COUNTRY / INDICATOR

Angola Unemployment

Angola unemployment: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1991, ranking context and source documentation.

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Series overview

SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS

COUNTRY: AngolaINDICATOR: SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSUNIT: percentSOURCE: World Bank Indicators APISOURCE KEY: worldbankDATA UPDATED: 2026-07-13 02:00:00FETCHED: 2026-09-29 11:05:58REVISIONS: 0ORIGINAL API RESPONSE

14,11Latest / 2025

0,09Change from previous

16,24Series average

174Global rank / 192

Angola / Unemployment Unit: Percent (%)

Selected year: 202514,11%

199120252025

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Year	Value	Change
2025	14,11	0,09
2024	14,02	-0,03
2023	14,05	-0,07
2022	14,12	-1,67
2021	15,80	-0,90
2020	16,70	0,20
2019	16,50	-0,11
2018	16,60	-0,02
2017	16,62	0,05
2016	16,57	0,10
2015	16,47	0,10
2014	16,37	-0,09
2013	16,46	-0,08
2012	16,54	-0,23
2011	16,77	0,18
2010	16,60	0,21
2009	16,38	0,23
2008	16,15	0,09
2007	16,07	-0,06
2006	16,12	-0,17
2005	16,30	-0,02
2004	16,31	-0,13
2003	16,45	0,01
2002	16,43	-0,24
2001	16,67	0,02
2000	16,65	0,10
1999	16,54	0,25
1998	16,29	0,23
1997	16,06	-0,11
1996	16,18	-0,80
1995	16,98	-0,47
1994	17,44	0,00
1993	17,44	0,48
1992	16,96	0,14
1991	16,82	—

Source methodology

World Development Indicators

Indicator note: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

Source organization: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026

Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 07:06:43. Open original metadata response.

Country-specific interpretation

Automatically derived from the displayed series

Angola recorded 14,11 percent in 2025, the latest year available in this series.

Compared with 2024, the unemployment increased by 0,09.

Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.

Across 35 observations from 1991 to 2025, the average was 16,24; the minimum was 14,02 in 2024 and the maximum was 17,44 in 1994.

Angola ranks 174 out of 192 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.

The latest value is above the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.

It is also above the available average for the Lower middle income group.

Labor-market slack and employment pressure.

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