Unemployment rate: Rwanda
11.363% 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 | 11.363 |
| 2024 | 11.331 |
| 2023 | 12.352 |
| 2022 | 15.084 |
| 2021 | 15.775 |
| 2020 | 11.829 |
| 2019 | 11.236 |
| 2018 | 10.759 |
| 2017 | 11.875 |
| 2016 | 11.788 |
| 2015 | 11.831 |
| 2014 | 11.837 |
| 2013 | 11.768 |
| 2012 | 11.671 |
| 2011 | 11.756 |
| 2010 | 11.637 |
| 2009 | 11.625 |
| 2008 | 11.517 |
| 2007 | 11.58 |
| 2006 | 11.586 |
| 2005 | 11.842 |
| 2004 | 11.699 |
| 2003 | 11.658 |
| 2002 | 11.432 |
| 2001 | 11.732 |
| 2000 | 11.699 |
| 1999 | 11.569 |
| 1998 | 11.255 |
| 1997 | 11.087 |
| 1996 | 11.507 |
| 1995 | 11.938 |
| 1994 | 12.236 |
| 1993 | 12.155 |
| 1992 | 12.114 |
| 1991 | 12.335 |