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Country Ranking by Unemployment and Employment Rate



List of countries by Unemployment Rate

Country Period Actual Unit Previous
Egypt 2Q/23 7 % 7.1
Kenya 2022 4.9 % 5.3
Madagascar 2022 2.1 % 2.3
Zimbabwe 20 7.9 % 8.1
Tanzania 2022 8.9 % 9
Togo 2022 4.1 % 4.2
Tunisia 1Q/23 16.1 % 15.2
Nigeria 1Q/23 4.1 % 5.3
Sudan 2022 18.7 % 19.1
Morocco 2Q/23 12.4 % 12.9
Senegal 2Q/23 18.6 % 21.5
Seychelles 2020 4 % 2.4
South Africa 2Q/23 32.6 % 32.9
Uganda 2022 4.3 % 4.3
Rwanda May/23 16.8 % 17.2
Liberia 2022 3.6 % 3.7
Zambia 2022 6.1 % 6.2
Mozambique 2017 25.04 % 24.37
Namibia 2022 20.8 % 21.3
Ghana 2022 3.9 % 3.9
Swaziland 2022 24.4 % 24.6
Libya 2022 20.7 % 20.6
Algeria 3Q/18 11.7 %
Angola 2022 29.6 % 30
Benin 2022 1.7 % 1.8
Botswana 2022 25.4 % 26
Burkina Faso 2018 6.1 %
Burundi 2022 1 % 1.1
Central African Republic 2022 6.4 % 6.5
Chad 2022 1.4 % 1.5
Comoros 2022 8.8 % 9
Republic of the Congo 2022 21.8 % 22.2
Equatorial Guinea 2022 8.7 % 9.1
Eritrea 2022 6.6 % 6.8
Ethiopia 2018 19.1 % 16.9
Gabon 2022 21.5 % 21.8
Gambia 2022 4.8 % 5
Guatemala 4Q/22 3 % 2.2
Guinea 2022 5.7 % 5.8
Guinea Bissau 2022 3.6 % 3.7
Lesotho 2022 18 % 18.3
Malawi 2022 5.6 % 5.7
Mali 2022 2.8 % 2.6
Mauritania 2022 11.1 % 11.3
Niger 2022 0.5 % 0.7
Sao Tome and Principe 2022 15.3 % 15.3
Sierra Leone 2022 3.6 % 3.7

List of countries by Youth Unemployment Rate

Country Period Actual Unit Previous
Tanzania 2014 13.7 % 14.9
Nigeria 4Q/20 53.4 % 40.8
Morocco 2Q/23 33.6 % 35.3
South Africa 2Q/23 60.7 % 62.1
Namibia 2018 46.1 % 43.4
Algeria 3Q/18 29.1 %

List of countries by Employed Persons

Country Period Actual Unit Previous
Tunisia 2Q/23 3.458 Million Person 3.422
Nigeria 4Q/20 46.488 Million Person 58.527
Morocco 2Q/23 10.939 Million Person 10.418
South Africa 2Q/23 0.016 Million Person 0.016
Namibia 2018 725.742 Million Person 676.885
Algeria 2017 10.86 Million Person
Botswana 4Q/22 0.486 Million Person 0.494

List of countries by Employment Change 

Country Period Actual Unit Previous

List of countries by Employment Rate 

Country Period Actual Unit Previous
Nigeria 4Q/20 66.7 % 72.9
Morocco 4Q/22 39.1 % 39
South Africa 2Q/23 40.1 % 39.88

List of countries by Full Time Employment

Country Period Actual Unit Previous
Algeria 2019 7927 K Persons 7566

List of countries by Long Term Unemployment Rate

Country Period Actual Unit Previous

List of countries by Part Time Employment

Country Period Actual Unit Previous

List of countries by Unemployed Persons

Country Period Actual Unit Previous
Nigeria 4Q/20 23.187 Million Persons 21.765
Morocco 2Q/23 1.543 Million Persons 1.549
South Africa 2Q/23 7.921 Million Persons 7.933
Namibia 2018 364.411 Million Persons 349.383
Algeria 2017 1.44 Million Persons

List of countries by Unemployment Change

Country Period Actual Unit Previous