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Madagascar — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Madagascar, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.04%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -50.7% since 1991
Unemployment for Madagascar was 3.04% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.32% in 1993. The lowest was 0.60% in 2012 (about 5.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.06% per year.
Madagascar ranks 146 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 78%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Madagascar sits below it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 52% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 70%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.04%
First (1991)
6.17%
Change
-50.7%
Highest
6.32%
in 1993
Lowest
0.60%
in 2012
Average
3.89%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.06%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.04% |
| 2024 | 3.05% |
| 2023 | 3.04% |
| 2022 | 3.19% |
| 2021 | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 3.29% |
| 2019 | 2.48% |
| 2018 | 2.3% |
| 2017 | 2.12% |
| 2016 | 1.95% |
| 2015 | 1.79% |
| 2014 | 1.39% |
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.