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Cameroon - Unemployment Rate 2001

Name: Cameroon Unemployment Rate 2001
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

7.46% −0.07pp from 2000 Global rank: 103rd

Cameroon's unemployment rate was 7.46% in 2001, decreased +0.07pp from 7.53% in 2000. This was the 103rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2001▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 2001
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.61%	-92.2%
2nd	Myanmar	0.69%	-3.2%
3rd	Benin	0.77%	-11.3%
4th	Cambodia	0.78%	4.4%
5th	Chad	0.79%	-0.5%
6th	Kuwait	0.80%	0.0%
7th	Qatar	0.87%	0.0%
8th	Bahrain	1.12%	3.4%
9th	Mali	1.33%	-5.7%
10th	Niger	1.47%	3.0%
11th	Luxembourg	1.81%	-24.8%
12th	Iceland	1.87%	-28.8%
13th	Lao PDR	1.88%	-8.0%
14th	Bhutan	1.90%	14.8%
15th	Liberia	2.10%	4.3%
16th	Netherlands	2.12%	-42.1%
17th	Guatemala	2.25%	5.0%
18th	Kyrgyz Republic	2.27%	-69.9%
19th	United Arab Emirates	2.44%	8.6%
20th	Liechtenstein	2.45%	2.7%
21st	Switzerland	2.49%	36.5%
22nd	Thailand	2.60%	-27.8%
23rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.62%	-64.8%
24th	Mexico	2.63%	19.4%
25th	Solomon Islands	2.64%	8.0%
26th	Senegal	2.67%	1.4%
27th	Burkina Faso	2.75%	2.3%
28th	Viet Nam	2.76%	-57.0%
29th	Papua New Guinea	2.80%	-4.1%
30th	Mozambique	2.84%	0.2%
31st	Kenya	2.88%	-0.3%
32nd	Guinea-Bissau	2.96%	-11.9%
33rd	Tanzania	2.99%	-4.3%
34th	Maldives	3.04%	54.2%
35th	Burundi	3.15%	0.5%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.25%	0.2%
37th	Timor-Leste	3.39%	-4.1%
38th	Uganda	3.52%	-0.3%
39th	Malaysia	3.53%	13.9%
40th	San Marino	3.54%	-
41st	Bangladesh	3.61%	10.4%
42nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.68%	0.6%
43rd	Ireland	3.68%	-15.9%
44th	Philippines	3.70%	-66.9%
45th	Korea	3.70%	-16.4%
46th	Norway	3.74%	9.1%
47th	Tajikistan	3.75%	44.2%
48th	Singapore	3.76%	40.6%
49th	China	3.80%	16.6%
50th	Portugal	3.83%	-18.8%
51st	Nigeria	3.90%	-1.3%
52nd	Honduras	4.00%	2.1%
53rd	Austria	4.01%	3.2%
54th	Cyprus	4.04%	-16.5%
55th	Cuba	4.08%	-25.1%
56th	Togo	4.11%	-1.3%
57th	Denmark	4.16%	-3.5%
58th	Sierra Leone	4.24%	2.4%
59th	Ecuador	4.25%	-44.2%
60th	Oman	4.30%	-3.0%
61st	Tonga	4.37%	10.1%
62nd	Comoros	4.38%	-0.5%
63rd	Seychelles	4.41%	41.8%
64th	Guinea	4.58%	0.0%
65th	Saudi Arabia	4.62%	1.0%
66th	Fiji	4.69%	-14.9%
67th	United Kingdom	4.70%	-13.8%
68th	Sweden	4.73%	-25.4%
69th	United States	4.73%	19.3%
70th	Samoa	4.96%	4.8%
71st	Japan	5.02%	6.1%
72nd	Channel Islands	5.04%	-5.8%
73rd	Peru	5.07%	-35.4%
74th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5.09%	-0.4%
75th	Côte d'Ivoire	5.20%	7.4%
76th	Malawi	5.22%	3.5%
77th	Zimbabwe	5.31%	-6.5%
78th	Madagascar	5.35%	-7.8%
79th	New Zealand	5.43%	-11.7%
80th	Brunei Darussalam	5.56%	0.5%
81st	Hungary	5.67%	-11.8%
82nd	Slovenia	5.68%	-15.8%
83rd	Eritrea	5.74%	1.5%
84th	Central African Republic	5.77%	0.8%
85th	Costa Rica	6.05%	16.5%
86th	Indonesia	6.08%	0.0%
87th	Mongolia	6.11%	2.0%
88th	Belgium	6.18%	-9.9%
89th	Paraguay	6.21%	-18.4%
90th	Panama	6.29%	-53.5%
91st	Macao SAR, China	6.37%	-7.3%
92nd	Aruba	6.50%	-6.1%
93rd	Romania	6.56%	-13.6%
94th	Jamaica	6.64%	-57.2%
95th	Australia	6.75%	7.2%
96th	Bahamas, The	6.87%	-1.9%
97th	El Salvador	6.96%	1.7%
98th	Malta	7.11%	5.2%
99th	Canada	7.22%	5.6%
100th	Nicaragua	7.22%	-26.3%
101st	Dominican Republic	7.26%	-9.8%
102nd	Moldova	7.37%	-13.3%
103rd	Cameroon	7.46%	-1.0%
104th	Equatorial Guinea	7.55%	1.4%
