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Cote d'Ivoire — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Cote d'Ivoire, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.32%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -64.8% since 1991
Unemployment for Cote d'Ivoire was 2.32% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 7.22% in 2012. The lowest was 1.90% in 2016 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.02% per year.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 166 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 89%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Cote d'Ivoire sits below it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 68% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.32%
First (1991)
6.59%
Change
-64.8%
Highest
7.22%
in 2012
Lowest
1.90%
in 2016
Average
4.55%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.02%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.32% |
| 2024 | 2.27% |
| 2023 | 2.26% |
| 2022 | 2.31% |
| 2021 | 2.62% |
| 2020 | 2.59% |
| 2019 | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 2.85% |
| 2017 | 3.27% |
| 2016 | 1.9% |
| 2015 | 2.57% |
| 2014 | 3.27% |
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.