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Sierra Leone - Youth Unemployment 2005

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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

5.70% +0.59pp from 2004 Global rank: 25th

Sierra Leone's youth unemployment was 5.70% in 2005, increased +0.59pp from 5.11% in 2004. This was the 25th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2005▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 2005
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.94%	-0.5%
2nd	Chad	1.02%	-1.9%
3rd	Benin	1.31%	15.2%
4th	Myanmar	1.37%	0.8%
5th	Cambodia	1.74%	7.6%
6th	Mali	2.13%	-1.9%
7th	Madagascar	2.27%	-51.1%
8th	Qatar	2.83%	-0.3%
9th	Senegal	2.85%	-2.2%
10th	Uganda	2.85%	-29.3%
11th	Lao PDR	2.86%	-9.6%
12th	Liberia	3.25%	-0.2%
13th	Solomon Islands	3.35%	-2.2%
14th	Bahrain	3.84%	-1.8%
15th	Guinea-Bissau	3.86%	-0.7%
16th	Burundi	3.87%	-0.2%
17th	Cuba	4.22%	8.0%
18th	Papua New Guinea	4.32%	-4.8%
19th	Thailand	4.81%	4.7%
20th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	4.93%	-0.7%
21st	Viet Nam	4.96%	8.6%
22nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.22%	2.8%
23rd	Guatemala	5.35%	0.0%
24th	Kyrgyz Republic	5.36%	4.8%
25th	Sierra Leone	5.70%	11.5%
26th	Tajikistan	5.81%	8.7%
27th	Guinea	5.83%	1.4%
28th	Tanzania	5.83%	2.9%
29th	Niger	6.18%	11.6%
30th	Burkina Faso	6.30%	16.1%
31st	Mozambique	6.53%	2.2%
32nd	Kuwait	6.57%	-10.3%
33rd	Malawi	6.62%	-0.5%
34th	Cameroon	6.63%	-13.9%
35th	Kenya	6.65%	-2.4%
36th	Tonga	6.79%	-34.7%
37th	Mexico	6.88%	-16.1%
38th	Iceland	7.05%	-38.6%
39th	Togo	7.40%	2.4%
40th	Nigeria	7.54%	4.3%
41st	Ireland	7.82%	-0.7%
42nd	Ecuador	7.86%	-22.9%
43rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	7.89%	-0.9%
44th	Côte d'Ivoire	8.04%	2.5%
45th	United Arab Emirates	8.05%	9.3%
46th	Zimbabwe	8.10%	3.3%
47th	Macao SAR, China	8.26%	-21.2%
48th	Peru	8.43%	9.0%
49th	Denmark	8.60%	10.6%
50th	Nicaragua	8.68%	-15.6%
51st	Japan	8.71%	-9.1%
52nd	Honduras	8.73%	-17.2%
53rd	Switzerland	8.76%	13.7%
54th	Bangladesh	8.79%	13.3%
55th	Philippines	9.25%	2.1%
56th	Korea	9.32%	-4.9%
57th	Bhutan	9.44%	26.0%
58th	China	9.50%	0.7%
59th	Fiji	9.64%	-16.7%
60th	New Zealand	9.75%	1.0%
61st	Comoros	9.85%	-0.5%
62nd	Timor-Leste	9.99%	-1.5%
63rd	Afghanistan	10.18%	0.6%
64th	Eritrea	10.22%	-0.1%
65th	Paraguay	10.33%	-13.4%
66th	Singapore	10.38%	-1.3%
67th	Central African Republic	10.55%	-1.2%
68th	Australia	10.62%	-6.6%
69th	Ghana	10.67%	-10.0%
70th	Hong Kong SAR, China	10.67%	-11.6%
71st	Austria	11.18%	1.7%
72nd	United States	11.24%	-4.7%
73rd	Mongolia	11.28%	3.5%
74th	Norway	11.29%	-11.7%
75th	Malaysia	11.33%	-0.3%
76th	Netherlands	11.54%	45.8%
77th	Armenia	11.98%	-0.2%
78th	Canada	12.39%	-7.8%
79th	El Salvador	12.67%	7.1%
80th	Kazakhstan	12.71%	-9.9%
81st	United Kingdom	13.05%	22.9%
82nd	Samoa	13.10%	2.9%
83rd	Channel Islands	13.41%	3.2%
84th	Panama	13.49%	-0.8%
85th	Dominican Republic	13.49%	4.6%
86th	Cyprus	13.54%	32.6%
87th	Luxembourg	13.63%	-18.9%
88th	Vanuatu	13.63%	-2.6%
89th	Gambia, The	14.41%	-0.4%
90th	Uzbekistan	14.49%	-13.6%
91st	Turkmenistan	14.51%	-12.0%
92nd	Oman	14.59%	-2.4%
93rd	Moldova	14.64%	-5.5%
94th	Mauritania	14.72%	-1.5%
95th	Equatorial Guinea	14.85%	-0.2%
96th	Estonia	15.12%	-40.9%
97th	Latvia	15.14%	-30.5%
98th	Ukraine	15.21%	-4.9%
99th	Azerbaijan	15.33%	-16.0%
100th	Germany	15.46%	19.1%
101st	Costa Rica	15.52%	6.8%
102nd	Russian Federation	15.53%	-9.9%
