Unemployment (ILO modeled estimate)
% of labour force
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- Countries
- 53 of 54 have data · 1 without data
- Period
- Latest figures range from 2022 to 2025: 51 countries report 2025; 2 report earlier years (2022, 2023).
- Source
- World Bank · annual
Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.
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| Rank | Country | Value (%) | Year | Change from previous figure | Compare |
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| 1 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini+ compare | 34.2% ↓ 0.44 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.44 pts | + compare |
| 2 | 🇿🇦 South Africa+ compare | 32.39% ↑ 0.11 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.11 pts | + compare |
| 3 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti+ compare | 26.02% ↑ 0.01 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.01 pts | + compare |
| 4 | 🇧🇼 Botswana+ compare | 24.48% ↑ 0.67 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.67 pts | + compare |
| 5 | 🇬🇦 Gabon+ compare | 20.15% ↑ 0.06 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.06 pts | + compare |
| 6 | 🇨🇬 Congo+ compare | 19.88% ↓ 0.02 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.02 pts | + compare |
| 7 | 🇳🇦 Namibia+ compare | 19.29% ↑ 0.13 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.13 pts | + compare |
| 8 | 🇸🇴 Somalia+ compare | 18.95% ↓ 0 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0 pts | + compare |
| 9 | 🇱🇾 Libya+ compare | 18.76% ↓ 0.33 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.33 pts | + compare |
| 10 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho+ compare | 16.32% ↓ 0.02 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.02 pts | + compare |
| 11 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia+ compare | 15.11% ↓ 0.23 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.23 pts | + compare |
| 12 | 🇦🇴 Angola+ compare | 14.11% ↑ 0.09 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.09 pts | + compare |
| 13 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan+ compare | 12.37% ↓ 0.1 pts from previous figure | 2023 | ↓ 0.1 pts | + compare |
| 14 | 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde+ compare | 11.94% ↑ 0.06 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.06 pts | + compare |
| 15 | 🇩🇿 Algeria+ compare | 11.63% ↓ 0.02 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.02 pts | + compare |
| 16 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda+ compare | 11.36% ↑ 0.03 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.03 pts | + compare |
| 17 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania+ compare | 10.32% ↑ 0.06 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.06 pts | + compare |
| 18 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe+ compare | 9.29% ↓ 0.14 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.14 pts | + compare |
| 19 | 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe+ compare | 9.13% ↑ 0.07 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.07 pts | + compare |
| 20 | 🇲🇦 Morocco+ compare | 9% ↓ 0.1 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.1 pts | + compare |
| 21 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea+ compare | 8.34% ↑ 0.04 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.04 pts | + compare |
| 22 | 🇸🇩 Sudan+ compare | 7.53% ↓ 3.56 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↓ 3.56 pts | + compare |
| 23 | 🇪🇬 Egypt+ compare | 6.78% ↓ 0.04 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.04 pts | + compare |
| 24 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique+ compare | 6.63% ↓ 0.04 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.04 pts | + compare |
| 25 | 🇬🇲 Gambia+ compare | 6.52% ↑ 0.04 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.04 pts | + compare |
| 26 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic+ compare | 6.25% ↓ 0 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0 pts | + compare |
| 27 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea+ compare | 5.98% ↑ 0.03 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.03 pts | + compare |
| 28 | 🇿🇲 Zambia+ compare | 5.92% ↑ 0.02 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.02 pts | + compare |
| 29 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius+ compare | 5.63% ↑ 0.09 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.09 pts | + compare |
| 30 | 🇰🇪 Kenya+ compare | 5.45% ↓ 0.04 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.04 pts | + compare |
| 31 | 🇬🇳 Guinea+ compare | 5.16% ↑ 0.03 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.03 pts | + compare |
| 32 | 🇲🇼 Malawi+ compare | 5.07% ↑ 0.02 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.02 pts | + compare |
| 33 | 🇨🇩 DR Congo+ compare | 4.43% ↑ 0.01 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.01 pts | + compare |
| 34 | 🇰🇲 Comoros+ compare | 3.82% ↑ 0 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0 pts | + compare |
| 35 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon+ compare | 3.6% ↓ 0 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0 pts | + compare |
| 36 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso+ compare | 3.48% ↑ 0.04 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.04 pts | + compare |
| 37 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia+ compare | 3.32% ↓ 0.03 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.03 pts | + compare |
| 38 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone+ compare | 3.15% ↑ 0.05 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.05 pts | + compare |
| 39 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria+ compare | 3.06% ↑ 0.02 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.02 pts | + compare |
| 40 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar+ compare | 3.04% ↓ 0.01 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.01 pts | + compare |
| 41 | 🇬🇭 Ghana+ compare | 2.98% ↑ 0.16 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.16 pts | + compare |
| 42 | 🇱🇷 Liberia+ compare | 2.88% ↓ 0.03 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.03 pts | + compare |
| 43 | 🇲🇱 Mali+ compare | 2.83% ↓ 0.09 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.09 pts | + compare |
| 44 | 🇺🇬 Uganda+ compare | 2.75% ↑ 0.01 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.01 pts | + compare |
| 45 | 🇸🇳 Senegal+ compare | 2.73% ↓ 0.05 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.05 pts | + compare |
| 46 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau+ compare | 2.67% ↑ 0.03 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.03 pts | + compare |
| 47 | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire+ compare | 2.32% ↑ 0.05 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.05 pts | + compare |
| 48 | 🇹🇬 Togo+ compare | 2% ↑ 0.05 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.05 pts | + compare |
| 49 | 🇧🇯 Benin+ compare | 1.59% ↓ 0.05 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↓ 0.05 pts | + compare |
| 50 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania+ compare | 1.57% ↑ 0.02 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.02 pts | + compare |
| 51 | 🇹🇩 Chad+ compare | 1.06% ↑ 0 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0 pts | + compare |
| 52 | 🇧🇮 Burundi+ compare | 0.92% ↑ 0.01 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.01 pts | + compare |
| 53 | 🇳🇪 Niger+ compare | 0.39% ↑ 0.02 pts from previous figure | 2025 | ↑ 0.02 pts | + compare |
| Median | 5.98% | median of shown |
“—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.
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