Unemployment rate: Malawi
5.072% 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 | 5.072 |
| 2024 | 5.051 |
| 2023 | 5.009 |
| 2022 | 5.02 |
| 2021 | 5.652 |
| 2020 | 5.72 |
| 2019 | 4.964 |
| 2018 | 5.021 |
| 2017 | 5.046 |
| 2016 | 5.011 |
| 2015 | 4.953 |
| 2014 | 4.967 |
| 2013 | 4.978 |
| 2012 | 4.949 |
| 2011 | 4.829 |
| 2010 | 4.78 |
| 2009 | 4.732 |
| 2008 | 4.796 |
| 2007 | 4.876 |
| 2006 | 4.954 |
| 2005 | 4.935 |
| 2004 | 4.964 |
| 2003 | 5.165 |
| 2002 | 5.248 |
| 2001 | 5.221 |
| 2000 | 5.045 |
| 1999 | 5.002 |
| 1998 | 4.921 |
| 1997 | 4.69 |
| 1996 | 4.94 |
| 1995 | 4.895 |
| 1994 | 5.368 |
| 1993 | 4.988 |
| 1992 | 5.064 |
| 1991 | 4.9 |