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Youth unemployment in Sierra Leone
1991 – 2025 · 35 data points
40 of 41 · Countries
Updated 21 Oct 2026
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
3.7%
+0.2 pp
since 2024
Countries · 2025
40 of 41
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
−4.4 pp
vs World
−9.7 pp
World: 13.4% · 2025
Youth unemployment, 1991 – 2025 percent · Sierra Leone · World
−4.4 pp since 2015
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
1991
2000
2005
2010
2015
2025
Sierra Leone
World
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025
Compared with Youth unemployment · percent
Sierra Leone
3.7%
World
13.4%
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance Sierra Leone · 1991 – 2025
Latest value
3.7% · 2025
First value
7.7% · 1991
Highest
9.4% · 2014
Lowest
3.5% · 2023
Data points
35
By year
All years · 1991 – 2025
| Year | Sierra Leone | Change | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7% | +0.2 pp | 13.4% |
| 2024 | 3.5% | +0.0 pp | 13.3% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | −0.0 pp | 13.4% |
| 2022 | 3.5% | −0.4 pp | 14.1% |
| 2021 | 3.9% | −0.2 pp | 15.7% |
| 2020 | 4.1% | +0.5 pp | 17.1% |
| 2019 | 3.6% | +0.0 pp | 15.3% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | −1.5 pp | 15.9% |
| 2017 | 5.1% | −1.6 pp | 16.1% |
| 2016 | 6.7% | −1.4 pp | 16.0% |
| 2015 | 8.1% | −1.3 pp | 16.0% |
| 2014 | 9.4% | +0.7 pp | 15.6% |
| 2013 | 8.7% | +0.3 pp | 15.7% |
| 2012 | 8.4% | +0.3 pp | 15.7% |
| 2011 | 8.2% | +0.4 pp | 15.3% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | +0.4 pp | 15.2% |
| 2009 | 7.4% | +0.4 pp | 15.3% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | +0.4 pp | 14.3% |
| 2007 | 6.6% | +0.4 pp | 14.2% |
| 2006 | 6.1% | +0.4 pp | 14.5% |
| 2005 | 5.7% | +0.6 pp | 14.9% |
| 2004 | 5.1% | −2.1 pp | 14.8% |
| 2003 | 7.2% | −0.0 pp | 15.0% |
| 2002 | 7.2% | −0.4 pp | 14.9% |
| 2001 | 7.7% | +0.1 pp | 14.5% |
| 2000 | 7.6% | −0.2 pp | 14.3% |
| 1999 | 7.7% | +0.0 pp | 14.4% |
| 1998 | 7.7% | −0.2 pp | 14.1% |
| 1997 | 7.9% | +0.0 pp | 13.7% |
| 1996 | 7.8% | −0.0 pp | 13.6% |
| 1995 | 7.8% | −0.2 pp | 13.4% |
| 1994 | 8.0% | +0.1 pp | 13.0% |
| 1993 | 8.0% | +0.0 pp | 12.4% |
| 1992 | 7.9% | +0.3 pp | 11.8% |
| 1991 | 7.7% | 11.5% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Youth unemployment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo - Brazzaville | 41.2% | |
| 2 | Gabon | 36.6% | |
| 3 | Yemen | 32.5% | |
| 4 | Algeria | 31.4% | |
| 5 | Greece | 31.3% | |
| 6 | Spain | 29.7% | |
| 7 | Italy | 23.7% | |
| 8 | Lebanon | 22.9% | |
| 9 | Romania | 22.9% | |
| 10 | Colombia | 21.0% | |
| 11 | Brazil | 20.7% | |
| 12 | Türkiye | 19.3% | |
| 13 | Argentina | 19.0% | |
| 14 | Chile | 18.3% | |
| 15 | France | 17.9% | |
| 16 | India | 17.7% | |
| 17 | Egypt | 16.3% | |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 16.0% | |
| 19 | China | 14.7% | |
| 20 | Russia | 14.4% | |
| 21 | Finland | 14.1% | |
| 22 | Indonesia | 14.1% | |
| 23 | Honduras | 13.6% | |
| 24 | Lithuania | 11.9% | |
| 25 | Hong Kong SAR China | 11.0% | |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 11.0% | |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 10.6% | |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 10.6% | |
| 29 | Poland | 10.6% | |
| 30 | Canada | 10.1% | |
| 31 | Norway | 9.9% | |
| 32 | Ecuador | 8.3% | |
| 33 | United States | 8.1% | |
| 34 | Congo - Kinshasa | 8.1% | |
| 35 | Netherlands | 7.6% | |
| 36 | Philippines | 6.8% | |
| 37 | Czechia | 6.7% | |
| 38 | South Korea | 6.6% | |
| 39 | Mexico | 6.5% | |
| 40 | Germany | 6.0% | |
| 41 | Sierra Leone | 3.5% | |
| 42 | Liberia | 2.2% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2022
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.