Unemployment Rate rose 6.98% to 10.3% in Congo in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Congo reached an all time high of 20.1% in 1999 and an all time low of 9.60% in 2019. When compared to Congo's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Cameroon amounted to 3.62%, 4.33% in Central African Republic, 20.5% in Gabon and 4.55% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2020.
Congo has been ranked 42nd within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 16 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% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 3.41% | 3.36% | 3.32% | 3.62% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 4.17% | 4.09% | 4.04% | 4.33% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 1.89% | 1.89% | 1.91% | 2.26% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Congo (DRC) | % | 4.26% | 4.18% | 4.13% | 4.55% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Congo (ROC) | % | 9.75% | 9.66% | 9.60% | 10.3% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | % | 8.13% | 8.03% | 7.95% | 9.15% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 19.9% | 19.8% | 19.6% | 20.5% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 8.39% | 8.45% | 8.53% | 9.01% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 17.0% | 16.9% | 16.8% | 17.7% | 20.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 11.6% | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.2% | ... | ... | ... |
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