Guinea — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Guinea, 1991–2025.
Unemployment for Guinea was 5.16% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.01% in 2020. The lowest was 4.48% in 1997 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.37% per year.
Guinea ranks 94 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 50%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Guinea sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 14% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 0%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 25 of 47 economies; Malawi (5.07%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 20% in 2020.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 190 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 112th of 187 in 1991 → 128th of 187 in 2000 → 120th of 187 in 2010 → 100th of 187 in 2020 → 89th of 182 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1991 to 2025
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.16% | +0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 5.13% | -0.0 pp |
| 2023 | 5.14% | -0.0 pp |
| 2022 | 5.17% | -0.6 pp |
| 2021 | 5.82% | -0.2 pp |
| 2020 | 6.01% | +1.0 pp |
| 2019 | 5.02% | +0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 4.84% | -0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 4.86% | -0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 5% | -0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 5.15% | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 5.04% | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 4.94% | +0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 4.87% | -0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 5.02% | +0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 5.02% | +0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 4.91% | +0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 4.8% | +0.0 pp |
| 2007 | 4.79% | -0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 4.86% | +0.0 pp |
| 2005 | 4.81% | +0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 4.71% | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 4.63% | +0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 4.55% | -0.0 pp |
| 2001 | 4.58% | -0.0 pp |
| 2000 | 4.59% | +0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 4.52% | +0.0 pp |
| 1998 | 4.5% | +0.0 pp |
| 1997 | 4.48% | -0.0 pp |
| 1996 | 4.51% | +0.0 pp |
| 1995 | 4.49% | -0.0 pp |
| 1994 | 4.53% | -0.0 pp |
| 1993 | 4.56% | -0.0 pp |
| 1992 | 4.58% | +0.0 pp |
| 1991 | 4.56% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Guinea’s Unemployment in 1992?
4.58% (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 Guinea’s Unemployment growing or shrinking?
Between 1991 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +13.2% in total — about 0.4% 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: 5.16%; 2024: 5.13%; 2023: 5.14%; 2022: 5.17%; 2021: 5.82%. 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.