Equatorial Guinea — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Equatorial Guinea, 1991–2025.
Unemployment for Equatorial Guinea was 8.34% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 8.82% in 2021. The lowest was 6.68% in 1991 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.66% per year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 52 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 28%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Equatorial Guinea sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 7%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 16 of 47 economies; Sudan (7.53%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 9% in 2020. That is 2% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 106 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 87th of 187 in 1991 → 89th of 187 in 2000 → 77th of 187 in 2010 → 64th of 187 in 2020 → 48th of 182 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1991 to 2025
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.34% | +0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 8.29% | +0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 8.22% | -0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 8.33% | -0.5 pp |
| 2021 | 8.82% | +0.2 pp |
| 2020 | 8.63% | +0.7 pp |
| 2019 | 7.92% | +0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 7.82% | -0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 7.84% | +0.0 pp |
| 2016 | 7.8% | +0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 7.78% | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 7.67% | -0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 7.68% | -0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 7.76% | -0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 7.84% | -0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 7.85% | +0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 7.7% | +0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 7.57% | -0.0 pp |
| 2007 | 7.59% | -0.0 pp |
| 2006 | 7.61% | -0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 7.67% | +0.0 pp |
| 2004 | 7.66% | -0.0 pp |
| 2003 | 7.7% | +0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 7.65% | +0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 7.55% | +0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 7.44% | +0.0 pp |
| 1999 | 7.42% | +0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 7.33% | +0.1 pp |
| 1997 | 7.26% | +0.0 pp |
| 1996 | 7.22% | +0.1 pp |
| 1995 | 7.16% | +0.0 pp |
| 1994 | 7.12% | +0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 7.02% | +0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 6.88% | +0.2 pp |
| 1991 | 6.68% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Equatorial Guinea’s Unemployment in 1992?
6.88% (1992). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of total labor force, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Equatorial Guinea’s Unemployment growing or shrinking?
Between 1991 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +24.9% in total — about 0.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 8.34%; 2024: 8.29%; 2023: 8.22%; 2022: 8.33%; 2021: 8.82%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.