Unemployment rate during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the unemployment rate changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	Prime minister	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Ulisses Correia e Silva	22 Apr 2016 – 19 Jun 2026	−6.2 pp 2015 → 2025	−0.6 pp/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of labour force, 15 and over · INE Cabo Verde, Inquérito Multi-Objetivo Contínuo (continuous multi-purpose survey), persons aged 15 and over, yearly from 2011 (fieldwork late in the year), from INE's own indicator list; 2021, the census year, left out (INE's list gives the census's figure) · Cape Verde data · as of Aug 2026.