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Sierra Leone - Unemployment Rate 2007

Name: Sierra Leone Unemployment Rate 2007
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

4.02% +0.13pp from 2006 Global rank: 61st

Sierra Leone's unemployment rate was 4.02% in 2007, increased +0.13pp from 3.89% in 2006. This was the 61st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2007▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 2007
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.40%	-93.6%
2nd	Qatar	0.52%	-40.2%
3rd	Myanmar	0.68%	1.2%
4th	Chad	0.84%	17.2%
5th	Benin	0.90%	1.6%
6th	Bahrain	1.01%	-1.5%
7th	Lao PDR	1.07%	-10.9%
8th	Thailand	1.18%	-21.3%
9th	Tonga	1.21%	11.0%
10th	Cambodia	1.26%	8.4%
11th	Mali	1.37%	-1.6%
12th	Kuwait	1.50%	15.4%
13th	Cuba	1.79%	-6.5%
14th	Seychelles	1.86%	-25.8%
15th	Solomon Islands	1.98%	3.2%
16th	Niger	2.02%	-20.1%
17th	Viet Nam	2.03%	-58.0%
18th	Papua New Guinea	2.17%	-5.1%
19th	Liberia	2.23%	-2.1%
20th	Iceland	2.25%	-29.7%
21st	Burundi	2.40%	-24.5%
22nd	Norway	2.49%	-27.6%
23rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.61%	-67.3%
24th	Kenya	2.64%	-1.2%
25th	Uganda	2.67%	17.8%
26th	Moldova	2.75%	-62.9%
27th	Senegal	2.80%	1.6%
28th	Guatemala	2.85%	-3.8%
29th	Tajikistan	2.87%	25.0%
30th	United Arab Emirates	2.93%	-1.0%
31st	Korea	3.01%	-13.3%
32nd	San Marino	3.02%	-8.8%
33rd	Tanzania	3.02%	-8.4%
34th	Cameroon	3.06%	-17.9%
35th	Mozambique	3.08%	1.5%
36th	Kyrgyz Republic	3.09%	-62.6%
37th	Guinea-Bissau	3.13%	-0.6%
38th	Ecuador	3.14%	-53.0%
39th	Madagascar	3.20%	8.7%
40th	Honduras	3.21%	-10.2%
41st	Liechtenstein	3.22%	0.1%
42nd	Macao SAR, China	3.27%	-13.4%
43rd	Burkina Faso	3.30%	-10.1%
44th	Malaysia	3.31%	-0.5%
45th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.40%	7.2%
46th	Philippines	3.43%	-56.8%
47th	Timor-Leste	3.52%	-3.1%
48th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.55%	-0.1%
49th	Mexico	3.63%	1.8%
50th	Switzerland	3.64%	9.3%
51st	New Zealand	3.66%	-5.5%
52nd	Bhutan	3.70%	15.6%
53rd	Nigeria	3.79%	1.2%
54th	Denmark	3.80%	-2.5%
55th	Togo	3.82%	-9.6%
56th	Japan	3.89%	-5.6%
57th	Singapore	3.90%	47.2%
58th	Cyprus	3.95%	-13.3%
59th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4.01%	-17.0%
60th	Bangladesh	4.02%	11.8%
61st	Sierra Leone	4.02%	3.4%
62nd	Luxembourg	4.07%	-4.0%
63rd	Peru	4.08%	-52.2%
64th	Fiji	4.11%	-46.6%
65th	Netherlands	4.15%	-31.7%
66th	Lithuania	4.25%	-26.4%
67th	Oman	4.31%	-1.8%
68th	China	4.35%	-1.8%
69th	Australia	4.38%	-8.6%
70th	Comoros	4.47%	-0.2%
71st	Costa Rica	4.56%	-23.6%
72nd	Estonia	4.59%	-22.3%
73rd	United States	4.62%	0.3%
74th	Paraguay	4.71%	-10.7%
75th	Guinea	4.79%	-1.6%
76th	Slovenia	4.82%	-19.7%
77th	Malawi	4.88%	-1.6%
78th	Nicaragua	4.89%	-5.8%
79th	Austria	4.91%	-12.3%
80th	Ireland	4.98%	4.3%
81st	Uzbekistan	4.99%	-4.0%
82nd	Zimbabwe	5.01%	5.1%
83rd	Ghana	5.10%	4.2%
84th	Dominican Republic	5.16%	-27.1%
85th	Channel Islands	5.23%	-6.1%
86th	Czechia	5.32%	-25.4%
87th	United Kingdom	5.40%	-0.5%
88th	Samoa	5.43%	2.0%
89th	Trinidad and Tobago	5.54%	-11.3%
90th	Central African Republic	5.56%	-0.9%
91st	Panama	5.67%	-34.6%
92nd	Aruba	5.71%	-38.6%
93rd	Eritrea	5.72%	0.2%
94th	Turkmenistan	5.72%	-13.4%
95th	Saudi Arabia	5.73%	-8.3%
96th	Sri Lanka	5.97%	-9.5%
97th	Russian Federation	6.00%	-14.9%
98th	Latvia	6.05%	-13.9%
99th	Italy	6.08%	-11.5%
100th	Canada	6.16%	-4.6%
101st	Sweden	6.16%	-14.0%
102nd	Brunei Darussalam	6.19%	2.1%
103rd	Côte d'Ivoire	6.28%	4.4%
