Unemployment Rate in Lesotho remained unchanged at 16.30 percent in 2025 from 16.30 percent in 2024. Unemployment Rate in Lesotho averaged 16.19 percent from 1991 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 18.40 percent in 2020 and a record low of 15.40 percent in 1992. source: International Labor Organization (ILO)
Unemployment Rate in Lesotho is expected to reach 16.40 percent by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Lesotho Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 16.50 percent in 2027 and 16.30 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.