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Burundi — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Burundi, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.92%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -70.7% since 1991
Unemployment for Burundi was 0.92% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.19% in 2006. The lowest was 0.91% in 2022 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.55% per year.
Burundi ranks 183 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 98%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Burundi sits below it. It peaked in 2006 and has fallen 71% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 36%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.92%
First (1991)
3.15%
Change
-70.7%
Highest
3.19%
in 2006
Lowest
0.91%
in 2022
Average
2.17%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.55%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.92% |
| 2024 | 0.92% |
| 2023 | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 0.91% |
| 2021 | 1.12% |
| 2020 | 1.03% |
| 2019 | 1.04% |
| 2018 | 1.15% |
| 2017 | 1.25% |
| 2016 | 1.35% |
| 2015 | 1.45% |
| 2014 | 1.57% |
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.