Unemployment rate: Cape Verde
11.939% 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 | 11.939 |
| 2024 | 11.883 |
| 2023 | 11.882 |
| 2022 | 12.239 |
| 2021 | 13.932 |
| 2020 | 14.65 |
| 2019 | 12.123 |
| 2018 | 12.17 |
| 2017 | 12.24 |
| 2016 | 12.085 |
| 2015 | 11.923 |
| 2014 | 11.689 |
| 2013 | 11.398 |
| 2012 | 11.145 |
| 2011 | 10.956 |
| 2010 | 10.67 |
| 2009 | 13.517 |
| 2008 | 13.307 |
| 2007 | 13.294 |
| 2006 | 13.378 |
| 2005 | 13.439 |
| 2004 | 13.456 |
| 2003 | 13.604 |
| 2002 | 13.379 |
| 2001 | 13.242 |
| 2000 | 13.024 |
| 1999 | 13.071 |
| 1998 | 13.055 |
| 1997 | 13.01 |
| 1996 | 12.844 |
| 1995 | 12.883 |
| 1994 | 12.936 |
| 1993 | 13.276 |
| 1992 | 13.428 |
| 1991 | 13.527 |