Male unemployment — all countries

Male unemployment — Rwanda

Male unemployment in Rwanda in 2025 — 10.07%. Ranked 153 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 1.64 pp.

2025 10.07% +0.46 pp vs 2024
World rank 153of 182
Period maximum 14.28%2021
Period minimum 9.61%2024

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of male labor force

Male unemployment — Rwanda, 1991–202581012141619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 11.71%1992: 11.49%1993: 11.53%1994: 11.6%1995: 11.29%1996: 10.87%1997: 10.46%1998: 10.61%1999: 10.91%2000: 11.03%2001: 11.06%2002: 10.76%2003: 10.98%2004: 11.01%2005: 11.15%2006: 10.91%2007: 10.9%2008: 10.84%2009: 10.94%2010: 10.96%2011: 11.07%2012: 10.99%2013: 11.08%2014: 11.15%2015: 11.14%2016: 11.1%2017: 11.18%2018: 10.23%2019: 10.51%2020: 10.87%2021: 14.28%2022: 13.7%2023: 10.53%2024: 9.61%2025: 10.07%
Change over the period: −1.64 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Rwanda 10.07%
World 4.69%
Eastern Africa computed 3.54%
Low-income countries computed 4.62%
Male unemployment — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 10.07 +0.46 pp
2024 9.61 −0.92 pp
2023 10.53 −3.18 pp
2022 13.7 −0.58 pp
2021 14.28 +3.41 pp
2020 10.87 +0.36 pp
2019 10.51 +0.28 pp
2018 10.23 −0.95 pp
2017 11.18 +0.08 pp
2016 11.1 −0.04 pp
2015 11.14 −0.01 pp
2014 11.15 +0.06 pp
2013 11.08 +0.09 pp
2012 10.99 −0.08 pp
2011 11.07 +0.12 pp
2010 10.96 +0.01 pp
2009 10.94 +0.11 pp
2008 10.84 −0.06 pp
2007 10.9 −0 pp
2006 10.91 −0.25 pp
2005 11.15 +0.14 pp
2004 11.01 +0.04 pp
2003 10.98 +0.22 pp
2002 10.76 −0.3 pp
2001 11.06 +0.03 pp
2000 11.03 +0.12 pp
1999 10.91 +0.3 pp
1998 10.61 +0.16 pp
1997 10.46 −0.41 pp
1996 10.87 −0.42 pp
1995 11.29 −0.31 pp
1994 11.6 +0.07 pp
1993 11.53 +0.04 pp
1992 11.49 −0.22 pp
1991 11.71

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.