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Youth unemployment — Gambia

Youth unemployment in the Gambia in 2025 — 10.86%. Ranked 81 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 3.48 pp.

2025 10.86% +0.03 pp vs 2024
World rank 81of 182
Period maximum 14.93%2007
Period minimum 7.15%2018

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Gambia, 1991–2025681012141619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 14.35%1992: 14.47%1993: 14.51%1994: 14.66%1995: 14.79%1996: 14.83%1997: 14.63%1998: 14.51%1999: 14.32%2000: 14.29%2001: 14.18%2002: 14.59%2003: 14.52%2004: 14.46%2005: 14.41%2006: 14.74%2007: 14.93%2008: 14.53%2009: 14.22%2010: 14.11%2011: 14.76%2012: 14.85%2013: 13.73%2014: 12.21%2015: 11.02%2016: 9.82%2017: 8.42%2018: 7.15%2019: 7.81%2020: 10.14%2021: 10.44%2022: 10.16%2023: 10.81%2024: 10.83%2025: 10.86%
Change over the period: −3.48 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gambia 10.86%
World 13.41%
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.08%
Western Africa computed 4.95%
Low-income countries computed 8.88%
Youth unemployment — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 10.86 +0.03 pp
2024 10.83 +0.02 pp
2023 10.81 +0.65 pp
2022 10.16 −0.28 pp
2021 10.44 +0.3 pp
2020 10.14 +2.33 pp
2019 7.81 +0.66 pp
2018 7.15 −1.27 pp
2017 8.42 −1.4 pp
2016 9.82 −1.2 pp
2015 11.02 −1.19 pp
2014 12.21 −1.52 pp
2013 13.73 −1.12 pp
2012 14.85 +0.09 pp
2011 14.76 +0.65 pp
2010 14.11 −0.11 pp
2009 14.22 −0.31 pp
2008 14.53 −0.39 pp
2007 14.93 +0.19 pp
2006 14.74 +0.33 pp
2005 14.41 −0.05 pp
2004 14.46 −0.06 pp
2003 14.52 −0.07 pp
2002 14.59 +0.41 pp
2001 14.18 −0.11 pp
2000 14.29 −0.03 pp
1999 14.32 −0.19 pp
1998 14.51 −0.12 pp
1997 14.63 −0.21 pp
1996 14.83 +0.05 pp
1995 14.79 +0.13 pp
1994 14.66 +0.15 pp
1993 14.51 +0.04 pp
1992 14.47 +0.12 pp
1991 14.35 —

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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