Unemployment Rate rose 4.23% to 20.5% in Gabon in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Gabon reached an all time high of 20.5% in 2020 and an all time low of 16.9% in 2005. When compared to Gabon's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Angola amounted to 7.70%, 3.62% in Cameroon, 10.3% in Congo and 9.15% in Equatorial Guinea in 2020.
Gabon has been ranked 5th within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Angola | % | 7.31% | 7.26% | 7.20% | 7.10% | 7.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 17.8% | 17.7% | 17.6% | 17.5% | 17.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 3.53% | 3.51% | 3.47% | 3.41% | 3.36% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 4.34% | 4.30% | 4.25% | 4.17% | 4.09% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 1.83% | 1.87% | 1.89% | 1.89% | 1.89% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (DRC) | % | 4.44% | 4.40% | 4.35% | 4.26% | 4.18% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (ROC) | % | 9.95% | 9.90% | 9.85% | 9.75% | 9.66% | ||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | % | 8.36% | 8.31% | 8.24% | 8.13% | 8.03% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 20.3% | 20.2% | 20.1% | 19.9% | 19.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 18.5% | 20.9% | 23.4% | 21.6% | 19.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 4.56% | 4.31% | 7.06% | 8.39% | 8.45% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 9.34% | 10.1% | 10.9% | 11.6% | 12.0% |
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