Unemployment Rate For Females

Africa Ranking

Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Djibouti	38.95	2020	1	36.44
2 ↑	Sudan	31.23	2020	3	28.51
3 ↓	South Africa	31.04	2020	2	30.51
4	Gabon	29.81	2020	4	28.33
5 ↑	Swaziland	27.38	2020	6	24.58
6 ↓	Libya	26.06	2020	5	25.59
7 ↑	Botswana	25.66	2020	8	23.52
8 ↓	Somalia	25.4	2020	7	24.37
9	Lesotho	24.4	2020	9	22.28
10 ↑	Republic of the Congo	24.21	2020	11	21.91
11 ↓	Tunisia	24.05	2020	10	22.19
12	Egypt	23.62	2020	12	21.21
13	Sao Tome and Principe	22.42	2020	13	20.38
14 ↑	Algeria	21.45	2020	15	18.63
15 ↓	Namibia	20.15	2020	14	18.74
16 ↑	Cape Verde	14.63	2020	19	11.62
17	Gambia	14.43	2020	17	12.56
18 ↓	Zambia	13.43	2020	16	13.09
19 ↑	Morocco	13.2	2020	20	10.84
20 ↓	Mauritania	12.58	2020	18	11.65
21	Comoros	11.62	2020	21	10.31
22 ↑	Mauritius	11.13	2020	23	9.71
23 ↓	Equatorial Guinea	11.09	2020	22	9.78
24 ↑	Eritrea	8.77	2020	28	6.78
25 ↓	Mali	8.69	2020	24	8.41
26 ↓	Nigeria	8.58	2020	25	7.47
27 ↓	Malawi	8.37	2020	26	7.28
28 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	7.55	2020	27	6.8
29	Central African Republic	7.18	2020	29	6.39
30 ↑	Guinea	6.14	2020	32	5.06
31 ↓	Kenya	5.99	2020	30	5.25
32 ↓	Zimbabwe	5.79	2020	30	5.25
33	Burkina Faso	4.84	2020	33	4.64
34	Ghana	4.83	2020	34	4.49
35 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.51	2020	38	3.77
36	Sierra Leone	4.46	2020	36	3.95
37 ↓	Cameroon	4.38	2020	35	4.16
38 ↓	Ivory Coast	4.1	2020	37	3.92
39	Mozambique	4.09	2020	39	3.73
40 ↑	Ethiopia	4.04	2020	41	3
41 ↓	Senegal	3.83	2020	40	3.04
42 ↑	Uganda	3.41	2020	44	2.45
43 ↑	Liberia	3.22	2020	45	2.36
44 ↓	Tanzania	3.15	2020	43	2.81
45 ↓	Togo	3.02	2020	42	2.82
46	Madagascar	2.52	2020	46	1.89
47	Benin	1.84	2020	47	1.72
48 ↑	Rwanda	1.6	2020	49	1.19
49 ↓	Burundi	1.34	2020	48	1.23
50	Chad	1.29	2020	50	0.77
51	Niger	0.54	2020	51	0.48

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.