In 2023, the youth unemployment rate in Somalia remained nearly unchanged at around 34.28 percent. Still, 2023 marked the third consecutive decline of the youth unemployment rate. The youth unemployment rate of a country or region refers to the share of the total workforce aged 15 to 24 that is currently without work, but actively searching for employment. It does not include economically inactive persons such as full-time students or the long-term unemployed.
Find more key insights for the youth unemployment rate in countries like Kenya and Uganda.
Somalia: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023
Characteristic
Youth unemployment rate
2023
34.28%
2022
34.42%
2021
35.09%
2020
35.61%
2019
33.91%
2018
33.78%
2017
33.38%
2016
33.12%
2015
33.25%
2014
33.86%
2013
34.05%
2012
34.13%
2011
34.03%
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33%33.5%34%34.5%35%35.5%36%
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World Bank. (October 24, 2024). Somalia: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/813004/youth-unemployment-rate-in-somalia/
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