Unemployment rate: Sao Tome and Principe
9.132% 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 | 9.132 |
| 2024 | 9.057 |
| 2023 | 9.032 |
| 2022 | 8.964 |
| 2021 | 9.563 |
| 2020 | 9.679 |
| 2019 | 8.835 |
| 2018 | 8.712 |
| 2017 | 8.808 |
| 2016 | 9.684 |
| 2015 | 10.591 |
| 2014 | 11.428 |
| 2013 | 12.476 |
| 2012 | 13.59 |
| 2011 | 14.229 |
| 2010 | 14.628 |
| 2009 | 15.136 |
| 2008 | 15.421 |
| 2007 | 16.021 |
| 2006 | 16.65 |
| 2005 | 16.47 |
| 2004 | 16.12 |
| 2003 | 16.36 |
| 2002 | 17.63 |
| 2001 | 15.73 |
| 2000 | 14.4 |
| 1999 | 14.352 |
| 1998 | 14.398 |
| 1997 | 14.414 |
| 1996 | 14.33 |
| 1995 | 14.342 |
| 1994 | 14.41 |
| 1993 | 14.46 |
| 1992 | 14.65 |
| 1991 | 14.493 |