (US)	20.80%	2.0%
128th	Lebanon	20.91%	-1.2%
129th	Turkmenistan	21.23%	-5.2%
130th	Trinidad and Tobago	21.40%	-8.6%
131st	São Tomé and Principe	21.61%	10.0%
132nd	Syrian Arab Republic	21.98%	20.5%
133rd	Azerbaijan	22.10%	-0.1%
134th	Lesotho	22.36%	-0.4%
135th	Saudi Arabia	22.44%	-1.8%
136th	Puerto Rico (US)	22.80%	10.6%
137th	Barbados	22.94%	10.1%
138th	Uzbekistan	22.98%	-7.4%
139th	Haiti	23.51%	14.6%
140th	Cabo Verde	23.60%	2.1%
141st	Estonia	23.85%	12.9%
142nd	Zambia	24.05%	6.7%
143rd	Latvia	24.16%	13.6%
144th	Sudan	24.20%	-0.3%
145th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	24.28%	5.2%
146th	Guyana	24.29%	-2.4%
147th	Chile	24.56%	-0.8%
148th	Sri Lanka	25.01%	5.1%
149th	Finland	27.32%	-6.9%
150th	Colombia	27.49%	-26.5%
151st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	27.63%	10.5%
152nd	Italy	27.81%	-11.6%
153rd	Greece	27.82%	-3.9%
154th	Mauritius	27.84%	5.5%
155th	Serbia	28.66%	2.2%
156th	Suriname	28.80%	-7.4%
157th	Albania	29.82%	-2.0%
158th	Tunisia	29.89%	-2.7%
159th	St. Lucia	30.50%	12.2%
160th	West Bank and Gaza	31.28%	97.8%
161st	Guam	31.52%	-13.7%
162nd	Lithuania	31.53%	10.5%
163rd	French Polynesia	32.80%	1.0%
164th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.76%	-0.2%
165th	Jordan	33.90%	7.1%
166th	Uruguay	34.45%	17.8%
167th	Gabon	36.26%	-2.0%
168th	Argentina	37.03%	14.5%
169th	Slovak Republic	38.88%	6.2%
170th	Angola	38.99%	-0.1%
171st	Bulgaria	39.09%	17.7%
172nd	Botswana	39.25%	22.2%
173rd	Congo, Republic of	39.56%	0.8%
174th	Croatia	39.72%	-5.1%
175th	Poland	40.39%	22.7%
176th	Namibia	40.65%	3.6%
177th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	41.58%	2.0%
178th	South Africa	43.21%	0.1%
179th	New Caledonia	43.21%	-2.2%
180th	Libya	46.68%	0.0%
181st	Algeria	46.93%	-7.4%
182nd	Eswatini	50.34%	3.2%
183rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.60%	4.4%
184th	North Macedonia	55.55%	-4.8%
185th	Montenegro	55.67%	0.2%
186th	Djibouti	65.65%	1.0%

FAQ

What was Lesotho's youth unemployment in 2001?▾

Lesotho's youth unemployment in 2001 was 22.36%. This ranked 134th globally.

How did Lesotho's youth unemployment change in 2001?▾

Lesotho's youth unemployment decreased by 0.4% in 2001 compared to 2000.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2001?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2001 at 65.65%.

What is the youth unemployment of Lesotho in 2001?▾

The youth unemployment of Lesotho in 2001 was 22.36%. This ranked 134th globally.

How does 2001 compare to 2000 for Lesotho's youth unemployment?▾

Lesotho's youth unemployment went from 22.44% in 2000 to 22.36% in 2001, a 0.4% decrease.

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