Unemployment rate: Gambia
6.521% 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 | 6.521 |
| 2024 | 6.48 |
| 2023 | 6.479 |
| 2022 | 6.067 |
| 2021 | 6.213 |
| 2020 | 5.84 |
| 2019 | 4.481 |
| 2018 | 4.055 |
| 2017 | 5.097 |
| 2016 | 6.244 |
| 2015 | 7.226 |
| 2014 | 8.191 |
| 2013 | 9.454 |
| 2012 | 10.346 |
| 2011 | 10.276 |
| 2010 | 9.673 |
| 2009 | 9.778 |
| 2008 | 10.065 |
| 2007 | 10.425 |
| 2006 | 10.241 |
| 2005 | 9.92 |
| 2004 | 9.948 |
| 2003 | 9.991 |
| 2002 | 10.039 |
| 2001 | 9.64 |
| 2000 | 9.722 |
| 1999 | 9.737 |
| 1998 | 9.898 |
| 1997 | 9.999 |
| 1996 | 10.192 |
| 1995 | 10.153 |
| 1994 | 10.044 |
| 1993 | 9.917 |
| 1992 | 9.888 |
| 1991 | 9.778 |