Angola Unemployment Rate 1960-2024

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
  • Angola unemployment rate for 2022 was 14.48%, a 1.32% decline from 2021.
  • Angola unemployment rate for 2021 was 15.80%, a 0.9% decline from 2020.
  • Angola unemployment rate for 2020 was 16.70%, a 0.2% increase from 2019.
  • Angola unemployment rate for 2019 was 16.50%, a 0.13% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Unemployment Rate (%)
Djibouti 26.67%
West Bank and Gaza 24.42%
Eswatini 22.64%
Republic of Congo 20.48%
Tunisia 17.76%
Sudan 17.59%
Lesotho 16.75%
Angola 14.48%
Sao Tome and Principe 14.35%
Cabo Verde 12.44%
Georgia 11.68%
Mauritania 10.79%
Morocco 9.99%
Honduras 7.00%
Egypt 6.40%
Mongolia 6.21%
Sri Lanka 6.18%
Bhutan 5.95%
Kenya 5.64%
Pakistan 5.60%
Vanuatu 5.22%
Nicaragua 4.99%
India 4.82%
Uzbekistan 4.51%
Zambia 4.37%
Bangladesh 4.27%
Kyrgyz Republic 4.02%
Nigeria 3.83%
Lao PDR 3.82%
Cameroon 3.78%
Bolivia 3.55%
Ghana 3.52%
Indonesia 3.46%
El Salvador 3.00%
Myanmar 2.96%
Papua New Guinea 2.78%
Philippines 2.38%
Timor-Leste 1.79%
Solomon Islands 1.61%
Vietnam 1.54%
Moldova 0.91%
Cambodia 0.23%
Kosovo 0.00%
Kiribati 0.00%
Micronesia 0.00%
Ukraine 0.00%
Angola Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year Unemployment Rate (%) Annual Change
2022 14.48% -1.32%
2021 15.80% -0.90%
2020 16.70% 0.20%
2019 16.50% -0.13%
2018 16.63% -0.01%
2017 16.64% 0.06%
2016 16.58% 0.13%
2015 16.45% 0.13%
2014 16.32% -0.11%
2013 16.42% -0.07%
2012 16.50% -0.27%
2011 16.77% 0.22%
2010 16.55% 0.25%
2009 16.30% 0.28%
2008 16.01% 0.11%
2007 15.91% -0.06%
2006 15.97% -0.20%
2005 16.17% -0.01%
2004 16.19% -0.15%
2003 16.34% 0.02%
2002 16.32% -0.28%
2001 16.60% 0.04%
2000 16.56% 0.13%
1999 16.43% 0.31%
1998 16.12% 0.28%
1997 15.84% -0.13%
1996 15.97% -0.96%
1995 16.92% -0.56%
1994 17.48% 0.02%
1993 17.46% 0.60%
1992 16.86% 0.19%
1991 16.67% 16.67%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%