103rd	Belarus	15.58%	-7.3%
104th	Maldives	15.60%	17.6%
105th	Morocco	15.71%	1.7%
106th	Lithuania	15.77%	-22.2%
107th	Slovenia	15.97%	13.2%
108th	Rwanda	16.00%	1.4%
109th	Malta	16.12%	-13.3%
110th	Portugal	16.22%	15.4%
111th	Guam	16.28%	-10.3%
112th	Trinidad and Tobago	16.54%	-3.8%
113th	Jamaica	16.84%	0.8%
114th	Iraq	16.91%	-0.7%
115th	Israel	17.86%	-13.5%
116th	Syrian Arab Republic	18.18%	-3.2%
117th	South Sudan	18.76%	0.5%
118th	Nepal	19.05%	-0.2%
119th	Czechia	19.25%	-5.5%
120th	Brunei Darussalam	19.41%	3.1%
121st	Spain	19.64%	-12.6%
122nd	Hungary	19.65%	34.6%
123rd	Türkiye	19.69%	-3.2%
124th	Yemen, Republic of	20.19%	1.4%
125th	Bahamas, The	20.26%	-6.8%
126th	Lebanon	20.49%	3.6%
127th	Romania	20.56%	-11.2%
128th	India	21.12%	0.6%
129th	France	21.23%	7.9%
130th	Barbados	21.26%	-6.0%
131st	Suriname	21.29%	-2.5%
132nd	Brazil	21.40%	6.8%
133rd	European Union	21.40%	0.3%
134th	Belgium	21.48%	22.7%
135th	Virgin Islands (US)	21.50%	-0.7%
136th	Belize	22.16%	3.0%
137th	Guyana	22.21%	-2.3%
138th	Bulgaria	22.39%	-8.6%
139th	Lesotho	22.47%	-0.4%
140th	Colombia	22.60%	-14.2%
141st	Sweden	22.83%	23.3%
142nd	São Tomé and Principe	23.12%	2.9%
143rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	23.40%	15.0%
144th	Chile	23.41%	-4.5%
145th	Puerto Rico (US)	23.53%	9.7%
146th	Italy	24.11%	-1.3%
147th	Sudan	24.13%	0.0%
148th	Cabo Verde	24.67%	0.8%
149th	Mauritius	25.66%	4.0%
150th	Saudi Arabia	25.80%	2.9%
151st	Greece	25.81%	-2.9%
152nd	Georgia	26.16%	3.2%
153rd	Argentina	26.21%	-11.3%
154th	Albania	26.24%	-1.4%
155th	Indonesia	26.30%	11.4%
156th	Finland	26.78%	-2.3%
157th	Sri Lanka	27.70%	-2.1%
158th	Tunisia	28.10%	-8.0%
159th	Uruguay	29.07%	-12.1%
160th	Slovak Republic	30.28%	-8.2%
161st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	31.22%	10.1%
162nd	Algeria	31.24%	-8.7%
163rd	Zambia	31.46%	6.2%
164th	West Bank and Gaza	31.93%	-10.3%
165th	Gabon	32.22%	-2.8%
166th	Croatia	32.54%	-0.9%
167th	French Polynesia	33.47%	0.7%
168th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.60%	0.0%
169th	St. Lucia	34.37%	-9.7%
170th	Haiti	34.80%	8.4%
171st	Jordan	34.99%	2.6%
172nd	Botswana	36.82%	-11.7%
173rd	Poland	36.95%	-7.6%
174th	Angola	38.02%	-0.2%
175th	New Caledonia	39.75%	-3.1%
176th	Congo, Republic of	40.02%	0.0%
177th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	40.16%	0.5%
178th	Namibia	43.26%	0.6%
179th	South Africa	43.93%	0.2%
180th	Libya	46.40%	-0.6%
181st	Serbia	47.13%	13.0%
182nd	Eswatini	54.70%	1.9%
183rd	Montenegro	55.65%	0.2%
184th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	61.65%	4.0%
185th	North Macedonia	61.97%	-3.4%
186th	Djibouti	67.31%	0.6%

FAQ

What was Sierra Leone's youth unemployment in 2005?▾

Sierra Leone's youth unemployment in 2005 was 5.70%. This ranked 25th globally.

How did Sierra Leone's youth unemployment change in 2005?▾

Sierra Leone's youth unemployment increased by 11.5% in 2005 compared to 2004.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2005?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2005 at 67.31%.

What is the youth unemployment of Sierra Leone in 2005?▾

The youth unemployment of Sierra Leone in 2005 was 5.70%. This ranked 25th globally.

How does 2005 compare to 2004 for Sierra Leone's youth unemployment?▾

Sierra Leone's youth unemployment went from 5.11% in 2004 to 5.70% in 2005, a 11.5% increase.

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