ILO estimate of the unemployment rate in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

The ILO estimates the unemployment rate in Somalia, Fed. Rep. at 18.9% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.

Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) % of the labour force aged 15 and over Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: ILOSTAT

Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2025 18.9% % of the labour force aged 15 and over

Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 18.9%

World, 2025 4.9% Official aggregate

Position in 2025 8th of 181 See the full ranking

ILO estimate of the unemployment rate in Somalia, Fed. Rep. over time

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% of the labour force aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.

Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) (% of the labour force aged 15 and over), 2003 to 2027 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	World
2025	18.9%	4.9%
2024	18.9%	4.9%
2023	19.0%	4.9%
2022	19.1%	5.3%
2021	19.7%	6.0%
2020	19.4%	6.6%
2019	18.8%	5.6%
2018	18.7%	5.8%
2017	18.5%	5.9%
2016	18.6%	6.0%

Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

That is a change of 0 percentage points from 18.9% in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 18.5%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the 8th highest value.
The figure for the world in 2025 was 4.9%.

More for Somalia, Fed. Rep.

All statistics for Somalia, Fed. Rep.

ILO estimate of youth unemployment 34.2% 2025 · ILOSTAT Labour force participation 33.8% 2025 · ILOSTAT Women's labour force participation 20.7% 2025 · ILOSTAT Employment-to-population ratio 27.4% 2025 · ILOSTAT Employment in agriculture 30.0% 2025 · World Bank Employment in industry 17.8% 2025 · World Bank

Source and dates

Original producer: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT
Dataset or series code: ILO,DF_UNE_2EAP_SEX_AGE_RT,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection: .A..SEX_T.AGE_YTHADULT_YGE15
Observation period: 1991 to 2025 for Somalia, Fed. Rep.
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Attribution: Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates), original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates

How Somalia, Fed. Rep. compares in 2025 Neighbouring positions among 181 countries with a value for 2025.

5 Gabon 20.2%
6 Republic of the Congo 19.9%
7 Namibia 19.3%
8 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 18.9%
9 Libya 18.8%
10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.0%
11 Yemen 17.3%

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What this measures

Unemployed people aged 15 and over as a share of the labour force, from the ILO modelled estimates. The ILO fills gaps in national data with a statistical model so that almost all countries have comparable annual figures. Values for the current and following years are ILO projections.

Population covered: Labour force aged 15 and over

Modelled estimates can differ from national survey results.
Projections are shown separately and are not used as the latest value.

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