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Gambia, The — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Gambia, The, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
6.52%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -33.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Gambia, The was 6.52% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10.43% in 2007. The lowest was 4.05% in 2018 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.18% per year.
Gambia, The ranks 70 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 37%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Gambia, The sits above it. It peaked in 2007 and has fallen 37% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
6.52%
First (1991)
9.78%
Change
-33.3%
Highest
10.43%
in 2007
Lowest
4.05%
in 2018
Average
8.63%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.18%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.52% |
| 2024 | 6.48% |
| 2023 | 6.48% |
| 2022 | 6.07% |
| 2021 | 6.21% |
| 2020 | 5.84% |
| 2019 | 4.48% |
| 2018 | 4.06% |
| 2017 | 5.1% |
| 2016 | 6.24% |
| 2015 | 7.23% |
| 2014 | 8.19% |
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.