Congo vs Libya: Unemployment rate

Congo
19.9%
in 2025
Libya
18.8%
in 2025
Congo rank
7th
Libya rank
10th

Unemployment rate over time

  • Congo
  • Libya
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 19.9% against 18.8% in Libya, a difference of 1.1%.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 7th and Libya ranks 10th 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.