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São Tomé and Principe - Unemployment Rate 2014

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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

11.43% −2.10pp from 2013 Global rank: 145th

São Tomé and Principe's unemployment rate was 11.43% in 2014, decreased +2.10pp from 12.48% in 2013. This was the 145th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2014▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 2014
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	0.20%	-28.6%
2nd	Niger	0.52%	-62.6%
3rd	Thailand	0.58%	-17.7%
4th	Cambodia	0.69%	58.0%
5th	Solomon Islands	0.73%	5.2%
6th	Myanmar	0.76%	-1.5%
7th	Chad	0.98%	3.0%
8th	Bahrain	1.14%	-73.4%
9th	Viet Nam	1.26%	-42.4%
10th	Madagascar	1.39%	39.2%
11th	Moldova	1.45%	-71.6%
12th	Mali	1.48%	-2.7%
13th	Burundi	1.57%	-0.8%
14th	Macao SAR, China	1.67%	-9.7%
15th	Lao PDR	1.73%	18.0%
16th	Pakistan	1.83%	-69.4%
17th	Tonga	1.91%	9.4%
18th	Benin	1.95%	-11.2%
19th	United Arab Emirates	2.00%	-5.9%
20th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.02%	-49.5%
21st	Liberia	2.08%	0.0%
22nd	Tanzania	2.13%	-27.5%
23rd	Togo	2.14%	2.7%
24th	Uganda	2.36%	23.4%
25th	Trinidad and Tobago	2.48%	-34.5%
26th	Papua New Guinea	2.54%	-5.9%
27th	Bhutan	2.63%	-9.3%
28th	Cuba	2.70%	-17.9%
29th	Guatemala	2.72%	-9.9%
30th	Kenya	2.77%	0.2%
31st	Malaysia	2.88%	-7.1%
32nd	Kuwait	2.90%	17.6%
33rd	Seychelles	2.98%	-10.3%
34th	Korea	3.08%	-0.6%
35th	Peru	3.21%	-46.1%
36th	Côte d'Ivoire	3.27%	-23.1%
37th	Guinea-Bissau	3.29%	3.5%
38th	Hong Kong SAR, China	3.30%	-3.1%
39th	Mozambique	3.38%	1.0%
40th	Oman	3.45%	-2.8%
41st	Ecuador	3.48%	-16.1%
42nd	Norway	3.49%	-7.6%
43rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.51%	-1.6%
44th	Cameroon	3.53%	-4.1%
45th	Japan	3.59%	-10.5%
46th	Philippines	3.60%	-49.1%
47th	Timor-Leste	3.62%	1.3%
48th	Singapore	3.74%	96.8%
49th	Nigeria	3.90%	-60.8%
50th	Liechtenstein	3.96%	10.6%
51st	Comoros	3.98%	0.1%
52nd	Turkmenistan	4.01%	0.3%
53rd	Kyrgyz Republic	4.02%	-51.8%
54th	Indonesia	4.05%	-35.2%
55th	El Salvador	4.15%	-31.3%
56th	Sri Lanka	4.16%	-5.5%
57th	Burkina Faso	4.26%	5.0%
58th	Fiji	4.32%	-32.1%
59th	Panama	4.39%	7.1%
60th	Ghana	4.40%	102.6%
61st	Bangladesh	4.42%	-0.2%
62nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	4.44%	-0.7%
63rd	Nicaragua	4.52%	-21.3%
64th	China	4.63%	0.7%
65th	Sierra Leone	4.68%	6.9%
66th	Zimbabwe	4.77%	-3.5%
67th	Mongolia	4.80%	-39.3%
68th	Mexico	4.82%	-2.5%
69th	Switzerland	4.83%	52.8%
70th	Iceland	4.90%	-19.6%
71st	Azerbaijan	4.91%	-1.3%
72nd	Malawi	4.97%	-0.2%
73rd	Germany	4.98%	0.7%
74th	Paraguay	5.03%	14.8%
75th	Guinea	5.04%	2.0%
76th	Kazakhstan	5.06%	-3.6%
77th	Uzbekistan	5.09%	4.7%
78th	Vanuatu	5.14%	2.0%
79th	Russian Federation	5.21%	-5.2%
80th	Andorra	5.30%	-14.9%
81st	New Zealand	5.43%	-6.8%
82nd	Central African Republic	5.63%	1.2%
83rd	Eritrea	5.64%	0.2%
84th	Austria	5.67%	6.1%
85th	Malta	5.74%	-6.1%
86th	Israel	5.79%	-6.7%
87th	Senegal	5.85%	16.7%
88th	Saudi Arabia	5.88%	5.5%
89th	Belarus	5.91%	8.7%
90th	Luxembourg	6.04%	-11.5%
91st	Australia	6.08%	7.4%
92nd	Czechia	6.11%	-12.1%
93rd	United States	6.17%	-16.2%
94th	United Kingdom	6.40%	-15.5%
95th	Uruguay	6.55%	0.6%
96th	Zambia	6.58%	-9.6%
97th	Dominican Republic	6.72%	-26.9%
98th	Brazil	6.76%	-5.9%
99th	Chile	6.76%	11.2%
100th	Romania	6.80%	-24.4%
101st	Brunei Darussalam	6.86%	-0.8%
102nd	Denmark	6.93%	20.3%
103rd	Suriname	6.94%	5.2%
104th	Canada	7.02%	-2.6%
105th	Tajikistan	7.02%	0.1%
106th	Honduras	7.08%	72.8%
