Botswana vs Congo: Unemployment rate

Botswana

24.5%

in 2025

Congo

19.9%

in 2025

Botswana rank

4th

Congo rank

7th

Unemployment rate over time

Botswana currently reports 24.5% against 19.9% in Congo, a difference of 4.6%.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.2 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Congo ahead.

Botswana ranks 4th and Congo ranks 7th of 186 countries.

Indicator: Unemployment rate
Unit: %
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 186 places, 6,496 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.