COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Mali Youth Unemployment
Mali youth unemployment: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SL.UEM.1524.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,88 | 0,04 |
| 2024 | 3,84 | -0,02 |
| 2023 | 3,86 | 0,66 |
| 2022 | 3,21 | -1,23 |
| 2021 | 4,43 | -2,30 |
| 2020 | 6,73 | 2,06 |
| 2019 | 4,67 | 2,33 |
| 2018 | 2,34 | 0,10 |
| 2017 | 2,23 | 0,10 |
| 2016 | 2,13 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.
Source organization: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesMali recorded 3,88 percent in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the youth unemployment increased by 0,04.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 10 observations from 2016 to 2025, the average was 3,73; the minimum was 2,13 in 2016 and the maximum was 6,73 in 2020.
Mali ranks 18 out of 187 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Low income group.
Labor-market access for young people.