Male unemployment — all countries

Male unemployment — Gabon

Male unemployment in Gabon in 2025 — 14.54%. Ranked 170 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 3.81 pp.

2025 14.54% +0.13 pp vs 2024
World rank 170of 182
Period maximum 18.94%1993
Period minimum 12.82%2005

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of male labor force

Male unemployment — Gabon, 1991–2025121416182019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 18.34%1992: 18.87%1993: 18.94%1994: 18.56%1995: 17.71%1996: 17.23%1997: 16.65%1998: 16.21%1999: 16.2%2000: 15.98%2001: 15.49%2002: 14.63%2003: 13.94%2004: 13.46%2005: 12.82%2006: 13.33%2007: 13.5%2008: 14.06%2009: 14.32%2010: 14.63%2011: 14.28%2012: 14.11%2013: 14.18%2014: 14.28%2015: 14.34%2016: 14.48%2017: 14.62%2018: 14.74%2019: 14.67%2020: 15.48%2021: 15.43%2022: 14.6%2023: 14.47%2024: 14.41%2025: 14.54%
Change over the period: −3.81 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Gabon

Gabon 14.54%
World 4.69%
Middle Africa computed 6.99%
Male unemployment — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.54 +0.13 pp
2024 14.41 −0.06 pp
2023 14.47 −0.13 pp
2022 14.6 −0.83 pp
2021 15.43 −0.06 pp
2020 15.48 +0.81 pp
2019 14.67 −0.07 pp
2018 14.74 +0.12 pp
2017 14.62 +0.15 pp
2016 14.48 +0.14 pp
2015 14.34 +0.06 pp
2014 14.28 +0.11 pp
2013 14.18 +0.06 pp
2012 14.11 −0.16 pp
2011 14.28 −0.36 pp
2010 14.63 +0.32 pp
2009 14.32 +0.26 pp
2008 14.06 +0.56 pp
2007 13.5 +0.17 pp
2006 13.33 +0.51 pp
2005 12.82 −0.64 pp
2004 13.46 −0.49 pp
2003 13.94 −0.68 pp
2002 14.63 −0.86 pp
2001 15.49 −0.49 pp
2000 15.98 −0.22 pp
1999 16.2 −0.01 pp
1998 16.21 −0.44 pp
1997 16.65 −0.58 pp
1996 17.23 −0.48 pp
1995 17.71 −0.85 pp
1994 18.56 −0.39 pp
1993 18.94 +0.07 pp
1992 18.87 +0.53 pp
1991 18.34

About the indicator

The share of the male labor force that is unemployed. The gap between the sexes shows up only when this series is compared with the female one, and it is not universal — in Southern Europe and Latin America female unemployment is markedly higher, while in a number of countries of Eastern Europe and Africa male unemployment is higher, because men work in industries sensitive to a downturn.

Important: The denominator is the male labor force, not the whole male population: men who neither work nor look for work are not in it.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.