Unemployment Rate rose 9.48% to 8.43% in Comoros in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Comoros reached an all time high of 8.43% in 2020 and an all time low of 4.45% in 1991. When compared to Comoros's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Kenya amounted to 2.98%, 1.92% in Madagascar, 3.39% in Mozambique and 2.16% in Tanzania in 2020.
Comoros has been ranked 60th within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 31 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 |
| Comoros | % | 7.89% | 7.78% | 7.70% | 8.43% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 2.12% | 2.07% | 2.04% | 2.79% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 2.69% | 2.64% | 2.60% | 2.98% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | % | 1.73% | 1.69% | 1.67% | 1.92% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 5.70% | 5.62% | 5.56% | 5.99% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 3.31% | 3.24% | 3.19% | 3.39% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 13.0% | 12.9% | 12.8% | 13.1% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 27.0% | 26.9% | 28.5% | 28.7% | 28.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 22.5% | 22.4% | 22.2% | 23.4% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 2.03% | 1.99% | 1.96% | 2.16% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 1.79% | 1.75% | 1.72% | 2.44% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 11.6% | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.2% | ... | ... | ... |