107th	Argentina	7.27%	2.7%
108th	Estonia	7.35%	-14.8%
109th	Netherlands	7.42%	-9.6%
110th	Maldives	7.46%	-10.1%
111th	Mauritius	7.47%	-6.7%
112th	Aruba	7.50%	-1.3%
113th	Guam	7.60%	-33.9%
114th	India	7.66%	-0.3%
115th	Equatorial Guinea	7.67%	-0.1%
116th	Hungary	7.73%	-21.4%
117th	Afghanistan	7.92%	-0.1%
118th	Sweden	7.95%	-1.9%
119th	Gambia, The	8.19%	-13.4%
120th	Belize	8.24%	-36.2%
121st	Channel Islands	8.32%	-3.0%
122nd	Costa Rica	8.50%	2.3%
123rd	Belgium	8.52%	-0.5%
124th	Finland	8.66%	4.1%
125th	Samoa	8.72%	-0.6%
126th	San Marino	8.74%	8.2%
127th	Colombia	8.80%	-11.0%
128th	Lebanon	8.84%	4.5%
129th	Poland	8.97%	-13.1%
130th	Jamaica	9.05%	-40.8%
131st	Ukraine	9.27%	29.3%
132nd	Slovenia	9.67%	-4.3%
133rd	Morocco	9.70%	5.4%
134th	Türkiye	9.90%	11.2%
135th	Mauritania	10.03%	1.0%
136th	Algeria	10.21%	3.8%
137th	France	10.27%	-0.3%
138th	Iraq	10.59%	14.8%
139th	Nepal	10.62%	-0.4%
140th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.68%	2.7%
141st	Lithuania	10.70%	-9.1%
142nd	European Union	10.83%	-4.6%
143rd	Latvia	10.85%	-8.6%
144th	Bulgaria	11.42%	-12.4%
145th	São Tomé and Principe	11.43%	-15.5%
146th	Slovak Republic	11.54%	-18.4%
147th	Cabo Verde	11.69%	-28.7%
148th	Rwanda	11.84%	0.6%
149th	Ireland	11.86%	-13.9%
150th	Virgin Islands (US)	11.87%	0.6%
151st	French Polynesia	11.89%	-1.1%
152nd	Jordan	11.90%	-5.6%
153rd	Barbados	12.17%	4.7%
154th	South Sudan	12.56%	-0.8%
155th	Guyana	12.64%	2.8%
156th	Italy	12.68%	2.6%
157th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	13.11%	0.9%
158th	Yemen, Republic of	13.47%	-1.5%
159th	Bahamas, The	13.80%	-12.6%
160th	Haiti	13.81%	0.8%
161st	Portugal	13.88%	-19.4%
162nd	Puerto Rico (US)	13.90%	-2.1%
163rd	Tunisia	14.26%	-7.0%
164th	New Caledonia	14.59%	1.4%
165th	Syrian Arab Republic	14.78%	1.9%
166th	Sudan	15.41%	1.4%
167th	Lesotho	16.07%	0.9%
168th	Cyprus	16.28%	2.7%
169th	Angola	16.37%	-0.6%
170th	Croatia	17.21%	-13.1%
171st	Georgia	17.44%	-33.9%
172nd	Armenia	17.50%	8.0%
173rd	Montenegro	18.05%	-7.8%
174th	Albania	18.06%	13.6%
175th	Botswana	18.48%	1.7%
176th	Namibia	18.52%	-2.7%
177th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.60%	-0.3%
178th	Serbia	19.22%	-16.4%
179th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.24%	-0.6%
180th	Libya	19.30%	-0.1%
181st	Congo, Republic of	19.70%	-0.8%
182nd	Gabon	19.87%	0.7%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	20.53%	-12.3%
184th	St. Lucia	21.58%	-2.8%
185th	Eswatini	23.93%	-2.5%
186th	Spain	24.44%	-6.3%
187th	South Africa	24.89%	0.7%
188th	Djibouti	26.16%	0.0%
189th	Greece	26.71%	-2.8%
190th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27.52%	0.1%
191st	North Macedonia	28.22%	-2.7%

FAQ

What was São Tomé and Principe's unemployment rate in 2014?▾

São Tomé and Principe's unemployment rate in 2014 was 11.43%. This ranked 145th globally.

How did São Tomé and Principe's unemployment rate change in 2014?▾

São Tomé and Principe's unemployment rate decreased by 15.5% in 2014 compared to 2013.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2014?▾

North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2014 at 28.22%.

What is the unemployment rate of São Tomé and Principe in 2014?▾

The unemployment rate of São Tomé and Principe in 2014 was 11.43%. This ranked 145th globally.

How does 2014 compare to 2013 for São Tomé and Principe's unemployment rate?▾

São Tomé and Principe's unemployment rate went from 12.48% in 2013 to 11.43% in 2014, a 15.5% decrease.

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