Unemployment rate: revisions
This site's figures come from the World Bank's World Development Indicators in Our World in Data's edition of 27 July 2026. Its catalogue keeps 8 earlier editions.
The editions
| Edition | Unit | Figures that differ from this site |
|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2026 | % | 0 |
| 27 February 2026 | % | 202 |
| 29 January 2026 | % | 189 |
| 8 September 2025 | % | 3376 |
| 24 January 2025 | modeled ILO estimate | 3597 |
| 20 May 2024 | modeled ILO estimate | 5125 |
| 29 May 2023 | modeled ILO estimate | 5080 |
| 26 May 2022 | modeled ILO estimate | 4925 |
The largest revisions to countries' figures
| Country | Year | Earlier (%) | Edition | This site (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 1997 | 37.94 | 26 May 2022 | 15.822 |
| Lesotho | 1996 | 37.594 | 26 May 2022 | 15.709 |
| Lesotho | 1995 | 37.337 | 26 May 2022 | 15.797 |
| Lesotho | 1994 | 36.982 | 26 May 2022 | 15.62 |
| Lesotho | 1998 | 37.16 | 26 May 2022 | 15.913 |
| Lesotho | 1993 | 36.744 | 26 May 2022 | 15.568 |
| Lesotho | 1992 | 36.39 | 26 May 2022 | 15.448 |
| Lesotho | 1991 | 36.117 | 26 May 2022 | 15.495 |
| Lesotho | 1999 | 36.355 | 26 May 2022 | 16.167 |
| Lesotho | 2000 | 35.457 | 26 May 2022 | 16.169 |
For each figure, the earlier edition in the same unit that differs from this site's figure the most.
Every country and region
| Country or region | Years that differ | Largest change |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 32 | 2010: 11.352 to 7.809 |
| Albania | 33 | 2020: 13.329 to 11.639 |
| Algeria | 14 | 2019: 10.513 to 12.302 |
| Angola | 34 | 1994: 4.162 to 17.444 |
| Argentina | 17 | 2021: 10.902 to 8.736 |
| Armenia | 26 | 2009: 10.512 to 19.295 |
| Australia | 34 | 2024: 4.072 to 3.942 |
| Austria | 31 | 2024: 5.439 to 5.2 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 2020: 6.463 to 7.24 |
| Bahamas | 8 | 2021: 13.239 to 11.078 |
| Bahrain | 32 | 2021: 1.874 to 1.548 |
| Bangladesh | 27 | 2023: 5.06 to 3.352 |
| Barbados | 11 | 2021: 9.417 to 11.015 |
| Belarus | 24 | 2021: 4.736 to 3.9 |
| Belgium | 29 | 2024: 5.488 to 5.7 |
| Belize | 20 | 2018: 6.644 to 9.346 |
| Benin | 31 | 2021: 1.574 to 1.833 |
| Bhutan | 19 | 2023: 5.653 to 3.126 |
| Bolivia | 31 | 2021: 8.509 to 5.089 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29 | 1996: 22.767 to 21.682 |
| Botswana | 26 | 2020: 24.93 to 21.017 |
| Brazil | 33 | 2000: 9.561 to 10.889 |
| Brunei | 32 | 2021: 7.649 to 4.905 |
| Bulgaria | 22 | 2021: 5.424 to 5.166 |
| Burkina Faso | 29 | 2023: 5.348 to 3.601 |
| Burundi | 34 | 1991: 1.512 to 3.147 |
| Cambodia | 34 | 1994: 1.333 to 0.996 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1991: 7.497 to 8.986 |
| Canada | 33 | 2020: 9.46 to 9.657 |
| Cape Verde | 31 | 2009: 10.725 to 13.517 |
| Central African Republic | 34 | 2004: 5.352 to 5.729 |
| Chad | 33 | 2021: 1.882 to 1.53 |
| Channel Islands | 34 | 2020: 7.686 to 6.633 |
| Chile | 27 | 2018: 7.21 to 7.623 |
| China | 10 | 2021: 4.817 to 4.55 |
| Colombia | 23 | 2004: 12.74 to 13.717 |
| Comoros | 34 | 2021: 9.447 to 4.394 |
| Congo | 34 | 2021: 23.011 to 21.998 |
