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Central African Republic — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Central African Republic, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
6.25%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +9.7% since 1991
Unemployment for Central African Republic was 6.25% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.70% in 2021. The lowest was 5.51% in 2008 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.27% per year.
Central African Republic ranks 73 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 39%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Central African Republic sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 7% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
6.25%
First (1991)
5.70%
Change
+9.7%
Highest
6.70%
in 2021
Lowest
5.51%
in 2008
Average
5.85%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.27%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.25% |
| 2024 | 6.25% |
| 2023 | 6.18% |
| 2022 | 6.29% |
| 2021 | 6.7% |
| 2020 | 6.52% |
| 2019 | 5.92% |
| 2018 | 5.83% |
| 2017 | 5.84% |
| 2016 | 5.79% |
| 2015 | 5.78% |
| 2014 | 5.63% |
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.