Unemployment rate: Somalia
18.948% 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 | 18.948 |
| 2024 | 18.949 |
| 2023 | 18.96 |
| 2022 | 19.112 |
| 2021 | 19.662 |
| 2020 | 19.414 |
| 2019 | 18.828 |
| 2018 | 18.7 |
| 2017 | 18.455 |
| 2016 | 18.611 |
| 2015 | 18.495 |
| 2014 | 18.595 |
| 2013 | 18.655 |
| 2012 | 18.771 |
| 2011 | 18.761 |
| 2010 | 18.741 |
| 2009 | 18.724 |
| 2008 | 18.714 |
| 2007 | 18.687 |
| 2006 | 18.705 |
| 2005 | 18.671 |
| 2004 | 18.653 |
| 2003 | 18.648 |
| 2002 | 18.658 |
| 2001 | 18.665 |
| 2000 | 18.678 |
| 1999 | 18.847 |
| 1998 | 18.825 |
| 1997 | 18.899 |
| 1996 | 19.463 |
| 1995 | 19.585 |
| 1994 | 19.971 |
| 1993 | 19.331 |
| 1992 | 19.377 |
| 1991 | 19.003 |