Lesotho vs Malawi: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Lesotho

18.7%

in 2024

Malawi

15.4%

in 2024

Lesotho rank

8th

Malawi rank

11th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Lesotho
Malawi

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 18.7% against 15.4% in Malawi, a difference of 3.3%.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.

Lesotho ranks 8th and Malawi ranks 11th of 185 countries.

Individual pages

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Lesotho
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Malawi
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.