Unemployment
% of labour force (ILO estimate)
Share of the labour force without work and seeking employment, modelled ILO estimate.
Median : 4.9 % · 8 countries · latest available value : 2025
- 1 Somalia 18.9 % 2025 −0.0 pp
- 2 South Sudan 12.4 % 2023* −0.1 pp
- 3 Rwanda 11.4 % 2025 +0.0 pp
- 4 Kenya 5.4 % 2025 −0.0 pp
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.4 % 2025 +0.0 pp
- 6 Uganda 2.7 % 2025 +0.0 pp
- 7 Tanzania 1.6 % 2025 +0.0 pp
- 8 Burundi 0.9 % 2025 +0.0 pp
Each country is ranked on the latest value published by the source; the year is shown next to the value. * data older than the most recent year available.