Home / Unemployment / Congo, Rep.
Congo, Rep. — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Congo, Rep., 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
19.88%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -0.2% since 1991
Unemployment for Congo, Rep. was 19.88% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 22.29% in 2020. The lowest was 19.30% in 2010 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.01% per year.
Congo, Rep. ranks 7 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 4%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Congo, Rep. sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
19.88%
First (1991)
19.91%
Change
-0.2%
Highest
22.29%
in 2020
Lowest
19.30%
in 2010
Average
20.08%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.01%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.88% |
| 2024 | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 19.92% |
| 2022 | 20.13% |
| 2021 | 22% |
| 2020 | 22.29% |
| 2019 | 20.49% |
| 2018 | 20.84% |
| 2017 | 20.74% |
| 2016 | 20.3% |
| 2015 | 20.02% |
| 2014 | 19.7% |
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.