Ethiopia — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1984–2025 · 36 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 Ethiopia, the unemployment rate reading was 3.32% in 2025, compared with 3.36% in 2024. The period change was −0.03 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 3.23%.
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- Annual data, 1984–2025
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.32 % |
| 2024 | 3.36 % |
| 2023 | 3.38 % |
| 2022 | 3.39 % |
| 2021 | 3.93 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 4 % |
| 2019 | 2.93 % |
| 2018 | 2.81 % |
| 2017 | 2.66 % |
| 2016 | 2.56 % |