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Observation period
2022
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Forecast
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Highest
26.40 % on Dec 31, 1999
Lowest
16.80 % on Dec 31, 2015
About Ethiopia unemployment rate
In Ethiopia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate Ethiopia unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Ethiopia unemployment rate is 16.80%.
The highest figure Ethiopia unemployment rate has ever reached is 26.40%.
In 2022 Ethiopia unemployment rate was 18.90%, and the previous year it amounted to 18.70%.