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Gabon — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Gabon, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
20.15%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +17.0% since 1991
Unemployment for Gabon was 20.15% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 21.28% in 2020. The lowest was 16.91% in 2005 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.46% per year.
Gabon ranks 6 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 3%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Gabon sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
20.15%
First (1991)
17.22%
Change
+17.0%
Highest
21.28%
in 2020
Lowest
16.91%
in 2005
Average
18.87%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.46%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 20.15% |
| 2024 | 20.09% |
| 2023 | 20.16% |
| 2022 | 20.32% |
| 2021 | 21.22% |
| 2020 | 21.28% |
| 2019 | 20.37% |
| 2018 | 20.46% |
| 2017 | 20.31% |
| 2016 | 20.12% |
| 2015 | 19.94% |
| 2014 | 19.87% |
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.