Africa Rankings
Unemployment Rate (Annual)
| Rank | Country | Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Swaziland | 34.64 |
2 | 2 |  South Africa | 32.28 |
3 | 3 |  Djibouti | 26.01 |
4 | 4 |  Botswana | 23.81 |
5 | 5 |  Gabon | 20.09 |
6 | 6 |  Republic of the Congo | 19.9 |
7 | 7 |  Namibia | 19.16 |
8 | 9 |  Libya | 19.09 |
9 | 8 |  Somalia | 18.95 |
10 | 10 |  Lesotho | 16.34 |
11 | 11 |  Tunisia | 15.34 |
12 | 13 |  Cape Verde | 11.88 |
13 | 14 |  Algeria | 11.66 |
14 | 12 |  Rwanda | 11.33 |
15 | 16 |  Mauritania | 10.26 |
16 | 17 |  Zimbabwe | 9.44 |
17 | 19 |  Morocco | 9.1 |
18 | 18 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 9.06 |
19 | 20 |  Equatorial Guinea | 8.29 |
20 | 15 |  Sudan | 7.53 |
21 | 21 |  Egypt | 6.82 |
22 | 22 |  Mozambique | 6.67 |
23 | 23 |  Gambia | 6.48 |
24 | 24 |  Central African Republic | 6.25 |
25 | 25 |  Eritrea | 5.95 |
26 | 26 |  Zambia | 5.9 |
27 | 27 |  Mauritius | 5.55 |
28 | 28 |  Kenya | 5.49 |
29 | 29 |  Guinea | 5.13 |
30 | 30 |  Malawi | 5.05 |
31 | 31 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.42 |
32 | 32 |  Comoros | 3.82 |
33 | 33 |  Cameroon | 3.6 |
34 | 34 |  Burkina Faso | 3.44 |
35 | 35 |  Ethiopia | 3.36 |
36 | 36 |  Sierra Leone | 3.1 |
37 | 38 |  Madagascar | 3.05 |
38 | 37 |  Nigeria | 3.05 |
39 | 39 |  Mali | 2.92 |
40 | 40 |  Liberia | 2.91 |
41 | 41 |  Ghana | 2.82 |
42 | 42 |  Senegal | 2.79 |
43 | 43 |  Uganda | 2.74 |
44 | 44 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.65 |
45 | 45 |  Ivory Coast | 2.27 |
46 | 46 |  Togo | 1.95 |
47 | 47 |  Benin | 1.64 |
48 | 48 |  Tanzania | 1.56 |
49 | 49 |  Chad | 1.05 |
50 | 50 |  Burundi | 0.92 |
51 | 51 |  Niger | 0.38 |