Unemployment rate: Eritrea
5.978% 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 | 5.978 |
| 2024 | 5.947 |
| 2023 | 5.909 |
| 2022 | 6.033 |
| 2021 | 6.489 |
| 2020 | 6.375 |
| 2019 | 5.812 |
| 2018 | 5.756 |
| 2017 | 5.804 |
| 2016 | 5.772 |
| 2015 | 5.751 |
| 2014 | 5.637 |
| 2013 | 5.624 |
| 2012 | 5.692 |
| 2011 | 5.801 |
| 2010 | 5.854 |
| 2009 | 5.757 |
| 2008 | 5.683 |
| 2007 | 5.719 |
| 2006 | 5.707 |
| 2005 | 5.721 |
| 2004 | 5.704 |
| 2003 | 5.79 |
| 2002 | 5.794 |
| 2001 | 5.74 |
| 2000 | 5.656 |
| 1999 | 5.604 |
| 1998 | 5.501 |
| 1997 | 5.4 |
| 1996 | 5.31 |
| 1995 | 5.349 |
| 1994 | 5.446 |
| 1993 | 5.387 |
| 1992 | 5.297 |
| 1991 | 5.129 |