São Tomé and Príncipe — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1979–2025 · 47 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 São Tomé and Príncipe, the unemployment rate reading was 9.13% in 2025, compared with 9.06% in 2024. The period change was +0.07 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 9.99%.
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- Annual data, 1979–2025
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.13 % |
| 2024 | 9.06 % |
| 2023 | 9.03 % |
| 2022 | 8.96 % |
| 2021 | 9.56 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 9.68 % |
| 2019 | 8.84 % |
| 2018 | 8.71 % |
| 2017 | 13.5 % |
| 2016 | 13.4 % |