A critical review on rural youth unemployment in Ethiopia

Figures & data

Figure 1. Methodological framework of conducting a review.

Figure 2. World and Ethiopian youth unemployment status with the annual change.

Source (World Bank, 2021b).

Figure 3. Urban youth unemployment rate by their sex.

Source (CSA & IOM, 2021).

Figure 4. Rural youth unemployment rate by their sex.

Source (CSA & IOM, 2021).

Figure 5. National employment by sector.

Source (World Bank, 2021a).

Table 1. Number of hours worked within 7 days preceding the survey period.

Place of residence and Sex	Total employed persons		Number of hours worked per week										Mean No. of hours worked per weeks
	No.	%	0	1–3	4–12	13–21	22–30	31–39	40–48	49–57	58–74	75+
Urban+ Rural
Total	42,403,879	100	2.8	1.2	11.5	16.9	17.9	15.6	14.9	9.1	7.5	2.6	32.5
Male	22,886,647	100	2.4	0.5	6.6	12.8	17.0	17.7	18.4	11.8	9.6	3.4	36.8
Female	19,517,232	100	3.4	2.0	17.2	21.8	18.9	13.1	10.8	6.1	4.9	1.8	27.4
Urban
Total	6,382,858	100	5.0	1.2	7.6	9.3	10.2	12.3	21.2	12.0	13.1	8.0	40.6
Male	3,529,307	100	4.6	0.7	5.3	7.5	9.2	12.4	23.1	13.4	15.1	8.8	43.3
Female	2,853,551	100	5.4	1.9	10.4	11.6	11.5	12.2	18.8	10.4	10.7	7.1	37.2
Rural
Total	36,021,021	100	2.5	1.2	12.2	18.3	19.2	16.2	13.8	8.6	6.5	1.7	31.0
Male	19,357,341	100	2.0	0.4	6.9	13.7	18.4	18.6	17.5	11.5	8.6	2.4	35.6
Female	16,663,681	100	3.0	2.0	18.4	23.6	20.1	13.3	9.4	5.3	4.0	0.9	25.7

Source (CSA, 2013).:

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