Cameroon vs Germany: Unemployment rate

Cameroon
3.6%
in 2025
Germany
3.7%
in 2025
Cameroon rank
126th
Germany rank
124th

Unemployment rate over time

  • Cameroon
  • Germany
4681012199120082025

How they compare

Germany currently reports 3.7% against 3.6% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Cameroon ranks 126th and Germany ranks 124th of 186 countries.

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About this data

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

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