Unemployment rate: Benin
1.589% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.589 |
| 2024 | 1.637 |
| 2023 | 1.641 |
| 2022 | 1.685 |
| 2021 | 1.833 |
| 2020 | 1.518 |
| 2019 | 1.214 |
| 2018 | 1.426 |
| 2017 | 1.691 |
| 2016 | 1.834 |
| 2015 | 1.886 |
| 2014 | 1.952 |
| 2013 | 2.198 |
| 2012 | 2.458 |
| 2011 | 2.647 |
| 2010 | 1.04 |
| 2009 | 0.95 |
| 2008 | 0.895 |
| 2007 | 0.902 |
| 2006 | 0.888 |
| 2005 | 0.859 |
| 2004 | 0.79 |
| 2003 | 0.747 |
| 2002 | 0.69 |
| 2001 | 0.766 |
| 2000 | 0.864 |
| 1999 | 0.949 |
| 1998 | 1.048 |
| 1997 | 1.1 |
| 1996 | 1.246 |
| 1995 | 1.305 |
| 1994 | 1.453 |
| 1993 | 1.494 |
| 1992 | 1.51 |
| 1991 | 1.637 |