105th	India	7.61%	0.3%
106th	Germany	7.77%	-2.2%
107th	Sri Lanka	7.90%	4.3%
108th	Afghanistan	7.97%	1.0%
109th	Czechia	8.13%	-7.2%
110th	Iraq	8.25%	2.6%
111th	Türkiye	8.38%	39.8%
112th	Vanuatu	8.42%	1.8%
113th	Lebanon	8.50%	-1.2%
114th	France	8.61%	-6.2%
115th	Russian Federation	8.98%	-15.0%
116th	Belize	9.07%	-20.4%
117th	Mauritius	9.14%	40.6%
118th	European Union	9.21%	-5.1%
119th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	9.26%	2.9%
120th	Italy	9.60%	-5.0%
121st	Ghana	9.62%	-8.0%
122nd	Gambia, The	9.64%	-0.8%
123rd	Haiti	9.73%	15.2%
124th	Barbados	9.85%	5.3%
125th	Virgin Islands (US)	9.97%	1.4%
126th	Mauritania	10.13%	1.0%
127th	Finland	10.29%	4.2%
128th	Spain	10.35%	-25.3%
129th	Chile	10.39%	7.0%
130th	Kazakhstan	10.43%	-18.2%
131st	Nepal	10.50%	-0.3%
132nd	Brazil	10.65%	1.1%
133rd	Greece	10.76%	-5.2%
134th	Trinidad and Tobago	10.88%	-10.4%
135th	Turkmenistan	10.90%	-7.1%
136th	Azerbaijan	10.91%	-7.4%
137th	Armenia	11.01%	-0.9%
138th	Ukraine	11.06%	-3.7%
139th	Georgia	11.16%	8.3%
140th	Uzbekistan	11.28%	-8.3%
141st	Puerto Rico (US)	11.40%	11.8%
142nd	Belarus	11.56%	66.1%
143rd	Syrian Arab Republic	11.63%	-13.7%
144th	French Polynesia	11.67%	0.7%
145th	Yemen, Republic of	11.72%	1.4%
146th	Rwanda	11.73%	0.3%
147th	Guyana	11.80%	-1.0%
148th	Israel	11.81%	8.4%
149th	Suriname	12.05%	-12.5%
150th	South Sudan	12.28%	-0.3%
151st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	12.36%	-23.0%
152nd	Morocco	12.46%	-7.0%
153rd	Serbia	12.80%	5.8%
154th	Estonia	13.13%	-10.1%
155th	Guam	13.21%	-13.8%
156th	Cabo Verde	13.24%	-33.8%
157th	Zambia	13.40%	3.7%
158th	Latvia	13.82%	-3.6%
159th	Tunisia	14.40%	-8.2%
160th	Jordan	14.70%	7.3%
161st	Colombia	15.04%	12.9%
162nd	Uruguay	15.05%	12.3%
163rd	Sudan	15.56%	2.4%
164th	São Tomé and Principe	15.73%	9.2%
165th	Croatia	15.82%	-23.2%
166th	Lesotho	16.08%	-0.5%
167th	Angola	16.67%	0.1%
168th	Lithuania	16.84%	2.8%
169th	Argentina	17.32%	1.1%
170th	New Caledonia	17.39%	-2.9%
171st	Gabon	17.83%	-0.1%
172nd	Poland	18.44%	14.6%
173rd	St. Lucia	18.54%	12.4%
174th	Botswana	18.54%	16.8%
175th	Albania	18.57%	10.5%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.67%	-0.1%
177th	Slovak Republic	19.15%	1.3%
178th	Libya	19.24%	-0.2%
179th	Congo, Republic of	19.88%	0.0%
180th	Bulgaria	19.92%	9.9%
181st	Namibia	21.01%	3.5%
182nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	21.10%	1.4%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	21.49%	50.3%
184th	South Africa	22.65%	-1.5%
185th	Eswatini	25.24%	2.8%
186th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.49%	-14.8%
187th	Djibouti	26.60%	-0.3%
188th	Algeria	27.30%	-7.4%
189th	North Macedonia	30.52%	-3.8%
190th	Montenegro	30.54%	0.3%

FAQ

What was Cameroon's unemployment rate in 2001?▾

Cameroon's unemployment rate in 2001 was 7.46%. This ranked 103rd globally.

How did Cameroon's unemployment rate change in 2001?▾

Cameroon's unemployment rate decreased by 1.0% in 2001 compared to 2000.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2001?▾

Montenegro had the highest unemployment rate in 2001 at 30.54%.

What is the unemployment rate of Cameroon in 2001?▾

The unemployment rate of Cameroon in 2001 was 7.46%. This ranked 103rd globally.

How does 2001 compare to 2000 for Cameroon's unemployment rate?▾

Cameroon's unemployment rate went from 7.53% in 2000 to 7.46% in 2001, a 1.0% decrease.

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