Unemployment rate: Senegal
2.735% 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 | 2.735 |
| 2024 | 2.788 |
| 2023 | 2.784 |
| 2022 | 2.837 |
| 2021 | 3.436 |
| 2020 | 3.432 |
| 2019 | 2.863 |
| 2018 | 3.453 |
| 2017 | 4.078 |
| 2016 | 4.455 |
| 2015 | 6.757 |
| 2014 | 5.849 |
| 2013 | 5.012 |
| 2012 | 3.896 |
| 2011 | 2.853 |
| 2010 | 2.795 |
| 2009 | 2.807 |
| 2008 | 2.816 |
| 2007 | 2.8 |
| 2006 | 2.755 |
| 2005 | 2.679 |
| 2004 | 2.775 |
| 2003 | 2.781 |
| 2002 | 2.82 |
| 2001 | 2.674 |
| 2000 | 2.638 |
| 1999 | 2.655 |
| 1998 | 2.751 |
| 1997 | 2.759 |
| 1996 | 2.831 |
| 1995 | 2.846 |
| 1994 | 2.947 |
| 1993 | 2.878 |
| 1992 | 2.928 |
| 1991 | 2.861 |