Niger was the country in the world with the lowest youth unemployment rate at only 0.5 percent in 2025. Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the regions with the lowest youth unemployment rates worldwide. The unemployment rate only shows the share of youth who have actively registered as unemployed, not the actual share of youth who are out of employment.
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