Cameroon - Unemployment Rate 2017
3.57%
+0.04pp from 2016
Cameroon's unemployment rate was 3.57% in 2017, increased +0.04pp from 3.53% in 2016. This was the 46th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.14% | -6.7% |
| 2nd | Cambodia | 0.14% | -80.3% |
| 3rd | Niger | 0.56% | 1.1% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 0.73% | -1.2% |
| 5th | Thailand | 0.83% | -17.0% |
| 6th | Chad | 1.13% | 3.8% |
| 7th | Bahrain | 1.18% | -69.7% |
| 8th | Burundi | 1.25% | -7.5% |
| 9th | Myanmar | 1.36% | 28.2% |
| 10th | Mali | 1.50% | 9.6% |
| 11th | Moldova | 1.62% | -61.6% |
| 12th | Benin | 1.69% | -7.8% |
| 13th | Cuba | 1.70% | -15.0% |
| 14th | Tanzania | 1.85% | -4.0% |
| 15th | Viet Nam | 1.87% | -18.5% |
| 16th | Macao SAR, China | 1.98% | 4.3% |
| 17th | Madagascar | 2.12% | 8.9% |
| 18th | Tonga | 2.14% | 4.3% |
| 19th | Kuwait | 2.23% | 3.2% |
| 20th | Andorra | 2.35% | -28.8% |
| 21st | Liechtenstein | 2.40% | -25.9% |
| 22nd | United Arab Emirates | 2.46% | 50.1% |
| 23rd | Guatemala | 2.46% | -4.7% |
| 24th | Oman | 2.52% | -22.7% |
| 25th | Philippines | 2.55% | -53.4% |
| 26th | Papua New Guinea | 2.58% | 4.1% |
| 27th | Iceland | 2.74% | -20.3% |
| 28th | Japan | 2.82% | -9.2% |
| 29th | Czechia | 2.89% | -26.7% |
| 30th | Seychelles | 3.00% | 11.8% |
| 31st | Bhutan | 3.03% | 44.1% |
| 32nd | Liberia | 3.07% | -0.5% |
| 33rd | Guinea-Bissau | 3.09% | -1.6% |
| 34th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.12% | -7.7% |
| 35th | Pakistan | 3.20% | -45.5% |
| 36th | Lao PDR | 3.27% | 24.1% |
| 37th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.27% | 72.6% |
| 38th | Nicaragua | 3.30% | -14.2% |
| 39th | Ghana | 3.37% | -35.9% |
| 40th | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.39% | -14.3% |
| 41st | Malaysia | 3.41% | -1.2% |
| 42nd | Mexico | 3.42% | -11.7% |
| 43rd | Uganda | 3.43% | 14.2% |
| 44th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.50% | -2.1% |
| 45th | Kenya | 3.54% | 28.5% |
| 46th | Cameroon | 3.57% | 1.2% |
| 47th | Korea | 3.65% | -0.6% |
| 48th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.66% | -22.0% |
| 49th | Sierra Leone | 3.66% | -12.6% |
| 50th | Peru | 3.69% | -45.3% |
| 51st | Togo | 3.74% | 26.1% |
| 52nd | Germany | 3.78% | -3.1% |
| 53rd | Indonesia | 3.78% | -32.6% |
| 54th | Ecuador | 3.84% | -26.4% |
| 55th | Mozambique | 3.94% | 7.8% |
| 56th | Malta | 4.01% | -14.7% |
| 57th | Turkmenistan | 4.04% | 0.2% |
| 58th | Sri Lanka | 4.05% | -8.0% |
| 59th | Comoros | 4.05% | -1.7% |
| 60th | Senegal | 4.08% | -8.5% |
| 61st | Israel | 4.14% | -14.2% |
| 62nd | Hungary | 4.16% | -16.5% |
| 63rd | Norway | 4.16% | -12.2% |
| 64th | Singapore | 4.20% | 102.4% |
| 65th | Timor-Leste | 4.25% | -8.7% |
| 66th | United States | 4.36% | -10.7% |
| 67th | Bangladesh | 4.37% | 0.5% |
| 68th | El Salvador | 4.39% | -38.6% |
