COUNTRY / INDICATOR

Gabon Unemployment

Gabon 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: GabonINDICATOR: SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSUNIT: percentSOURCE: World Bank Indicators APISOURCE KEY: worldbankDATA UPDATED: 2026-07-13 02:00:00FETCHED: 2026-09-28 17:38:36REVISIONS: 0ORIGINAL API RESPONSE

20,15Latest / 2025

0,06Change from previous

18,87Series average

186Global rank / 192

Gabon / Unemployment Unit: Percent (%)

Selected year: 202520,15%

199120252025

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Year	Value	Change
2025	20,15	0,06
2024	20,09	-0,07
2023	20,16	-0,16
2022	20,32	-0,90
2021	21,22	-0,06
2020	21,28	0,91
2019	20,37	-0,09
2018	20,46	0,15
2017	20,31	0,19
2016	20,12	0,17
2015	19,94	0,07
2014	19,87	0,14
2013	19,74	0,07
2012	19,66	-0,23
2011	19,90	-0,50
2010	20,39	0,63
2009	19,76	0,55
2008	19,21	0,95
2007	18,26	0,45
2006	17,81	0,89
2005	16,91	-0,20
2004	17,11	-0,02
2003	17,13	-0,25
2002	17,38	-0,45
2001	17,83	-0,02
2000	17,85	0,25
1999	17,60	0,45
1998	17,15	-0,01
1997	17,17	-0,16
1996	17,33	-0,06
1995	17,39	-0,42
1994	17,80	0,02
1993	17,78	0,06
1992	17,72	0,49
1991	17,22	—

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

Gabon recorded 20,15 percent in 2025, the latest year available in this series.

Compared with 2024, the unemployment increased by 0,06.

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

Across 35 observations from 1991 to 2025, the average was 18,87; the minimum was 16,91 in 2005 and the maximum was 21,28 in 2020.

Gabon ranks 186 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 Upper middle income group.

Labor-market slack and employment pressure.

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