Sao Tome and Principe Unemployment rate

Variable: Unemployment rate

Note: Unemployment rate can be defined by either the national definition, the ILO harmonized definition, or the OECD harmonized definition. The OECD harmonized unemployment rate gives the number of unemployed persons as a percentage of the labor force (the total number of people employed plus unemployed). [OECD Main Economic Indicators, OECD, monthly] As defined by the International Labour Organization, unemployed workers are those who are currently not working but are willing and able to work for pay, currently available to work, and have actively searched for work. [ILO, http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/res/index.htm]

Units: Percent of total labor force

Country-specific Note: Source: National Statistics Office Latest actual data: 2017. The authorities? latest unemployment data are from 2012; the unemployment data submitted for this round of WEO are from International Labor Organization (available up to 2017). Employment type: National definition Primary domestic currency: São Tomé and Príncipe dobra Data last updated: 03/2019

Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2019