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Djibouti — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Djibouti, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
26.02%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -0.4% since 1991
Unemployment for Djibouti was 26.02% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 27.70% in 2020. The lowest was 25.98% in 2016 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.01% per year.
Djibouti ranks 3 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 9.00%, so Djibouti sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
26.02%
First (1991)
26.12%
Change
-0.4%
Highest
27.70%
in 2020
Lowest
25.98%
in 2016
Average
26.52%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.01%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.02% |
| 2024 | 26.01% |
| 2023 | 26.07% |
| 2022 | 26.27% |
| 2021 | 27.63% |
| 2020 | 27.7% |
| 2019 | 26.26% |
| 2018 | 26.18% |
| 2017 | 26.06% |
| 2016 | 25.98% |
| 2015 | 26.06% |
| 2014 | 26.16% |
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.