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Economy & jobs Statistics · Country

Youth unemployment in Liberia

1991 – 2025 · 35 data points 41 of 41 · Countries Updated 21 Oct 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025

Youth unemployment, 1991 – 2025 percent · Liberia · World
+0.4 pp since 2015
Liberia World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025

Compared with Youth unemployment · percent
Liberia
2.3%
World
13.4%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Liberia · 1991 – 2025
Latest value 2.3% · 2025
First value 3.5% · 1991
Highest 3.5% · 1991
Lowest 1.6% · 2014
Data points 35

By year

All years · 1991 – 2025

YearLiberiaChange World
2025 2.3% +0.1 pp 13.4%
2024 2.2% +0.0 pp 13.3%
2023 2.2% −0.0 pp 13.4%
2022 2.2% −0.6 pp 14.1%
2021 2.8% −0.1 pp 15.7%
2020 2.9% +0.6 pp 17.1%
2019 2.3% +0.0 pp 15.3%
2018 2.3% −0.0 pp 15.9%
2017 2.3% −0.0 pp 16.1%
2016 2.3% +0.4 pp 16.0%
2015 1.9% +0.4 pp 16.0%
2014 1.6% −0.4 pp 15.6%
2013 2.0% −0.4 pp 15.7%
2012 2.4% −0.4 pp 15.7%
2011 2.8% −0.4 pp 15.3%
2010 3.2% +0.0 pp 15.2%
2009 3.1% +0.0 pp 15.3%
2008 3.1% −0.0 pp 14.3%
2007 3.1% −0.0 pp 14.2%
2006 3.2% −0.1 pp 14.5%
2005 3.3% −0.0 pp 14.9%
2004 3.3% +0.0 pp 14.8%
2003 3.3% +0.2 pp 15.0%
2002 3.1% +0.1 pp 14.9%
2001 3.0% +0.1 pp 14.5%
2000 2.9% +0.0 pp 14.3%
1999 2.9% −0.0 pp 14.4%
1998 3.0% −0.1 pp 14.1%
1997 3.1% −0.2 pp 13.7%
1996 3.2% −0.1 pp 13.6%
1995 3.4% −0.0 pp 13.4%
1994 3.4% −0.0 pp 13.0%
1993 3.4% −0.0 pp 12.4%
1992 3.5% −0.0 pp 11.8%
1991 3.5% 11.5%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryYouth unemployment
1 Greece 47.2%
2 Spain 44.4%
3 Congo - Brazzaville 41.7%
4 Italy 37.8%
5 Gabon 36.2%
6 Egypt 33.7%
7 Yemen 33.5%
8 Brazil 26.6%
9 Algeria 26.2%
10 India 25.2%
11 France 24.9%
12 Saudi Arabia 24.3%
13 Argentina 21.8%
14 Lebanon 21.4%
15 Romania 21.0%
16 Finland 20.1%
17 Türkiye 19.4%
18 Colombia 18.3%
19 Poland 17.6%
20 Bulgaria 17.2%
21 Russia 16.7%
22 Indonesia 16.0%
23 Chile 15.8%
24 Lithuania 14.5%
25 United Kingdom 13.2%
26 Canada 12.6%
27 Honduras 12.6%
28 Norway 11.0%
29 Bangladesh 11.0%
30 Netherlands 10.6%
31 China 10.6%
32 Czechia 10.5%
33 United States 10.4%
34 Ecuador 10.3%
35 South Korea 10.1%
36 Hong Kong SAR China 9.7%
37 Congo - Kinshasa 8.3%
38 Philippines 7.6%
39 Mexico 7.6%
40 Germany 7.1%
41 Sierra Leone 6.7%
42 Liberia 2.3%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2016

What it means

The unemployment rate among young people aged 15–24.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people aged 15–24 divided by the labour force of the same age.