Unemployment Rate, Female (As % of Female Labour Force) rose 4.31% to 4.65% in Sierra Leone in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Unemployment Rate, Female (As % of Female Labour Force) in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 4.65% in 2021 and an all time low of 2.29% in 2004. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, Unemployment Rate, Female (As % of Female Labour Force) in Burkina Faso amounted to 4.78%, 6.49% in Guinea, 3.37% in Liberia and 8.85% in Mali in 2021.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 128th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, Female (As % of Female Labour Force), 18 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate, Female (As % of Female Labour Force) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | 16.6% | 18.2% | 18.4% | 18.5% | 18.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 4.44% | 4.49% | 4.56% | 4.62% | 4.64% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 6.58% | 5.49% | 4.38% | 4.44% | 4.49% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 4.71% | 4.74% | 4.83% | 4.96% | 5.06% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 3.98% | 3.37% | 3.87% | 3.89% | 3.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | 1.79% | 2.33% | 2.34% | 2.35% | 2.36% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 8.78% | 8.59% | 8.39% | 8.40% | 8.41% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 12.0% | 11.8% | 11.6% | 11.6% | 11.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.437% | 0.446% | 0.457% | 0.465% | 0.476% | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 7.31% | 4.77% | 3.55% | 3.29% | 3.04% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | 3.91% | 3.88% | 3.91% | 3.94% | 3.95% |
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