Africa Rankings
Unemployment Rate (Annual)
| Rank | Country | Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Swaziland | 34.2 |
2 | 2 |  South Africa | 32.39 |
3 | 3 |  Djibouti | 26.02 |
4 | 4 |  Botswana | 24.48 |
5 | 5 |  Gabon | 20.15 |
6 | 6 |  Republic of the Congo | 19.88 |
7 | 7 |  Namibia | 19.29 |
8 | 9 |  Somalia | 18.95 |
9 | 8 |  Libya | 18.76 |
10 | 10 |  Lesotho | 16.32 |
11 | 11 |  Tunisia | 15.11 |
12 | 12 |  Cape Verde | 11.94 |
13 | 13 |  Algeria | 11.63 |
14 | 14 |  Rwanda | 11.36 |
15 | 16 |  Mauritania | 10.32 |
16 | 17 |  Zimbabwe | 9.29 |
17 | 19 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 9.13 |
18 | 18 |  Morocco | 9 |
19 | 20 |  Equatorial Guinea | 8.34 |
20 | 15 |  Sudan | 7.53 |
21 | 21 |  Egypt | 6.78 |
22 | 22 |  Mozambique | 6.63 |
23 | 23 |  Gambia | 6.52 |
24 | 24 |  Central African Republic | 6.25 |
25 | 25 |  Eritrea | 5.98 |
26 | 26 |  Zambia | 5.92 |
27 | 27 |  Mauritius | 5.64 |
28 | 28 |  Kenya | 5.45 |
29 | 29 |  Guinea | 5.16 |
30 | 30 |  Malawi | 5.07 |
31 | 31 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.43 |
32 | 32 |  Comoros | 3.82 |
33 | 33 |  Cameroon | 3.6 |
34 | 34 |  Burkina Faso | 3.48 |
35 | 35 |  Ethiopia | 3.32 |
36 | 36 |  Sierra Leone | 3.15 |
37 | 38 |  Nigeria | 3.06 |
38 | 37 |  Madagascar | 3.04 |
39 | 41 |  Ghana | 2.98 |
40 | 40 |  Liberia | 2.88 |
41 | 39 |  Mali | 2.83 |
42 | 43 |  Uganda | 2.75 |
43 | 42 |  Senegal | 2.74 |
44 | 44 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.67 |
45 | 45 |  Ivory Coast | 2.32 |
46 | 46 |  Togo | 2 |
47 | 47 |  Benin | 1.59 |
48 | 48 |  Tanzania | 1.57 |
49 | 49 |  Chad | 1.06 |
50 | 50 |  Burundi | 0.92 |
51 | 51 |  Niger | 0.39 |