Unemployment rate: Cameroon
3.602% 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 | 3.602 |
| 2024 | 3.603 |
| 2023 | 3.607 |
| 2022 | 3.646 |
| 2021 | 3.976 |
| 2020 | 3.881 |
| 2019 | 3.632 |
| 2018 | 3.608 |
| 2017 | 3.573 |
| 2016 | 3.529 |
| 2015 | 3.518 |
| 2014 | 3.534 |
| 2013 | 3.686 |
| 2012 | 3.836 |
| 2011 | 3.988 |
| 2010 | 4.11 |
| 2009 | 3.743 |
| 2008 | 3.386 |
| 2007 | 3.063 |
| 2006 | 3.729 |
| 2005 | 4.4 |
| 2004 | 5.087 |
| 2003 | 5.908 |
| 2002 | 6.711 |
| 2001 | 7.46 |
| 2000 | 7.533 |
| 1999 | 7.595 |
| 1998 | 7.695 |
| 1997 | 7.859 |
| 1996 | 8.06 |
| 1995 | 8.598 |
| 1994 | 8.878 |
| 1993 | 9.154 |
| 1992 | 9.055 |
| 1991 | 8.986 |