Unemployment Rate rose 11.1% to 7.70% in Angola in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Angola reached an all time high of 9.43% in 2010 and an all time low of 3.63% in 2008. When compared to Angola's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Botswana amounted to 17.7%, 20.4% in Namibia, 12.2% in Zambia and 4.55% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2020.
Angola has been ranked 69th within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 17 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Angola | % | 7.10% | 7.00% | 6.93% | 7.70% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 17.5% | 17.3% | 17.2% | 17.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 4.17% | 4.09% | 4.04% | 4.33% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Congo (DRC) | % | 4.26% | 4.18% | 4.13% | 4.55% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Congo (ROC) | % | 9.75% | 9.66% | 9.60% | 10.3% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 21.6% | 19.9% | 19.8% | 20.4% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 27.0% | 26.9% | 28.5% | 28.7% | 28.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 2.03% | 1.99% | 1.96% | 2.16% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 11.6% | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.2% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 5.15% | 5.07% | 5.02% | 5.73% | ... | ... | ... |