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Unemployment rate in Ethiopia

How hard is it to have a job there?

Ethiopia's unemployment rate is 3.32 % — #33 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

3.32%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Ethiopia over time

4.00 %3.12 %2.25 %4.00 % · 20202.25 % · 20132000: 3.50 %2001: 3.16 %2002: 3.05 %2003: 3.01 %2004: 2.78 %2005: 2.50 %2006: 2.34 %2007: 2.34 %2008: 2.33 %2009: 2.33 %2010: 2.29 %2011: 2.27 %2012: 2.25 %2013: 2.25 %2014: 2.36 %2015: 2.44 %2016: 2.56 %2017: 2.67 %2018: 2.81 %2019: 2.93 %2020: 4.00 %2021: 3.94 %2022: 3.39 %2023: 3.38 %2024: 3.36 %2025: 3.32 %2000201220253.32 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#33 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
73 %
91 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.03 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
0.68 pp
peak 4.00 % in 2020
Full series
▼ 0.18 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #5 of 21vs median 5.25 %: −1.93 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Ethiopia: ahead of 73 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentEthiopia 3.32 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Ethiopia is ahead of 73 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Ethiopia
31 El Salvador3.30 %−0.02 pp
32 Ecuador3.31 %−0.02 pp
33 Ethiopia3.32 %—
34 Trinidad and Tobago3.33 %+0.01 pp
35 Belarus3.38 %+0.06 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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