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Unemployment rate (% of total labor force)

RecordSTO-22WEN749FD-1Z670N331E-E9Z4Z6

16.3%
estimate

Lesotho · 2023

Unemployment rate in Lesotho (% of total labor force) was 16.3% in 2023 (ILO).

Original source
Publisher
ILO
Authority tier
T1 Official
Report
ILO modeled estimate of total unemployment rate, distributed through World Bank WDI
Locator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS: {"countryiso3code":"LSO","date":"2023","indicator.id":"SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS"}
Retrieved
2 Oct 2026
Status
Verified

Dataset evidence (generated description)

Dataset evidence (generated): SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS, LS, 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31: 16.348 percent (scale 1).

Checked: the figure 16.3%matches the queried row in the pinned dataset response. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

International Labour Organization. (2023). ILO modeled estimate of total unemployment rate, distributed through World Bank WDI. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?format=json&per_page=20000&date=1991:2025. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_22WEN749FD1Z670N331EE9Z4Z6

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MLA
International Labour Organization. "ILO modeled estimate of total unemployment rate, distributed through World Bank WDI." 2023, https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?format=json&per_page=20000&date=1991:2025. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_22WEN749FD1Z670N331EE9Z4Z6.
Chicago
International Labour Organization. "ILO modeled estimate of total unemployment rate, distributed through World Bank WDI." 2023. https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?format=json&per_page=20000&date=1991:2025. Accessed October 2, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_22WEN749FD1Z670N331EE9Z4Z6.
BibTeX
@misc{ilo2023unemploymente9z4z6, author = {{International Labour Organization}}, title = {ILO modeled estimate of total unemployment rate, distributed through World Bank WDI}, year = {2023}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_22WEN749FD1Z670N331EE9Z4Z6}, note = {Original source: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?format=json\&per\_page=20000\&date=1991:2025. Accessed October 2, 2026.} }

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Chain of custody
Record: STO-22WEN749FD-1Z670N331E-E9Z4Z6 T1 Official

Primary source

Publisher
International Labour Organization · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
ILO modeled estimate of total unemployment rate, distributed through World Bank WDI
Type
Dataset
Evidence
Dataset response (generated description)
Dataset
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Version
WDI 2026-07-13
Methodology
Publisher methodology ↗
Response SHA-256
6c10d510208c05574c3ba398e1d583b1352b406b382569d9b1a45b52c30f209c
Response retrieved
2 October 2026
Published
—
Locator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS: {"countryiso3code":"LSO","date":"2023","indicator.id":"SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS"}
Retrieved
2 October 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
CC by 4.0

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
dataset:raw-row-check-v1
Checked on
2 October 2026
Last revision
2 October 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_22WEN749FD1Z670N331EE9Z4Z6