Congo vs Namibia: Unemployment rate

Congo
19.9%
in 2025
Namibia
19.3%
in 2025
Congo rank
7th
Namibia rank
8th

Unemployment rate over time

  • Congo
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 19.9% against 19.3% in Namibia, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 7th and Namibia ranks 8th 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.