Unemployment rate in Africa 2022, by region and gender

In 2022, the unemployment rate in Southern Africa was 32.2 percent, the highest rate on the African continent. Female unemployment in the Southern region reached around 34 percent, compared to a rate of 31 percent among men. Northern Africa recorded the second highest unemployment level, with a wide gender gap: The unemployment rate stood at 23 percent among women and nine percent among men. In the same year, the average rate in Africa was eight percent.