# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Lesotho

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Lesotho was 24.67% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `ls`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.
- Source: World Bank, Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/youth-unemployment-rate/lesotho
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=youth_unemployment_rate&place=ls

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 24.67 |
| 2024 | 24.74 |
| 2023 | 24.74 |
| 2022 | 25.06 |
| 2021 | 27.19 |
| 2020 | 28.22 |
| 2019 | 25.32 |
| 2018 | 24.89 |
| 2017 | 24.48 |
| 2016 | 24.05 |
| 2015 | 24 |
| 2014 | 23.64 |
| 2013 | 23.29 |
| 2012 | 22.92 |
| 2011 | 23.2 |
| 2010 | 22.99 |
| 2009 | 22.92 |
| 2008 | 22.48 |
| 2007 | 22.5 |
| 2006 | 22.56 |
| 2005 | 22.47 |
| 2004 | 22.55 |
| 2003 | 22.39 |
| 2002 | 22.38 |
| 2001 | 22.36 |
| 2000 | 22.44 |
| 1999 | 22.42 |
| 1998 | 22.1 |
| 1997 | 21.98 |
| 1996 | 21.85 |
| 1995 | 21.97 |
| 1994 | 21.77 |
| 1993 | 21.71 |
| 1992 | 21.58 |
| 1991 | 21.64 |