Botswana Youth Unemployment Rate (1991-2025)

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Botswana youth unemployment rate for 2025 was 46.00%, a 0.71% increase from 2024.

Botswana youth unemployment rate for 2024 was 45.30%, a 0.94% increase from 2023.
Botswana youth unemployment rate for 2023 was 44.36%, a 1.75% increase from 2022.
Botswana youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 42.61%, a 0.74% decline from 2021.

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Botswana Youth Unemployment Rate | Historical Data | 1991 - 2025.