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Cabo Verde — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Cabo Verde, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
11.94%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -11.7% since 1991
Unemployment for Cabo Verde was 11.94% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 14.65% in 2020. The lowest was 10.67% in 2010 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.37% per year.
Cabo Verde ranks 27 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 14%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Cabo Verde sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 19% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
11.94%
First (1991)
13.53%
Change
-11.7%
Highest
14.65%
in 2020
Lowest
10.67%
in 2010
Average
12.70%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.37%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.94% |
| 2024 | 11.88% |
| 2023 | 11.88% |
| 2022 | 12.24% |
| 2021 | 13.93% |
| 2020 | 14.65% |
| 2019 | 12.12% |
| 2018 | 12.17% |
| 2017 | 12.24% |
| 2016 | 12.09% |
| 2015 | 11.92% |
| 2014 | 11.69% |
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.