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Ethiopia vs Kenya: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Ethiopia's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 3.32, compared to Kenya's 5.45. That makes Ethiopia's value 39.0% lower than Kenya's.

Ethiopia

Rank #130 of 182 globally

Ethiopia trend
Latest (2025)
3.32
Year-over-year
-1.0%
10-year change
+36.1%
Peak
4.00 (2020)
Trough
2.25 (2013)

Kenya

Rank #82 of 182 globally

Kenya trend
Latest (2025)
5.45
Year-over-year
-0.7%
10-year change
+97.3%
Peak
5.69 (2021)
Trough
2.64 (2007)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.