Equatorial Guinea Unemployment Rate 1960-2024

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
  • Equatorial Guinea unemployment rate for 2022 was 8.58%, a 0.6% decline from 2021.
  • Equatorial Guinea unemployment rate for 2021 was 9.19%, a 0.15% increase from 2020.
  • Equatorial Guinea unemployment rate for 2020 was 9.03%, a 0.71% increase from 2019.
  • Equatorial Guinea unemployment rate for 2019 was 8.33%, a 0.08% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Unemployment Rate (%)
South Africa 28.84%
Botswana 23.62%
Gabon 20.61%
Namibia 19.99%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 19.55%
Libya 19.30%
Jordan 19.19%
St. Lucia 15.77%
Iraq 15.32%
Montenegro 15.25%
North Macedonia 14.43%
Bosnia 12.66%
Algeria 12.49%
Guyana 12.30%
Lebanon 11.75%
Albania 11.63%
Costa Rica 11.32%
Colombia 10.55%
Turkey 10.43%
Samoa 10.04%
Brazil 9.23%
Iran 8.82%
Serbia 8.68%
Belize 8.67%
Armenia 8.59%
Equatorial Guinea 8.58%
Suriname 8.23%
Paraguay 6.75%
Mauritius 6.32%
Azerbaijan 5.65%
Venezuela 5.62%
Romania 5.61%
Dominican Republic 5.50%
Jamaica 5.50%
China 4.98%
Kazakhstan 4.86%
Fiji 4.56%
Maldives 4.39%
Bulgaria 4.27%
Turkmenistan 4.13%
Russia 3.87%
Peru 3.85%
Ecuador 3.76%
Malaysia 3.63%
Belarus 3.57%
Mexico 3.26%
Guatemala 3.05%
Tonga 2.43%
Cuba 1.25%
Thailand 0.94%
American Samoa 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Tuvalu 0.00%
Equatorial Guinea Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year Unemployment Rate (%) Annual Change
2022 8.58% -0.60%
2021 9.19% 0.15%
2020 9.03% 0.71%
2019 8.33% 0.08%
2018 8.24% -0.09%
2017 8.33% 0.08%
2016 8.26% 0.07%
2015 8.19% 0.12%
2014 8.07% -0.02%
2013 8.09% -0.09%
2012 8.19% -0.15%
2011 8.34% -0.05%
2010 8.39% 0.18%
2009 8.21% 0.17%
2008 8.04% -0.03%
2007 8.07% -0.05%
2006 8.12% -0.09%
2005 8.21% -0.04%
2004 8.25% -0.10%
2003 8.35% 0.03%
2002 8.32% 0.08%
2001 8.24% 0.12%
2000 8.12% 0.04%
1999 8.08% 0.08%
1998 8.00% 0.06%
1997 7.94% 0.01%
1996 7.93% 0.03%
1995 7.91% 0.01%
1994 7.89% 0.11%
1993 7.78% 0.16%
1992 7.62% 0.23%
1991 7.39% 7.39%
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%