Unemployment Rate rose 9.48% to 2.54% in Benin in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Benin reached an all time high of 2.66% in 2013 and an all time low of 0.690% in 2002. When compared to Benin's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Burkina Faso amounted to 4.96%, 0.690% in Niger, 9.01% in Nigeria and 4.05% in Togo in 2020.
Benin has been ranked 162nd within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 6 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 |
| Algeria | % | 12.0% | 11.9% | 11.8% | 12.8% | 14.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 2.44% | 2.37% | 2.32% | 2.54% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 5.13% | 4.70% | 4.62% | 4.96% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 3.41% | 3.36% | 3.32% | 3.62% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 1.89% | 1.89% | 1.91% | 2.26% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 4.22% | 4.16% | 4.12% | 4.53% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 3.27% | 3.21% | 3.17% | 3.50% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 18.6% | 18.5% | 18.3% | 19.4% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 7.41% | 7.31% | 7.24% | 7.50% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.490% | 0.470% | 0.460% | 0.690% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 8.39% | 8.45% | 8.53% | 9.01% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 3.74% | 3.66% | 3.60% | 4.05% | ... | ... | ... |
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