Unemployment Rate rose 3.31% to 24.7% in Lesotho in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Lesotho reached an all time high of 38.0% in 1994 and an all time low of 23.9% in 2019. When compared to Lesotho's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Botswana amounted to 17.7%, 28.7% in South Africa, 23.4% in Swaziland and 5.73% in Zimbabwe in 2020.
Lesotho has been ranked 3rd within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Botswana | % | 17.5% | 17.3% | 17.2% | 17.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 24.1% | 24.0% | 23.9% | 24.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 3.31% | 3.24% | 3.19% | 3.39% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 21.6% | 19.9% | 19.8% | 20.4% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 27.0% | 26.9% | 28.5% | 28.7% | 28.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 22.5% | 22.4% | 22.2% | 23.4% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 11.6% | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.2% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 5.15% | 5.07% | 5.02% | 5.73% | ... | ... | ... |
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