Youth Unemployment

Africa Ranking

ages 15-24Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Djibouti	81.06	2020	1	76.53
2	South Africa	59.62	2020	2	57.38
3	Libya	51.53	2020	3	50.72
4	Swaziland	50.91	2020	4	46.59
5 ↑	Botswana	45.53	2020	7	37.49
6 ↓	Republic of the Congo	42.69	2020	5	39.29
7 ↓	Namibia	40.22	2020	6	38.03
8	Gabon	38.23	2020	8	36.53
9	Tunisia	38.11	2020	9	35.39
10	Lesotho	37.81	2020	10	34.93
11 ↑	Sudan	35.78	2020	12	32.78
12 ↓	Somalia	34.91	2020	11	33.64
13	Cape Verde	33.33	2020	13	28.21
14	Algeria	31.04	2020	14	27.36
15 ↑	Morocco	26.58	2020	16	22.86
16 ↓	Zambia	26.07	2020	15	25.47
17	Mauritius	24.55	2020	17	21.87
18 ↑	Egypt	23.39	2020	20	20.99
19	Sao Tome and Principe	23.08	2020	19	21.05
20 ↓	Mauritania	22.68	2020	18	21.33
21	Comoros	20.92	2020	21	19
22	Nigeria	19.67	2020	22	17.72
23	Equatorial Guinea	19.35	2020	23	17.44
24	Mali	17.39	2020	24	16.95
25	Gambia	15.47	2020	25	13.5
26 ↑	Eritrea	14.18	2020	28	11.38
27 ↓	Kenya	13.59	2020	26	12.34
28 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	12.81	2020	27	11.73
29	Central African Republic	11.46	2020	29	10.41
30	Sierra Leone	10.44	2020	30	9.62
31 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	9.74	2020	33	8.53
32 ↓	Togo	9.56	2020	31	9.17
33 ↑	Malawi	9.52	2020	34	8.32
34 ↓	Ghana	9.49	2020	32	8.95
35	Burkina Faso	8.03	2020	35	7.74
35 ↑	Guinea	8.03	2020	38	6.73
37 ↓	Mozambique	7.79	2020	36	7.23
38 ↓	Zimbabwe	7.63	2020	37	7.01
39	Cameroon	6.65	2020	39	6.37
40	Ivory Coast	5.77	2020	40	5.53
41	Senegal	4.93	2020	41	4.01
41 ↑	Ethiopia	4.93	2020	43	3.72
43 ↑	Madagascar	4.46	2020	45	3.52
44 ↓	Tanzania	4.39	2020	42	3.96
45 ↑	Uganda	4	2020	47	2.95
46 ↓	Benin	3.92	2020	44	3.71
47 ↑	Liberia	3.34	2020	48	2.46
48 ↓	Burundi	3.25	2020	46	3.06
49	Rwanda	2.59	2020	49	2.05
50	Chad	2.24	2020	50	1.52
51	Niger	0.86	2020	51	0.77

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.