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 |