Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Liberia

Youth unemployment in Liberia in 2025 — 2.3%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 1.17 pp.

2025 2.3% +0.08 pp vs 2024
World rank 6of 182
Period maximum 3.47%1991
Period minimum 1.55%2014

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of labor force aged 15–24

Youth unemployment — Liberia, 1991–20251.522.533.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 3.47%1992: 3.46%1993: 3.45%1994: 3.41%1995: 3.37%1996: 3.23%1997: 3.07%1998: 2.96%1999: 2.91%2000: 2.92%2001: 3%2002: 3.1%2003: 3.25%2004: 3.26%2005: 3.25%2006: 3.15%2007: 3.12%2008: 3.11%2009: 3.13%2010: 3.15%2011: 2.77%2012: 2.37%2013: 1.95%2014: 1.55%2015: 1.92%2016: 2.31%2017: 2.3%2018: 2.3%2019: 2.3%2020: 2.91%2021: 2.82%2022: 2.23%2023: 2.22%2024: 2.22%2025: 2.3%
Change over the period: −1.17 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Liberia

Liberia 2.3%
World 13.41%
Western Africa computed 4.95%
Low-income countries computed 8.88%
Youth unemployment — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.3 +0.08 pp
2024 2.22 +0 pp
2023 2.22 −0.02 pp
2022 2.23 −0.59 pp
2021 2.82 −0.09 pp
2020 2.91 +0.61 pp
2019 2.3 +0 pp
2018 2.3 −0 pp
2017 2.3 −0 pp
2016 2.31 +0.38 pp
2015 1.92 +0.37 pp
2014 1.55 −0.4 pp
2013 1.95 −0.41 pp
2012 2.37 −0.4 pp
2011 2.77 −0.38 pp
2010 3.15 +0.02 pp
2009 3.13 +0.02 pp
2008 3.11 −0.01 pp
2007 3.12 −0.04 pp
2006 3.15 −0.1 pp
2005 3.25 −0.01 pp
2004 3.26 +0.01 pp
2003 3.25 +0.15 pp
2002 3.1 +0.1 pp
2001 3 +0.08 pp
2000 2.92 +0.01 pp
1999 2.91 −0.05 pp
1998 2.96 −0.11 pp
1997 3.07 −0.16 pp
1996 3.23 −0.14 pp
1995 3.37 −0.04 pp
1994 3.41 −0.04 pp
1993 3.45 −0.01 pp
1992 3.46 −0.01 pp
1991 3.47 —

About the indicator

The share of the economically active population aged 15–24 that is unemployed. In almost every country youth unemployment runs two to three times above the overall rate: the young have no experience, and their first entry into the labor market puts them up against more qualified workers. A sharp gap with the overall rate points to structural problems in the transition from school to work.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.