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Congo, Dem. Rep. — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Congo, Dem. Rep., 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.43%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +35.5% since 1991
Unemployment for Congo, Dem. Rep. was 4.43% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 5.36% in 2020. The lowest was 2.95% in 2005 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.90% per year.
Congo, Dem. Rep. ranks 115 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 61%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Congo, Dem. Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.43%
First (1991)
3.27%
Change
+35.5%
Highest
5.36%
in 2020
Lowest
2.95%
in 2005
Average
3.87%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.90%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.43% |
| 2024 | 4.42% |
| 2023 | 4.47% |
| 2022 | 4.54% |
| 2021 | 5.29% |
| 2020 | 5.36% |
| 2019 | 4.61% |
| 2018 | 4.63% |
| 2017 | 4.61% |
| 2016 | 4.53% |
| 2015 | 4.44% |
| 2014 | 4.44% |
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.