104th	Azerbaijan	6.33%	-4.3%
105th	Ukraine	6.35%	-6.7%
106th	El Salvador	6.41%	-5.0%
107th	Romania	6.41%	-10.6%
108th	Malta	6.47%	-5.1%
109th	Jamaica	6.61%	-36.0%
110th	Finland	6.85%	-11.8%
111th	Vanuatu	6.86%	-14.4%
112th	Bulgaria	6.88%	-23.8%
113th	Mongolia	7.20%	0.1%
114th	Kazakhstan	7.26%	-6.3%
115th	Hungary	7.41%	4.7%
116th	Belarus	7.41%	17.7%
117th	Barbados	7.41%	-15.1%
118th	Belgium	7.46%	-9.8%
119th	European Union	7.50%	-13.6%
120th	India	7.56%	0.1%
121st	Equatorial Guinea	7.59%	-0.3%
122nd	Afghanistan	7.84%	-0.7%
123rd	Bahamas, The	7.88%	3.3%
124th	Portugal	7.97%	-5.3%
125th	France	8.01%	-9.4%
126th	Indonesia	8.06%	-21.6%
127th	Spain	8.23%	-2.6%
128th	Guam	8.30%	12.2%
129th	Greece	8.35%	-7.2%
130th	Syrian Arab Republic	8.42%	2.9%
131st	Chile	8.43%	6.0%
132nd	Argentina	8.47%	-16.8%
133rd	Mauritius	8.48%	-6.7%
134th	Belize	8.51%	-9.5%
135th	Iraq	8.65%	2.8%
136th	Germany	8.73%	-13.0%
137th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	8.80%	-19.4%
138th	Lebanon	8.98%	3.6%
139th	Suriname	9.02%	-26.6%
140th	Brazil	9.28%	-4.2%
141st	Israel	9.38%	-10.2%
142nd	Uruguay	9.40%	-12.8%
143rd	Maldives	9.42%	12.9%
144th	Mauritania	9.48%	1.8%
145th	Virgin Islands (US)	9.52%	-2.2%
146th	Poland	9.55%	-32.6%
147th	Morocco	9.56%	-1.4%
148th	Croatia	9.91%	-40.0%
149th	Türkiye	10.29%	18.2%
150th	Armenia	10.39%	-62.6%
151st	Gambia, The	10.43%	1.8%
152nd	Zambia	10.56%	-20.2%
153rd	Nepal	10.64%	0.3%
154th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.77%	-4.7%
155th	Guyana	10.84%	1.3%
156th	Puerto Rico (US)	10.93%	3.1%
157th	Slovak Republic	11.16%	-17.0%
158th	Colombia	11.20%	-7.0%
159th	Rwanda	11.58%	-0.1%
160th	French Polynesia	11.74%	-0.2%
161st	South Sudan	12.27%	0.0%
162nd	Tunisia	12.37%	-1.2%
163rd	Yemen, Republic of	12.49%	1.1%
164th	Jordan	13.10%	-6.8%
165th	Georgia	13.28%	-13.8%
166th	Cabo Verde	13.29%	-1.5%
167th	Algeria	13.79%	10.2%
168th	St. Lucia	14.00%	-12.5%
169th	New Caledonia	14.75%	-3.3%
170th	Sudan	15.53%	-11.2%
171st	Lesotho	15.94%	-0.7%
172nd	Albania	15.97%	15.7%
173rd	São Tomé and Principe	16.02%	-3.8%
174th	Angola	16.07%	-0.4%
175th	Haiti	16.80%	5.9%
176th	Botswana	16.98%	-4.5%
177th	Serbia	18.06%	-16.2%
178th	Gabon	18.26%	2.5%
179th	West Bank and Gaza	18.28%	-22.9%
180th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.69%	-0.1%
181st	Libya	18.77%	-0.2%
182nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18.93%	-1.2%
183rd	Montenegro	19.40%	-21.8%
184th	Congo, Republic of	19.91%	1.8%
185th	Namibia	22.12%	1.2%
186th	South Africa	22.26%	-5.5%
187th	Djibouti	26.29%	-0.3%
188th	Eswatini	28.24%	2.0%
189th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.98%	-6.8%
190th	North Macedonia	35.23%	-2.2%

FAQ

What was Sierra Leone's unemployment rate in 2007?▾

Sierra Leone's unemployment rate in 2007 was 4.02%. This ranked 61st globally.

How did Sierra Leone's unemployment rate change in 2007?▾

Sierra Leone's unemployment rate increased by 3.4% in 2007 compared to 2006.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2007?▾

North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2007 at 35.23%.

What is the unemployment rate of Sierra Leone in 2007?▾

The unemployment rate of Sierra Leone in 2007 was 4.02%. This ranked 61st globally.

How does 2007 compare to 2006 for Sierra Leone's unemployment rate?▾

Sierra Leone's unemployment rate went from 3.89% in 2006 to 4.02% in 2007, a 3.4% increase.

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