| 69th | Fiji | 4.42% | -19.7% |
| 70th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.43% | -38.6% |
| 71st | China | 4.47% | -2.0% |
| 72nd | United Kingdom | 4.50% | -7.7% |
| 73rd | Zambia | 4.53% | -13.6% |
| 74th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 4.61% | 1.9% |
| 75th | Burkina Faso | 4.66% | 1.4% |
| 76th | New Zealand | 4.74% | -8.5% |
| 77th | Switzerland | 4.80% | 44.4% |
| 78th | Nigeria | 4.83% | -63.9% |
| 79th | Netherlands | 4.84% | -30.9% |
| 80th | Guinea | 4.86% | -2.7% |
| 81st | Poland | 4.87% | -21.0% |
| 82nd | Kazakhstan | 4.90% | -1.5% |
| 83rd | Romania | 4.93% | -31.6% |
| 84th | Azerbaijan | 5.00% | -0.9% |
| 85th | Malawi | 5.05% | 0.7% |
| 86th | Gambia, The | 5.10% | -18.4% |
| 87th | Russian Federation | 5.24% | -5.2% |
| 88th | Vanuatu | 5.25% | 1.0% |
| 89th | Panama | 5.34% | -2.8% |
| 90th | Maldives | 5.38% | -6.8% |
| 91st | Guam | 5.42% | 0.3% |
| 92nd | Luxembourg | 5.52% | -11.8% |
| 93rd | Honduras | 5.53% | -17.8% |
| 94th | Austria | 5.56% | -14.0% |
| 95th | Australia | 5.59% | -2.2% |
| 96th | Belarus | 5.65% | -4.6% |
| 97th | Eritrea | 5.80% | 0.6% |
| 98th | Estonia | 5.81% | -14.1% |
| 99th | Uzbekistan | 5.83% | 12.9% |
| 100th | Dominican Republic | 5.83% | -17.6% |
| 101st | Denmark | 5.83% | 41.4% |
| 102nd | Central African Republic | 5.84% | 0.7% |
| 103rd | Saudi Arabia | 5.89% | 5.2% |
| 104th | Paraguay | 6.14% | 16.8% |
| 105th | Bulgaria | 6.16% | -19.6% |
| 106th | Zimbabwe | 6.35% | 7.7% |
| 107th | Mongolia | 6.36% | -36.4% |
| 108th | Canada | 6.43% | -8.9% |
| 109th | Slovenia | 6.56% | -18.2% |
| 110th | Belize | 6.60% | -30.9% |
| 111th | Ireland | 6.71% | -20.0% |
| 112th | Sweden | 6.72% | -4.8% |
| 113th | Mauritius | 6.75% | -7.5% |
| 114th | Channel Islands | 6.88% | -7.9% |
| 115th | Tajikistan | 7.04% | 0.0% |
| 116th | Lithuania | 7.07% | -10.0% |
| 117th | Belgium | 7.09% | -9.6% |
| 118th | Chile | 7.26% | 8.6% |
| 119th | Jamaica | 7.40% | -43.9% |
| 120th | India | 7.63% | 0.2% |
| 121st | Costa Rica | 7.73% | -19.0% |
| 122nd | Equatorial Guinea | 7.84% | 0.6% |
| 123rd | Uruguay | 7.89% | 0.3% |
| 124th | Suriname | 7.91% | -21.0% |
| 125th | San Marino | 8.10% | -5.8% |
| 126th | European Union | 8.13% | -10.7% |
| 127th | Slovak Republic | 8.14% | -15.7% |
| 128th | Argentina | 8.35% | -1.4% |
| 129th | Barbados | 8.62% | -10.7% |
| 130th | Finland | 8.64% | -3.7% |
| 131st | Latvia | 8.72% | -9.6% |
| 132nd | São Tomé and Principe | 8.81% | -34.3% |
| 133rd | Portugal | 8.88% | -21.2% |
| 134th | Aruba | 8.90% | 15.6% |
| 135th | Colombia | 9.09% | -4.9% |
| 136th | Morocco | 9.22% | -1.9% |
| 137th | Brunei Darussalam | 9.32% | 19.7% |
| 138th | Samoa | 9.40% | 3.7% |
| 139th | France | 9.41% | -6.5% |
| 140th | Ukraine | 9.50% | 0.5% |
| 141st | Bahamas, The | 9.80% | -19.3% |
| 142nd | Lebanon | 10.26% | 4.8% |
