Unemployment rate: Gabon
20.154% 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 | 20.154 |
| 2024 | 20.091 |
| 2023 | 20.161 |
| 2022 | 20.319 |
| 2021 | 21.223 |
| 2020 | 21.279 |
| 2019 | 20.371 |
| 2018 | 20.459 |
| 2017 | 20.307 |
| 2016 | 20.117 |
| 2015 | 19.943 |
| 2014 | 19.873 |
| 2013 | 19.736 |
| 2012 | 19.661 |
| 2011 | 19.895 |
| 2010 | 20.39 |
| 2009 | 19.76 |
| 2008 | 19.212 |
| 2007 | 18.257 |
| 2006 | 17.805 |
| 2005 | 16.91 |
| 2004 | 17.108 |
| 2003 | 17.126 |
| 2002 | 17.376 |
| 2001 | 17.827 |
| 2000 | 17.848 |
| 1999 | 17.599 |
| 1998 | 17.152 |
| 1997 | 17.166 |
| 1996 | 17.325 |
| 1995 | 17.388 |
| 1994 | 17.804 |
| 1993 | 17.78 |
| 1992 | 17.716 |
| 1991 | 17.224 |