UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN VARIOUS AFRICAN COUNTRIES

One of the hardest information to find in Africa is data on employment/unemployment levels. And where it is available, it’s often dated or simple unreliable. Still, what is there is a good indicator of the trend. The report here covers data for some of the few countries for which data could be found from 2006 through to 2010.

Rank	Country	Unemployment rate	Year of data
1	Zimbabwe	95.00	2009
2	Djibouti	59.00	2007
3	Namibia	51.20	2008
4	Senegal	48.00	2007
5	Kenya	40.00	2008
6	Swaziland	40.00	2006
7	Mauritania	30.00	2008
8	South Africa	23.30	2010
9	Gabon	21.00	2006
10	Tunisia	14.00	2010
11	Algeria	9.90	2010
12	Morocco	9.80	2010
13	Egypt	9.70	2010
14	Botswana	7.50	2007
15	Mauritius	7.50	2010
16	Nigeria	4.90	2007
17	Seychelles	2.00	2006

Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world factbook/rankorder/2129rank.html