| 143rd | Mauritania | 10.34% | 0.5% |
| 144th | Nepal | 10.66% | -0.5% |
| 145th | Puerto Rico (US) | 10.80% | -8.5% |
| 146th | Türkiye | 10.92% | 0.2% |
| 147th | Croatia | 11.08% | -25.9% |
| 148th | Cyprus | 11.16% | -13.9% |
| 149th | Afghanistan | 11.18% | 10.6% |
| 150th | Italy | 11.21% | -4.3% |
| 151st | Virgin Islands (US) | 11.45% | -2.5% |
| 152nd | French Polynesia | 11.60% | -1.1% |
| 153rd | New Caledonia | 11.68% | -7.9% |
| 154th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 11.77% | -7.4% |
| 155th | Rwanda | 11.88% | 0.7% |
| 156th | Algeria | 12.00% | 14.3% |
| 157th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12.23% | -1.6% |
| 158th | Cabo Verde | 12.24% | -18.4% |
| 159th | Brazil | 12.79% | 10.3% |
| 160th | South Sudan | 12.98% | 1.0% |
| 161st | Sudan | 13.00% | -36.9% |
| 162nd | Iraq | 13.02% | 20.3% |
| 163rd | Guyana | 13.47% | 1.5% |
| 164th | Serbia | 13.48% | -17.8% |
| 165th | Syrian Arab Republic | 13.60% | -1.4% |
| 166th | Albania | 13.62% | -10.4% |
| 167th | Haiti | 13.93% | 0.2% |
| 168th | Georgia | 13.94% | -35.8% |
| 169th | Tunisia | 15.33% | -1.4% |
| 170th | Montenegro | 16.08% | -9.3% |
| 171st | Lesotho | 16.38% | 1.5% |
| 172nd | Angola | 16.62% | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Spain | 17.22% | -12.3% |
| 174th | Armenia | 17.70% | -1.6% |
| 175th | Jordan | 18.12% | 18.6% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.46% | -0.8% |
| 177th | Yemen, Republic of | 18.61% | 1.0% |
| 178th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.02% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Libya | 19.05% | -2.6% |
| 180th | St. Lucia | 19.14% | -4.0% |
| 181st | Botswana | 19.67% | 1.8% |
| 182nd | Gabon | 20.31% | 0.9% |
| 183rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.53% | -19.2% |
| 184th | Congo, Republic of | 20.74% | 2.2% |
| 185th | Greece | 21.41% | -9.1% |
| 186th | Namibia | 21.75% | -6.9% |
| 187th | North Macedonia | 22.86% | -3.8% |
| 188th | Eswatini | 24.54% | 8.0% |
| 189th | West Bank and Gaza | 25.68% | -4.5% |
| 190th | Djibouti | 26.06% | 0.3% |
| 191st | South Africa | 27.04% | 1.2% |
FAQ
What was Cameroon's unemployment rate in 2017?▾
Cameroon's unemployment rate in 2017 was 3.57%. This ranked 46th globally.
How did Cameroon's unemployment rate change in 2017?▾
Cameroon's unemployment rate increased by 1.2% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2017?▾
South Africa had the highest unemployment rate in 2017 at 27.04%.
What is the unemployment rate of Cameroon in 2017?▾
The unemployment rate of Cameroon in 2017 was 3.57%. This ranked 46th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Cameroon's unemployment rate?▾
Cameroon's unemployment rate went from 3.53% in 2016 to 3.57% in 2017, a 1.2% increase.
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