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.