Unemployment
% of labour force (ILO estimate)
Share of the labour force without work and seeking employment, modelled ILO estimate.
Median : 6.6 % · 15 countries · latest available value : 2025
- 1 Eswatini 34.2 % 2025 −0.4 pp
- 2 South Africa 32.4 % 2025 +0.1 pp
- 3 Botswana 24.5 % 2025 +0.7 pp
- 4 Namibia 19.3 % 2025 +0.1 pp
- 5 Lesotho 16.3 % 2025 −0.0 pp
- 6 Angola 14.1 % 2025 +0.1 pp
- 7 Zimbabwe 9.3 % 2025 −0.1 pp
- 8 Mozambique 6.6 % 2025 −0.0 pp
- 9 Zambia 5.9 % 2025 +0.0 pp
- 10 Mauritius 5.6 % 2025 +0.1 pp
- 11 Malawi 5.1 % 2025 +0.0 pp
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.4 % 2025 +0.0 pp
- 13 Comoros 3.8 % 2025 +0.0 pp
- 14 Madagascar 3.0 % 2025 −0.0 pp
- 15 Tanzania 1.6 % 2025 +0.0 pp
Each country is ranked on the latest value published by the source; the year is shown next to the value.
No data available : Seychelles.