Cameroon — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1991–2025 · 35 observations
About this series
The unemployment rate is the number of people without work who are available for and seeking work, divided by the labour force. It is expressed as a percentage.
In Cameroon, the unemployment rate reading was 3.6% in 2025, compared with 3.6% in 2024. The period change was 0 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 3.67%.
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- Annual data, 1991–2025
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 % |
| 2024 | 3.6 % |
| 2023 | 3.61 % |
| 2022 | 3.65 % |
| 2021 | 3.98 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 3.88 % |
| 2019 | 3.63 % |
| 2018 | 3.61 % |
| 2017 | 3.57 % |
| 2016 | 3.53 % |