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Mozambique — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Mozambique, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
6.63%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +133.5% since 1991
Unemployment for Mozambique was 6.63% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.79% in 2022. The lowest was 2.64% in 1998 (about 2.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.53% per year.
Mozambique ranks 67 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 36%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Mozambique sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 93%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
6.63%
First (1991)
2.84%
Change
+133.5%
Highest
6.79%
in 2022
Lowest
2.64%
in 1998
Average
3.67%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.53%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.63% |
| 2024 | 6.67% |
| 2023 | 6.66% |
| 2022 | 6.79% |
| 2021 | 5.41% |
| 2020 | 5.02% |
| 2019 | 4.46% |
| 2018 | 4.21% |
| 2017 | 3.94% |
| 2016 | 3.65% |
| 2015 | 3.43% |
| 2014 | 3.38% |
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.