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Somalia, Fed. Rep. — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Somalia, Fed. Rep., 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
18.95%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -0.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Somalia, Fed. Rep. was 18.95% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 19.97% in 1994. The lowest was 18.45% in 2017 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.01% per year.
Somalia, Fed. Rep. ranks 9 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 5%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Somalia, Fed. Rep. sits above it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
18.95%
First (1991)
19.00%
Change
-0.3%
Highest
19.97%
in 1994
Lowest
18.45%
in 2017
Average
18.91%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.01%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.95% |
| 2024 | 18.95% |
| 2023 | 18.96% |
| 2022 | 19.11% |
| 2021 | 19.66% |
| 2020 | 19.41% |
| 2019 | 18.83% |
| 2018 | 18.7% |
| 2017 | 18.45% |
| 2016 | 18.61% |
| 2015 | 18.5% |
| 2014 | 18.6% |
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.