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Angola — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Angola, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
14.11%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -16.1% since 1991
Unemployment for Angola was 14.11% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 17.44% in 1994. The lowest was 14.02% in 2024 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.52% per year.
Angola ranks 18 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 10%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Angola sits above it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 19% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 14%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
14.11%
First (1991)
16.82%
Change
-16.1%
Highest
17.44%
in 1994
Lowest
14.02%
in 2024
Average
16.24%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.52%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.11% |
| 2024 | 14.02% |
| 2023 | 14.05% |
| 2022 | 14.12% |
| 2021 | 15.8% |
| 2020 | 16.7% |
| 2019 | 16.5% |
| 2018 | 16.6% |
| 2017 | 16.62% |
| 2016 | 16.57% |
| 2015 | 16.47% |
| 2014 | 16.37% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.