Equatorial Guinea Youth Unemployment Rate 1960-2024

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.
  • Equatorial Guinea youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 16.53%, a 1.45% decline from 2021.
  • Equatorial Guinea youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 17.99%, a 0.31% decline from 2020.
  • Equatorial Guinea youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 18.29%, a 2.11% increase from 2019.
  • Equatorial Guinea youth unemployment rate for 2019 was 16.19%, a 0.19% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24
Libya 50.45%
South Africa 49.83%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 43.82%
Botswana 43.52%
Jordan 41.91%
Namibia 38.97%
Gabon 36.90%
North Macedonia 32.44%
Algeria 32.01%
Bosnia 31.89%
Iraq 31.76%
St. Lucia 30.78%
Costa Rica 30.74%
Albania 28.20%
Montenegro 28.06%
Suriname 26.60%
Guyana 25.48%
Serbia 24.25%
Lebanon 23.94%
Iran 22.83%
Romania 22.59%
Mauritius 21.76%
Colombia 21.04%
Brazil 20.68%
Samoa 20.35%
Turkey 19.25%
Armenia 19.02%
Jamaica 18.06%
Belize 17.93%
Equatorial Guinea 16.53%
Fiji 16.01%
Maldives 15.14%
China 14.85%
Paraguay 14.51%
Russia 14.37%
Azerbaijan 13.58%
Dominican Republic 12.89%
Venezuela 10.98%
Bulgaria 10.77%
Malaysia 10.39%
Belarus 10.27%
Turkmenistan 8.99%
Ecuador 8.40%
Peru 8.04%
Tonga 7.03%
Mexico 6.52%
Guatemala 6.28%
Thailand 5.39%
Kazakhstan 3.82%
Cuba 3.09%
Tuvalu 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Equatorial Guinea Youth Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24 Annual Change
2022 16.53% -1.45%
2021 17.99% -0.31%
2020 18.29% 2.11%
2019 16.19% 0.19%
2018 15.99% -0.32%
2017 16.31% 0.19%
2016 16.11% 0.15%
2015 15.96% 0.29%
2014 15.68% 0.06%
2013 15.62% -0.05%
2012 15.67% -0.17%
2011 15.85% -0.20%
2010 16.04% 0.52%
2009 15.53% 0.42%
2008 15.10% -0.09%
2007 15.20% -0.05%
2006 15.24% -0.24%
2005 15.48% -0.17%
2004 15.65% -0.37%
2003 16.02% -0.07%
2002 16.09% -0.02%
2001 16.11% 0.18%
2000 15.92% 0.03%
1999 15.90% 0.17%
1998 15.72% 0.14%
1997 15.58% 0.08%
1996 15.50% 0.05%
1995 15.45% 0.03%
1994 15.42% 0.21%
1993 15.22% 0.33%
1992 14.88% 0.43%
1991 14.46% 14.46%
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%