Macro Indicators · SL.UEM.TOTL.NE.ZS
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) data
Unweighted average of the 18 countries reporting in 2024
10.5% of total labor force
+47% on 2014. Country values run from 2.4 to 32.3 % of total labor force. An average of country values, not a regional total.
- Countries covered
- 52
- Years
- 2000–2024
- Observations
- 428
- Source
- World Bank WDI
Countries
3/6 selected. Select up to 6 to compare.
Years
2000 – 2024 · 25 years
Annual values by country, 2000 to 2024
World Bank WDI · % of total labor force · hover or use the arrow keys to read a year
- Egypt
- Mauritius
- South Africa
3 countries · 25 years · 428 values in the snapshot
Data tablevalues in % of total labor force
| Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt EG | 9 | 9.2 | 10 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 9.9 | 7.9 | 8 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.9 |
| Mauritius MU | — | 9.1 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 9 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| South Africa ZA | 29.9 | 30.7 | 33.3 | 32.3 | 29.5 | 29.1 | 28.3 | 26.5 | 22.4 | 23.5 | 24.7 | 24.6 | 24.7 | 24.6 | 24.9 | 25.2 | 26.5 | 27 | 26.9 | 28.5 | 29.2 | 34 | 33.3 | 32.1 | 32.3 |
Source and notes
- Indicator code
- SL.UEM.TOTL.NE.ZS
- Unit
- % of total labor force
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Collection
- Macro Indicators
Values as published by World Bank WDI: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Coverage is the countries and years held in this snapshot, not the full extent of the series at source. Check at data.worldbank.org.
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