Unemployment rate: Sub-Saharan Africa (WB)
5.6611867% 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 | 5.6611867 |
| 2024 | 5.671136 |
| 2023 | 5.761529 |
| 2022 | 6.082116 |
| 2021 | 6.8475094 |
| 2020 | 6.6524935 |
| 2019 | 6.1808953 |
| 2018 | 6.0323377 |
| 2017 | 5.9939113 |
| 2016 | 5.8658934 |
| 2015 | 5.7872386 |
| 2014 | 5.6297765 |
| 2013 | 5.5748997 |
| 2012 | 5.802996 |
| 2011 | 5.9159374 |
| 2010 | 5.940564 |
| 2009 | 5.76571 |
| 2008 | 5.7111926 |
| 2007 | 5.7145805 |
| 2006 | 5.755383 |
| 2005 | 5.846142 |
| 2004 | 5.9443307 |
| 2003 | 6.090024 |
| 2002 | 6.1554503 |
| 2001 | 6.259113 |
| 2000 | 6.352947 |
| 1999 | 6.370811 |
| 1998 | 6.266195 |
| 1997 | 6.240711 |
| 1996 | 6.2800803 |
| 1995 | 6.364188 |
| 1994 | 6.5094934 |
| 1993 | 6.5799356 |
| 1992 | 6.534389 |
| 1991 | 6.439173 |