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Sub-Saharan Africa
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

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Group leaders

0.08.617.125.734.2EswatiniEswatini: 34.20%34.2South AfricaSouth Africa: 32.39%32.4BotswanaBotswana: 24.48%24.5GabonGabon: 20.15%20.2Congo, Rep.Congo, Rep.: 19.88%19.9NamibiaNamibia: 19.29%19.3Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 18.95%18.9LesothoLesotho: 16.32%16.3AngolaAngola: 14.11%14.1Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 11.94%11.9RwandaRwanda: 11.36%11.4MauritaniaMauritania: 10.32%10.3

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Eswatini 34.20%
2 South Africa 32.39%
3 Botswana 24.48%
4 Gabon 20.15%
5 Congo, Rep. 19.88%
6 Namibia 19.29%
7 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 18.95%
8 Lesotho 16.32%
9 Angola 14.11%
10 Cabo Verde 11.94%
11 Rwanda 11.36%
12 Mauritania 10.32%
13 Zimbabwe 9.29%
14 Sao Tome and Principe 9.13%
15 Equatorial Guinea 8.34%
16 Mozambique 6.63%
17 Gambia, The 6.52%
18 Central African Republic 6.25%
19 Eritrea 5.98%
20 Zambia 5.92%
21 Mauritius 5.64%
22 Kenya 5.45%
23 Guinea 5.16%
24 Malawi 5.07%
25 Congo, Dem. Rep. 4.43%
26 Comoros 3.82%
27 Cameroon 3.60%
28 Burkina Faso 3.48%
29 Ethiopia 3.32%
30 Sierra Leone 3.15%
31 Nigeria 3.06%
32 Madagascar 3.04%
33 Ghana 2.98%
34 Liberia 2.88%
35 Mali 2.83%
36 Uganda 2.75%
37 Senegal 2.74%
38 Guinea-Bissau 2.67%
39 Cote d'Ivoire 2.32%
40 Togo 2.00%
41 Benin 1.59%
42 Tanzania 1.57%
43 Chad 1.06%
44 Burundi 0.92%
45 Niger 0.39%