Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Existence of a national strategy for youth employment was 1 score in 2025. ▼ Falling
Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Ethiopia, 2019–2025
Source: International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in score.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 1 score for existence of a national strategy for youth employment in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.0% over ten years.
That places Ethiopia 70th out of 75 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 score | — |
| 2020 | 2 score | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2 score | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 score | -50.0% |
| 2025 | 1 score | +0.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 1 score is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2 score, 50% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2 score | 2 score | 2 score | 1 |
| 2020s | 1.5 score | 1 score | 2 score | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 70 Cameroon 1 score compare
- 70 Cook Islands 1 score compare
- 70 Kyrgyzstan 1 score compare
- 70 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 score compare
- 70 Sri Lanka 1 score compare
More work & labour data for Ethiopia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.4782 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.4959 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.4604 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.1765 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.96 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 74,537 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 116,333 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 183,282 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 184,008 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 367,290 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Ethiopia?
- Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Ethiopia was 1 score in 2025, according to International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest existence of a national strategy for youth employment recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 2 score in 2019.
- What is the lowest existence of a national strategy for youth employment recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 score in 2024.
- How does Ethiopia rank for existence of a national strategy for youth employment?
- Ethiopia ranks 70th out of 75 countries with data for 2025.
- Is existence of a national strategy for youth employment rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Existence of a national strategy for youth employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Level of development and implementation of a national strategy for youth employment, in a scale from 0 to 3. 0 means no strategy exists, and 3 means that the strategy is developed and operationalized.