As of 2021, the average male and female unemployment rates in Sub-Saharan Africa stood at around 6.7 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively. Both rates laid slightly above the global average of 6.36 percent.
Unemployment rate in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2021, by gender
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