Unemployment rate: Eswatini
34.202% 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 | 34.202 |
| 2024 | 34.643 |
| 2023 | 34.61 |
| 2022 | 36.472 |
| 2021 | 34.153 |
| 2020 | 32.978 |
| 2019 | 28.222 |
| 2018 | 26.471 |
| 2017 | 24.543 |
| 2016 | 22.718 |
| 2015 | 23.431 |
| 2014 | 23.931 |
| 2013 | 24.556 |
| 2012 | 25.226 |
| 2011 | 26.105 |
| 2010 | 26.856 |
| 2009 | 27.488 |
| 2008 | 27.891 |
| 2007 | 28.24 |
| 2006 | 27.693 |
| 2005 | 27.221 |
| 2004 | 26.716 |
| 2003 | 26.259 |
| 2002 | 25.771 |
| 2001 | 25.24 |
| 2000 | 24.547 |
| 1999 | 23.868 |
| 1998 | 23.214 |
| 1997 | 22.5 |
| 1996 | 22.074 |
| 1995 | 21.65 |
| 1994 | 21.726 |
| 1993 | 21.76 |
| 1992 | 20.947 |
| 1991 | 20.521 |