Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in Gambia

Gambia: Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural was 0.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.3%
World rank
94th
of 94 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2015
All-time low
0.3%
in 2020
Years of data
5
1998–2020

Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in Gambia, 1998–2020

0.40.60.811998200920201998: 0.98 % of rural youth labor force2003: 0.5 % of rural youth labor force2010: 0.961 % of rural youth labor force2015: 0.982 % of rural youth labor force2020: 0.322 % of rural youth labor force

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural youth labor force.

Analysis

In 2020, youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in Gambia stood at 0.3%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 66.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in Gambia peaked at 1.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2020.

Gambia ranks 94th of 94 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in Gambia, year by year

Annual values for Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural (% of rural youth labor force) in Gambia, 1998 to 2020.
Year % of rural youth labor force Change
1998 1.0%
2003 0.5% -49.0%
2010 1.0% +92.0%
2015 1.0% +2.2%
2020 0.3% -67.2%

Gambia compared with similar countries

  • Gambia's 0.3% is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.0%, 33% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
  • Gambia's 0.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.0%, 34% of the median. (13 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 1
2000s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1
2010s 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 2
2020s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 1

Countries ranked near Gambia

  1. 91 Kosovo 0.4% compare
  2. 91 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% compare
  3. 93 South Africa 0.3% compare

See the full ranking of 94 places →

More reference data data for Gambia

All data for Gambia →

Frequently asked questions

What is youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in Gambia?
Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in Gambia was 0.3% in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural recorded in Gambia?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2015.
What is the lowest youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural recorded in Gambia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2020.
How does Gambia rank for youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural?
Gambia ranks 94th out of 94 countries with data for 2020.
Is youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural rising or falling in Gambia?
Over the last ten years it is down 66.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Gambia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural (% of rural youth labor force). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 5 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in Gambia. Statizoid. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/youth-employment-rate-aged-15-24-rural-percent-of-rural-youth-labor-force/gambia-the/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/youth-employment-rate-aged-15-24-rural-percent-of-rural-youth-labor-force/gambia-the/">Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in Gambia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural (% of rural youth labor force)
Unit
% of rural youth labor force
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,311 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed