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.