51 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: % of labour force aged 15-24. World ranking →
Across 51 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Djibouti (76.8 %) and the lowest in Niger (0.5 %).
The median country is at 10.2 %: half are above, half below.
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| 1 | Niger | 0.5 | |
| 2 | Chad | 1.5 | |
| 3 | Burundi | 1.7 | |
| 4 | Liberia | 2.3 | |
| 5 | Tanzania | 2.4 | |
| 6 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.8 | |
| 7 | Benin | 2.9 | |
| 8 | Togo | 3.4 | |
| 9 | Senegal | 3.6 | |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 3.7 | |
| 11 | Mali | 3.9 | |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.0 | |
| 13 | Uganda | 4.2 | |
| 14 | Madagascar | 5.2 | |
| 15 | Nigeria | 5.3 | |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 5.4 | |
| 17 | Ghana | 5.8 | |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 6.4 | |
| 19 | Cameroon | 6.5 | |
| 20 | Malawi | 6.9 | |
| 21 | Guinea | 7.0 | |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.8 | |
| 23 | Comoros | 8.8 | |
| 24 | São Tomé and Principe | 8.8 | |
| 25 | Central African Republic | 10.1 | |
| 26 | Eritrea | 10.2 | |
| 27 | Zambia | 10.5 | |
| 28 | The Gambia | 10.9 | |
| 29 | Mozambique | 11.6 | |
| 30 | Kenya | 15.2 | |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 15.5 | |
| 32 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.7 | |
| 33 | Rwanda | 16.4 | |
| 34 | Mauritius | 17.4 | |
| 35 | Egypt | 18.3 | |
| 36 | Morocco | 21.9 | |
| 37 | Mauritania | 22.9 | |
| 38 | Lesotho | 24.7 | |
| 39 | Angola | 27.2 | |
| 40 | Cabo Verde | 28.4 | |
| 41 | Algeria | 29.4 | |
| 42 | Somalia | 34.2 | |
| 43 | Gabon | 36.3 | |
| 44 | Namibia | 38.1 | |
| 45 | Tunisia | 38.1 | |
| 46 | Republic of the Congo | 40.5 | |
| 47 | Botswana | 46.0 | |
| 48 | Libya | 50.1 | |
| 49 | Eswatini | 54.3 | |
| 50 | South Africa | 59.9 | |
| 51 | Djibouti | 76.8 |
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