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Unemployment Rate
Percentage of the total labour force that is unemployed but actively seeking work. Modelled ILO estimate.
WLDTier 1 SourceVerified Mar 2026
Unemployment Rate
Official value (2025): 4.79%
Unemployment Rate growth (2016–2025)
-19.8%·in time period
2016: 5.971 % of labour force, 2017: 5.898 % of labour force, 2018: 5.76 % of labour force, 2019: 5.588 % of labour force, 2020: 6.587 % of labour force, 2021: 6.045 % of labour force, 2022: 5.234 % of labour force, 2023: 4.85 % of labour force, 2024: 4.806 % of labour force, 2025: 4.791 % of labour force
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