Unemployment - Lesotho
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Lesotho is 26.5 (%) with a global rank of 14.
Lesotho compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Lesotho is similar to that of American Samoa, Macedonia, Maldives, Greece, Namibia, Spain, South Africa, West Bank and Gaza, Dominica, Swaziland with a respective Unemployment of 29.8, 28.6, 28.0, 27.9, 27.4, 26.3, 24.9, 23.0, 23.0, 22.5 (%) and a global rank of 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.Last 10 years averageLesotho had an average Unemployment of 31.0 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Lesotho during the Great RecessionLesotho's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 21.4% during the Great RecessionLesotho since the end of the Great RecessionLesotho's Unemployment had a positive growth of 3.11% since the end of the Great Recession
Lesotho compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Lesotho is similar to that of American Samoa, Macedonia, Maldives, Greece, Namibia, Spain, South Africa, West Bank and Gaza, Dominica, Swaziland with a respective Unemployment of 29.8, 28.6, 28.0, 27.9, 27.4, 26.3, 24.9, 23.0, 23.0, 22.5 (%) and a global rank of 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.Last 10 years averageLesotho had an average Unemployment of 31.0 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Lesotho during the Great RecessionLesotho's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 21.4% during the Great RecessionLesotho since the end of the Great RecessionLesotho's Unemployment had a positive growth of 3.11% since the end of the Great Recession
  | |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 34.8 |
| 1992 | 36.7 |
| 1993 | 38.6 |
| 1994 | 37.7 |
| 1995 | 32.5 |
| 1996 | 28.9 |
| 1997 | 39.3 |
| 1998 | 33.4 |
| 1999 | 27.3 |
| 2000 | 45.0 |
| 2001 | 36.9 |
| 2002 | 45.0 |
| 2003 | 38.7 |
| 2004 | 36.0 |
| 2005 | 36.4 |
| 2006 | 32.7 |
| 2007 | 26.6 |
| 2008 | 25.0 |
| 2009 | 25.7 |
| 2010 | 24.0 |
| 2011 | 24.5 |
| 2012 | 26.5 |
| | |
|---|---|---|
| American Samoa | 9 | 29.8 |
| Macedonia | 10 | 28.6 |
| Maldives | 11 | 28.0 |
| Greece | 12 | 27.9 |
| Namibia | 13 | 27.4 |
| Lesotho | 14 | 26.5 |
| Spain | 15 | 26.3 |
| South Africa | 16 | 24.9 |
| West Bank and Gaza | 17 | 23.0 |
| Dominica | 18 | 23.0 |
| Swaziland | 19 | 22.5 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators