Unemployment Rate fell 43.7% to 0.800% in Burundi in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Burundi reached an all time high of 1.89% in 2003 and an all time low of 0.800% in 2020. When compared to Burundi's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Rwanda amounted to 1.35%, 2.16% in Tanzania, 2.44% in Uganda and 4.55% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2020.
Burundi has been ranked 173rd within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 10 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Angola | % | 7.31% | 7.26% | 7.20% | 7.10% | 7.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 1.57% | 1.55% | 1.53% | 1.48% | 1.45% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 4.34% | 4.30% | 4.25% | 4.17% | 4.09% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 9.95% | 9.90% | 9.85% | 9.75% | 9.66% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 4.44% | 4.40% | 4.35% | 4.26% | 4.18% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 2.82% | 2.80% | 2.76% | 2.69% | 2.64% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 3.41% | 3.43% | 3.38% | 3.31% | 3.24% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 1.17% | 1.14% | 1.11% | 1.06% | 1.02% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 12.5% | 12.5% | 12.4% | 12.2% | 12.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 2.13% | 2.10% | 2.08% | 2.03% | 1.99% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 1.88% | 1.86% | 1.83% | 1.79% | 1.75% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 9.34% | 10.1% | 10.9% | 11.6% | 12.0% |
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