Sao Tome and Principe: Unemployment rate forecast

The latest value from 2017 is 13.47 percent, an increase from 13.42 percent in 2016. In comparison, the world average is 8.20 percent, based on data from 110 countries. Historically, the average for Sao Tome and Principe from 1980 to 2017 is 14.65 percent. The minimum value, 13.42 percent, was reached in 2016 while the maximum of 17.63 percent was recorded in 2002. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed persons as a percentage of the labor force (the total number of people employed plus unemployed). The series includes actual historical values for past years and forecast values for the current and the next few years.