Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Liberia
Liberia: Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) was 91.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Liberia, 1991–2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.
Analysis
In 2025, ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Liberia stood at 91.9%.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Liberia peaked at 152.9% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 63.5%, in 2014.
That places Liberia 144th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 152.9% | — |
| 1992 | 152.9% | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 152.8% | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 152.6% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 152.4% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 151.6% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 150.9% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 150.6% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 150.6% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 150.8% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 151.0% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 151.6% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 152.4% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 152.5% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 152.6% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 152.2% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 152.2% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 152.2% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 152.5% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 152.7% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 135.9% | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 116.0% | -14.6% |
| 2013 | 92.2% | -20.5% |
| 2014 | 63.5% | -31.2% |
| 2015 | 78.9% | +24.3% |
| 2016 | 91.7% | +16.2% |
| 2017 | 91.6% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 91.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 91.7% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 100.3% | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 90.1% | -10.2% |
| 2022 | 91.6% | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 91.5% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 91.6% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 91.9% | +0.4% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 91.9% is below the median for low income countries, which is 110.5%, 83% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 91.9% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 113.3%, 81% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Liberia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -31.2% | 92.2% | 63.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 151.9% | 150.6% | 152.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 152.0% | 150.8% | 152.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.6% | 63.5% | 152.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.8% | 90.1% | 100.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More gender data for Liberia
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 2,348 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.9574 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 4,018 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 4,018 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.52 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 81,391 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 83,748 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 79,207 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 81,337 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 77,744 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Liberia?
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Liberia was 91.9% in 2025, according to World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.
- What is the highest ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 152.9% in 1991.
- What is the lowest ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.5% in 2014.
- How does Liberia rank for ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24)?
- Liberia ranks 144th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/, published as part of Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Ratio of female to male youth unemployment is the percentage of female to male youth unemployment rates.