Unemployment rate: Ethiopia
3.323% 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 | 3.323 |
| 2024 | 3.357 |
| 2023 | 3.375 |
| 2022 | 3.386 |
| 2021 | 3.935 |
| 2020 | 3.998 |
| 2019 | 2.928 |
| 2018 | 2.811 |
| 2017 | 2.665 |
| 2016 | 2.556 |
| 2015 | 2.442 |
| 2014 | 2.361 |
| 2013 | 2.251 |
| 2012 | 2.252 |
| 2011 | 2.27 |
| 2010 | 2.295 |
| 2009 | 2.326 |
| 2008 | 2.326 |
| 2007 | 2.337 |
| 2006 | 2.337 |
| 2005 | 2.497 |
| 2004 | 2.776 |
| 2003 | 3.008 |
| 2002 | 3.054 |
| 2001 | 3.16 |
| 2000 | 3.499 |
| 1999 | 3.714 |
| 1998 | 3.481 |
| 1997 | 3.227 |
| 1996 | 3.121 |
| 1995 | 3.005 |
| 1994 | 3.1 |
| 1993 | 3.252 |
| 1992 | 3.416 |
| 1991 | 3.284 |