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Guinea — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Guinea, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.16%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +13.2% since 1991
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.16%
First (1991)
4.56%
Change
+13.2%
Highest
6.01%
in 2020
Lowest
4.48%
in 1997
Average
4.86%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.37%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.16% |
| 2024 | 5.13% |
| 2023 | 5.14% |
| 2022 | 5.17% |
| 2021 | 5.82% |
| 2020 | 6.01% |
| 2019 | 5.02% |
| 2018 | 4.84% |
| 2017 | 4.86% |
| 2016 | 5% |
| 2015 | 5.15% |
| 2014 | 5.04% |
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.