51 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: % of labour force. World ranking →
Across 51 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Eswatini (34.2 %) and the lowest in Niger (0.4 %).
The median country is at 5.9 %: half are above, half below.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 0.4 | |
| 2 | Burundi | 0.9 | |
| 3 | Chad | 1.1 | |
| 4 | Tanzania | 1.6 | |
| 5 | Benin | 1.6 | |
| 6 | Togo | 2.0 | |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.3 | |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.7 | |
| 9 | Senegal | 2.7 | |
| 10 | Uganda | 2.7 | |
| 11 | Mali | 2.8 | |
| 12 | Liberia | 2.9 | |
| 13 | Ghana | 3.0 | |
| 14 | Madagascar | 3.0 | |
| 15 | Nigeria | 3.1 | |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 3.2 | |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 3.3 | |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 3.5 | |
| 19 | Cameroon | 3.6 | |
| 20 | Comoros | 3.8 | |
| 21 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.4 | |
| 22 | Malawi | 5.1 | |
| 23 | Guinea | 5.2 | |
| 24 | Kenya | 5.4 | |
| 25 | Mauritius | 5.6 | |
| 26 | Zambia | 5.9 | |
| 27 | Eritrea | 6.0 | |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 6.3 | |
| 29 | The Gambia | 6.5 | |
| 30 | Mozambique | 6.6 | |
| 31 | Egypt | 6.8 | |
| 32 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.3 | |
| 33 | Morocco | 9.0 | |
| 34 | São Tomé and Principe | 9.1 | |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 9.3 | |
| 36 | Mauritania | 10.3 | |
| 37 | Rwanda | 11.4 | |
| 38 | Algeria | 11.6 | |
| 39 | Cabo Verde | 11.9 | |
| 40 | Angola | 14.1 | |
| 41 | Tunisia | 15.1 | |
| 42 | Lesotho | 16.3 | |
| 43 | Libya | 18.8 | |
| 44 | Somalia | 18.9 | |
| 45 | Namibia | 19.3 | |
| 46 | Republic of the Congo | 19.9 | |
| 47 | Gabon | 20.2 | |
| 48 | Botswana | 24.5 | |
| 49 | Djibouti | 26.0 | |
| 50 | South Africa | 32.4 | |
| 51 | Eswatini | 34.2 |
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