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Benin: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1986–2022 · 10 observations · unemp

2022
1.68%percent
Record high and low
3.63% (2003)low 0.177% (1986)

Unemployment rate

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0%0.5%1%1.5%2%2.5%3%3.5%4%1990199520002005201020152020BeninBenin, 1986: 0.177%Benin, 1992: 1.51%Benin
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20221.68
20191.21
20181.47
20132.20
20112.65
20101.04
20033.63
20020.685
19921.51
19860.177

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1986–2022
  • International Labour Organization2002–2022
  • African Development Bank2010

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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