Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Equatorial Guinea

Youth unemployment in Equatorial Guinea in 2025 — 15.74%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 2.18 pp.

2025 15.74% +0.18 pp vs 2024
World rank 113of 182
Period maximum 17.39%2020
Period minimum 13.56%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of labor force aged 15–24

Youth unemployment — Equatorial Guinea, 1991–202513141516171819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 13.56%1992: 13.94%1993: 14.23%1994: 14.37%1995: 14.39%1996: 14.45%1997: 14.53%1998: 14.63%1999: 14.78%2000: 14.79%2001: 14.99%2002: 15.06%2003: 15.1%2004: 14.89%2005: 14.85%2006: 14.7%2007: 14.74%2008: 14.7%2009: 15.13%2010: 15.61%2011: 15.56%2012: 15.43%2013: 15.25%2014: 15.21%2015: 15.4%2016: 15.38%2017: 15.39%2018: 15.14%2019: 15.22%2020: 17.39%2021: 16.98%2022: 15.81%2023: 15.46%2024: 15.56%2025: 15.74%
Change over the period: +2.18 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Equatorial Guinea 15.74%
World 13.41%
Middle Africa computed 12.58%
Youth unemployment — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 15.74 +0.18 pp
2024 15.56 +0.1 pp
2023 15.46 −0.35 pp
2022 15.81 −1.17 pp
2021 16.98 −0.42 pp
2020 17.39 +2.17 pp
2019 15.22 +0.08 pp
2018 15.14 −0.25 pp
2017 15.39 +0.01 pp
2016 15.38 −0.03 pp
2015 15.4 +0.19 pp
2014 15.21 −0.04 pp
2013 15.25 −0.17 pp
2012 15.43 −0.14 pp
2011 15.56 −0.04 pp
2010 15.61 +0.48 pp
2009 15.13 +0.43 pp
2008 14.7 −0.05 pp
2007 14.74 +0.05 pp
2006 14.7 −0.15 pp
2005 14.85 −0.04 pp
2004 14.89 −0.21 pp
2003 15.1 +0.04 pp
2002 15.06 +0.07 pp
2001 14.99 +0.2 pp
2000 14.79 +0.01 pp
1999 14.78 +0.15 pp
1998 14.63 +0.1 pp
1997 14.53 +0.09 pp
1996 14.45 +0.06 pp
1995 14.39 +0.02 pp
1994 14.37 +0.14 pp
1993 14.23 +0.29 pp
1992 13.94 +0.38 pp
1991 13.56

About the indicator

The share of the economically active population aged 15–24 that is unemployed. In almost every country youth unemployment runs two to three times above the overall rate: the young have no experience, and their first entry into the labor market puts them up against more qualified workers. A sharp gap with the overall rate points to structural problems in the transition from school to work.

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