Unemployment Rate rose 17.4% to 7.44% in Eritrea in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Eritrea reached an all time high of 7.44% in 2020 and an all time low of 6.34% in 2019. When compared to Eritrea's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Djibouti amounted to 11.6%, 13.1% in Somalia, 17.7% in Sudan and 13.4% in Yemen in 2020.
Eritrea has been ranked 73rd within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 16 places above 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 |
| Chad | % | 1.89% | 1.89% | 1.91% | 2.26% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 11.2% | 11.1% | 11.0% | 11.6% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Egypt | % | 11.7% | 9.82% | 9.73% | 10.5% | 7.68% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 6.50% | 6.41% | 6.34% | 7.44% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 2.12% | 2.07% | 2.04% | 2.79% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 2.69% | 2.64% | 2.60% | 2.98% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Oman | % | 2.49% | 1.80% | 1.84% | 4.97% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 5.89% | 6.04% | 6.13% | 8.22% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 13.0% | 12.9% | 12.8% | 13.1% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 12.2% | 12.1% | 12.0% | 12.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 17.0% | 16.9% | 16.8% | 17.7% | 20.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 13.2% | 13.0% | 12.9% | 13.4% | ... | ... | ... |
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