Unemployment Rate rose 17.4% to 7.44% in Eritrea in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Eritrea reached an all time high of 7.44% in 2020 and an all time low of 6.34% in 2019. When compared to Eritrea's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Djibouti amounted to 11.6%, 13.1% in Somalia, 17.7% in Sudan and 13.4% in Yemen in 2020.
Eritrea has been ranked 73rd within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 16 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Chad | % | 1.89% | 1.89% | 1.91% | 2.26% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Djibouti | % | 11.2% | 11.1% | 11.0% | 11.6% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Egypt | % | 11.7% | 9.82% | 9.73% | 10.5% | 7.68% | ||||||||||||||||
Eritrea | % | 6.50% | 6.41% | 6.34% | 7.44% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Ethiopia | % | 2.12% | 2.07% | 2.04% | 2.79% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Kenya | % | 2.69% | 2.64% | 2.60% | 2.98% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Oman | % | 2.49% | 1.80% | 1.84% | 4.97% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | % | 5.89% | 6.04% | 6.13% | 8.22% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Somalia | % | 13.0% | 12.9% | 12.8% | 13.1% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
South Sudan | % | 12.2% | 12.1% | 12.0% | 12.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Sudan | % | 17.0% | 16.9% | 16.8% | 17.7% | 20.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Yemen | % | 13.2% | 13.0% | 12.9% | 13.4% | ... | ... | ... |