Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Mali

Youth unemployment in Mali in 2025 — 3.88%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 1.69 pp.

2025 3.88% +0.04 pp vs 2024
World rank 18of 182
Period maximum 6.73%2020
Period minimum 2.02%2003

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Mali, 1991–20250246819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 2.19%1992: 2.26%1993: 2.2%1994: 2.27%1995: 2.22%1996: 2.18%1997: 2.16%1998: 2.09%1999: 2.11%2000: 2.16%2001: 2.08%2002: 2.11%2003: 2.02%2004: 2.17%2005: 2.13%2006: 2.16%2007: 2.14%2008: 2.15%2009: 2.18%2010: 2.15%2011: 2.18%2012: 2.23%2013: 2.28%2014: 2.24%2015: 2.17%2016: 2.13%2017: 2.23%2018: 2.34%2019: 4.67%2020: 6.73%2021: 4.43%2022: 3.21%2023: 3.86%2024: 3.84%2025: 3.88%
Change over the period: +1.69 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mali 3.88%
World 13.41%
Western Africa computed 4.95%
Low-income countries computed 8.88%
Youth unemployment — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 3.88 +0.04 pp
2024 3.84 −0.02 pp
2023 3.86 +0.66 pp
2022 3.21 −1.23 pp
2021 4.43 −2.3 pp
2020 6.73 +2.06 pp
2019 4.67 +2.33 pp
2018 2.34 +0.1 pp
2017 2.23 +0.1 pp
2016 2.13 −0.04 pp
2015 2.17 −0.07 pp
2014 2.24 −0.04 pp
2013 2.28 +0.05 pp
2012 2.23 +0.05 pp
2011 2.18 +0.03 pp
2010 2.15 −0.03 pp
2009 2.18 +0.03 pp
2008 2.15 +0.01 pp
2007 2.14 −0.02 pp
2006 2.16 +0.03 pp
2005 2.13 −0.04 pp
2004 2.17 +0.15 pp
2003 2.02 −0.09 pp
2002 2.11 +0.03 pp
2001 2.08 −0.08 pp
2000 2.16 +0.05 pp
1999 2.11 +0.02 pp
1998 2.09 −0.07 pp
1997 2.16 −0.01 pp
1996 2.18 −0.05 pp
1995 2.22 −0.05 pp
1994 2.27 +0.08 pp
1993 2.2 −0.07 pp
1992 2.26 +0.07 pp
1991 2.19 —

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.