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Equatorial Guinea — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Equatorial Guinea, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
8.34%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +24.9% since 1991
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
8.34%
First (1991)
6.68%
Change
+24.9%
Highest
8.82%
in 2021
Lowest
6.68%
in 1991
Average
7.68%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.66%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.34% |
| 2024 | 8.29% |
| 2023 | 8.22% |
| 2022 | 8.33% |
| 2021 | 8.82% |
| 2020 | 8.63% |
| 2019 | 7.92% |
| 2018 | 7.82% |
| 2017 | 7.84% |
| 2016 | 7.8% |
| 2015 | 7.78% |
| 2014 | 7.67% |
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.