Unemployment rate: Lesotho
16.315% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.315 |
| 2024 | 16.34 |
| 2023 | 16.348 |
| 2022 | 16.623 |
| 2021 | 18.214 |
| 2020 | 18.385 |
| 2019 | 16.876 |
| 2018 | 16.614 |
| 2017 | 16.379 |
| 2016 | 16.138 |
| 2015 | 16.223 |
| 2014 | 16.066 |
| 2013 | 15.926 |
| 2012 | 15.761 |
| 2011 | 16.115 |
| 2010 | 16.068 |
| 2009 | 16.115 |
| 2008 | 15.851 |
| 2007 | 15.942 |
| 2006 | 16.054 |
| 2005 | 16.031 |
| 2004 | 16.154 |
| 2003 | 16.056 |
| 2002 | 16.079 |
| 2001 | 16.081 |
| 2000 | 16.169 |
| 1999 | 16.167 |
| 1998 | 15.913 |
| 1997 | 15.822 |
| 1996 | 15.709 |
| 1995 | 15.797 |
| 1994 | 15.62 |
| 1993 | 15.568 |
| 1992 | 15.448 |
| 1991 | 15.495 |