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Unemployment rate

Share of the labour force without a job but actively looking for one, in the International Labour Organization sense.

Unit
% of the labour force
Reference period
2025
Geographic coverage
Country
Method
Depending on the source: the INS Employment and Informal Sector Survey (EESI3), or a World Bank modelled estimate based on International Labour Organization data.
Source
Official sourceNational Institute of Statistics (INS)Published 1 Aug 2022Verified 4 Sept 2026

Latest published value

  • 3.6 % of the labour force
    International organisationWorld Bank
2021
Two sources publish different figures for this period. Both are shown, each with its source.
Unemployment rate (% of the labour force)
YearValue (% of the labour force)Source
20216.1
Unemployment rate in the International Labour Organization sense, people aged 14 and above.
Official sourceNational Institute of Statistics (INS)
20214.0 (estimate)
Modelled International Labour Organization estimate for the same year as the national survey above, which measures 6.1%. The gap is methodological: the survey asks Cameroonian households, the model extrapolates from international series. Camerpedia publishes both figures with their sources and picks neither (source: World Bank, SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS, value 3.976 rounded to one decimal).
International organisationWorld Bank

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