Unemployment rate: Democratic Republic of Congo
4.434% 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 | 4.434 |
| 2024 | 4.421 |
| 2023 | 4.469 |
| 2022 | 4.54 |
| 2021 | 5.289 |
| 2020 | 5.355 |
| 2019 | 4.605 |
| 2018 | 4.632 |
| 2017 | 4.613 |
| 2016 | 4.528 |
| 2015 | 4.441 |
| 2014 | 4.436 |
| 2013 | 4.469 |
| 2012 | 4.485 |
| 2011 | 4.317 |
| 2010 | 4.098 |
| 2009 | 3.882 |
| 2008 | 3.627 |
| 2007 | 3.404 |
| 2006 | 3.174 |
| 2005 | 2.948 |
| 2004 | 2.976 |
| 2003 | 3.057 |
| 2002 | 3.179 |
| 2001 | 3.251 |
| 2000 | 3.245 |
| 1999 | 3.23 |
| 1998 | 3.195 |
| 1997 | 3.171 |
| 1996 | 3.156 |
| 1995 | 3.285 |
| 1994 | 3.403 |
| 1993 | 3.45 |
| 1992 | 3.372 |
| 1991 | 3.272 |