Unemployment rate in Sub-Saharan Africa 2021, by gender

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 27, 2024
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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January 2022

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Africa

Survey time period

2021

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The figures are estimates.

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