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Youth unemployment — Mauritania

Youth unemployment in Mauritania in 2025 — 22.92%. Ranked 147 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 7.82 pp.

2025 22.92% −0.12 pp vs 2024
World rank 147of 182
Period maximum 25.52%2020
Period minimum 14.37%2006

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Mauritania, 1991–2025101520253019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 15.1%1992: 15.24%1993: 15.04%1994: 15.22%1995: 14.96%1996: 14.94%1997: 14.96%1998: 15.2%1999: 15.28%2000: 15.3%2001: 15.42%2002: 15.49%2003: 15.13%2004: 14.95%2005: 14.72%2006: 14.37%2007: 14.56%2008: 14.85%2009: 15.48%2010: 15.35%2011: 15.22%2012: 15.09%2013: 16.2%2014: 17.36%2015: 18.5%2016: 19.83%2017: 20.97%2018: 22.2%2019: 23.37%2020: 25.52%2021: 24.85%2022: 23.51%2023: 23.24%2024: 23.04%2025: 22.92%
Change over the period: +7.82 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritania 22.92%
World 13.41%
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.08%
Western Africa computed 4.95%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 12.83%
Youth unemployment — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.92 −0.12 pp
2024 23.04 −0.2 pp
2023 23.24 −0.27 pp
2022 23.51 −1.35 pp
2021 24.85 −0.66 pp
2020 25.52 +2.15 pp
2019 23.37 +1.18 pp
2018 22.2 +1.23 pp
2017 20.97 +1.14 pp
2016 19.83 +1.32 pp
2015 18.5 +1.15 pp
2014 17.36 +1.16 pp
2013 16.2 +1.11 pp
2012 15.09 −0.13 pp
2011 15.22 −0.13 pp
2010 15.35 −0.13 pp
2009 15.48 +0.62 pp
2008 14.85 +0.29 pp
2007 14.56 +0.2 pp
2006 14.37 −0.35 pp
2005 14.72 −0.23 pp
2004 14.95 −0.18 pp
2003 15.13 −0.36 pp
2002 15.49 +0.07 pp
2001 15.42 +0.12 pp
2000 15.3 +0.02 pp
1999 15.28 +0.08 pp
1998 15.2 +0.23 pp
1997 14.96 +0.02 pp
1996 14.94 −0.02 pp
1995 14.96 −0.26 pp
1994 15.22 +0.18 pp
1993 15.04 −0.2 pp
1992 15.24 +0.14 pp
1991 15.1 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 0.46 LR Liberia 2.3 GW Guinea-Bissau 2.84 BJ Benin 2.89 TG Togo 3.44 SN Senegal 3.62 SL Sierra Leone 3.72 ML Mali 3.88 CI Côte d'Ivoire 4.01 NG Nigeria 5.34 GH Ghana 5.83 BF Burkina Faso 6.44 GN Guinea 7.02 GM Gambia 10.86 MR Mauritania 22.92 CV Cabo Verde 28.42
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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.

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