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Youth unemployment — Rwanda

Youth unemployment in Rwanda in 2025 — 16.41%. Ranked 117 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 0 pp.

2025 16.41% −0.15 pp vs 2024
World rank 117of 182
Period maximum 23.31%2021
Period minimum 14.43%1997

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Rwanda, 1991–202512.51517.52022.52519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 16.41%1992: 16.16%1993: 16.19%1994: 16.04%1995: 15.35%1996: 14.88%1997: 14.43%1998: 14.69%1999: 15.16%2000: 15.44%2001: 15.6%2002: 15.37%2003: 15.68%2004: 15.78%2005: 16%2006: 15.77%2007: 15.83%2008: 15.83%2009: 16.02%2010: 16.1%2011: 16.29%2012: 16.25%2013: 16.42%2014: 16.55%2015: 16.6%2016: 16.6%2017: 16.73%2018: 16.26%2019: 16.05%2020: 15.95%2021: 23.31%2022: 22.2%2023: 18.17%2024: 16.56%2025: 16.41%
Change over the period: −0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Rwanda 16.41%
World 13.41%
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.08%
Eastern Africa computed 7.77%
Low-income countries computed 8.88%
Youth unemployment — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16.41 −0.15 pp
2024 16.56 −1.62 pp
2023 18.17 −4.03 pp
2022 22.2 −1.11 pp
2021 23.31 +7.37 pp
2020 15.95 −0.11 pp
2019 16.05 −0.21 pp
2018 16.26 −0.47 pp
2017 16.73 +0.14 pp
2016 16.6 −0 pp
2015 16.6 +0.05 pp
2014 16.55 +0.13 pp
2013 16.42 +0.17 pp
2012 16.25 −0.04 pp
2011 16.29 +0.19 pp
2010 16.1 +0.08 pp
2009 16.02 +0.19 pp
2008 15.83 −0 pp
2007 15.83 +0.06 pp
2006 15.77 −0.22 pp
2005 16 +0.22 pp
2004 15.78 +0.1 pp
2003 15.68 +0.32 pp
2002 15.37 −0.23 pp
2001 15.6 +0.16 pp
2000 15.44 +0.28 pp
1999 15.16 +0.48 pp
1998 14.69 +0.26 pp
1997 14.43 −0.46 pp
1996 14.88 −0.47 pp
1995 15.35 −0.69 pp
1994 16.04 −0.15 pp
1993 16.19 +0.03 pp
1992 16.16 −0.25 pp
1991 16.41 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

BI Burundi 1.68 TZ Tanzania 2.38 UG Uganda 4.18 MG Madagascar 5.25 ET Ethiopia 5.35 MW Malawi 6.95 KM Comoros 8.75 ER Eritrea 10.24 ZM Zambia 10.47 MZ Mozambique 11.61 KE Kenya 15.25 ZW Zimbabwe 15.55 RW Rwanda 16.41 MU Mauritius 17.37 SO Somalia 34.23 DJ Djibouti 76.77
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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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