Unemployment - Malawi
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Malawi is 7.60 (%) with a global rank of 106.
Malawi compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Malawi is similar to that of The Gambia, Nicaragua, Burundi, Togo, Somalia, Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde, Nigeria, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau with a respective Unemployment of 7.70, 7.70, 7.70, 7.60, 7.60, 7.60, 7.60, 7.50, 7.50, 7.50 (%) and a global rank of 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.Last 10 years averageMalawi had an average Unemployment of 7.66 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Malawi during the Great RecessionMalawi's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 3.85% during the Great RecessionMalawi since the end of the Great RecessionMalawi's Unemployment had a positive growth of 1.33% since the end of the Great Recession
Malawi compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Malawi is similar to that of The Gambia, Nicaragua, Burundi, Togo, Somalia, Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde, Nigeria, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau with a respective Unemployment of 7.70, 7.70, 7.70, 7.60, 7.60, 7.60, 7.60, 7.50, 7.50, 7.50 (%) and a global rank of 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.Last 10 years averageMalawi had an average Unemployment of 7.66 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Malawi during the Great RecessionMalawi's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 3.85% during the Great RecessionMalawi since the end of the Great RecessionMalawi's Unemployment had a positive growth of 1.33% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 7.20 |
1992 | 7.60 |
1993 | 7.20 |
1994 | 7.70 |
1995 | 7.20 |
1996 | 7.20 |
1997 | 7.30 |
1998 | 7.50 |
1999 | 7.50 |
2000 | 7.60 |
2001 | 7.80 |
2002 | 7.70 |
2003 | 7.70 |
2004 | 7.80 |
2005 | 7.90 |
2006 | 7.80 |
2007 | 7.60 |
2008 | 7.50 |
2009 | 7.50 |
2010 | 7.60 |
2011 | 7.60 |
2012 | 7.60 |
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The Gambia | 101 | 7.70 |
Nicaragua | 102 | 7.70 |
Burundi | 103 | 7.70 |
Togo | 104 | 7.60 |
Somalia | 105 | 7.60 |
Malawi | 106 | 7.60 |
Equatorial Guinea | 107 | 7.60 |
Cape Verde | 108 | 7.60 |
Nigeria | 109 | 7.50 |
Mozambique | 110 | 7.50 |
Guinea-Bissau | 111 | 7.50 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators