Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) fell 0.043% to 16.1% in Yemen in 2024, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) in Yemen reached an all time high of 17.6% in 2017 and an all time low of 9.39% in 1992. When compared to Yemen's main peers, Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) in Djibouti amounted to 21.7%, 4.92% in Eritrea, 1.66% in Oman and 1.79% in Saudi Arabia in 2024.
Yemen has been ranked 9th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force), 19 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Djibouti | % | 22.2% | 22.2% | 23.5% | 23.5% | 22.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 4.98% | 5.00% | 5.54% | 5.55% | 5.07% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 2.01% | 2.09% | 2.98% | 2.94% | 2.44% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 10.6% | 9.14% | 8.50% | 8.01% | 7.76% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 10.9% | 11.7% | 13.6% | 14.2% | 13.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 17.0% | 15.4% | 17.9% | 18.5% | 16.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | % | 0.875% | 0.998% | 1.53% | 1.15% | 1.78% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 3.55% | 2.74% | 4.22% | 3.74% | 2.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 16.2% | 16.3% | 16.9% | 17.1% | 16.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 9.16% | 8.80% | 9.24% | 8.71% | 5.94% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 1.29% | 1.40% | 3.84% | 2.19% | 1.53% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 16.6% | 16.2% | 17.0% | 17.3% | 16.4% |
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