| Costa Rica | 24 | 2021: 17.954 to 15.139 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 31 | 2019: 3.318 to 2.401 |
| Croatia | 28 | 2021: 8.683 to 7.483 |
| Cuba | 14 | 1993: 8.28 to 9.27 |
| Cyprus | 26 | 2021: 6.13 to 7.513 |
| Czechia | 32 | 1998: 5.9 to 6.455 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 34 | 1993: 2.943 to 3.45 |
| Denmark | 32 | 2021: 4.798 to 5.065 |
| Djibouti | 34 | 1991: 29.357 to 26.118 |
| Dominican Republic | 33 | 2021: 8.496 to 7.702 |
| East Asia and Pacific (WB) | 35 | 2021: 4.20206 to 4.062191 |
| East Timor | 34 | 2021: 5.074 to 2.344 |
| Ecuador | 30 | 2021: 6.427 to 4.504 |
| Egypt | 19 | 2021: 9.329 to 7.441 |
| El Salvador | 18 | 2021: 5.94 to 4.327 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 34 | 1991: 8.132 to 6.677 |
| Eritrea | 34 | 2021: 8.047 to 6.489 |
| Estonia | 33 | 2024: 7.828 to 7.6 |
| Eswatini | 31 | 2022: 22.643 to 36.472 |
| Ethiopia | 33 | 2020: 3.237 to 3.998 |
| Europe and Central Asia (WB) | 35 | 2021: 7.11494 to 6.900111 |
| European Union (27) | 35 | 2000: 9.83136 to 9.699206 |
| Fiji | 34 | 2024: 4.307 to 5.361 |
| Finland | 33 | 2005: 8.38 to 9.602 |
| France | 33 | 2012: 9.4 to 9.841 |
| French Polynesia | 32 | 2021: 14.391 to 12.558 |
| Gabon | 31 | 2021: 22.265 to 21.223 |
| Gambia | 33 | 2018: 9.476 to 4.055 |
| Georgia | 15 | 2020: 18.5 to 11.734 |
| Germany | 34 | 2011: 5.82 to 5.967 |
| Ghana | 31 | 2013: 6.203 to 2.173 |
| Greece | 34 | 1993: 8.61 to 10.177 |
| Guam | 15 | 2021: 6.983 to 6 |
| Guatemala | 34 | 2021: 3.572 to 2.174 |
| Guinea | 34 | 2021: 6.342 to 5.815 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 34 | 2020: 6.737 to 2.887 |
| Guyana | 31 | 2021: 16.425 to 14.576 |
| Haiti | 31 | 2024: 15.058 to 14.609 |
| High-income countries | 35 | 1999: 6.91333 to 7.699939 |
| Honduras | 23 | 2020: 8.373 to 10.982 |
| Hong Kong | 14 | 2023: 3.931 to 2.949 |
| Hungary | 31 | 2021: 4.116 to 4.021 |
| Iceland | 29 | 2021: 5.401 to 6.029 |
| India | 32 | 2018: 5.33 to 7.652 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 2021: 4.413 to 3.827 |
| Iran | 27 | 2020: 12.169 to 9.687 |
| Iraq | 31 | 2021: 14.192 to 16.173 |
| Ireland | 32 | 2021: 6.633 to 6.357 |
| Israel | 31 | 2024: 3.15 to 3.595 |
| Italy | 34 | 2021: 9.834 to 9.497 |
| Jamaica | 34 | 1993: 16.32 to 6.235 |
| Japan | 32 | 2018: 2.4 to 2.467 |
| Jordan | 17 | 1991: 19.513 to 21.439 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 2021: 4.9 to 5.568 |
| Kenya | 34 | 1991: 3.118 to 2.78 |
| Kuwait | 15 | 2021: 3.714 to 2.97 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 32 | 2002: 12.55 to 2.416 |
| Laos | 32 | 2022: 3.819 to 1.209 |
| Latin America and Caribbean (WB) | 35 | 2021: 9.99683 to 9.144684 |
| Latvia | 26 | 1997: 17.569 to 14.9 |
| Lebanon | 30 | 2021: 14.488 to 12.715 |
| Lesotho | 34 | 1997: 37.94 to 15.822 |
| Liberia | 34 | 1993: 2.166 to 2.706 |
| Libya | 33 | 1991: 19.849 to 18.601 |
| Lithuania | 21 | 2021: 7.903 to 7.112 |
| Low-income countries | 35 | 2012: 5.71454 to 5.024647 |
| Lower-middle-income countries | 35 | 1991: 4.74039 to 6.277638 |
| Luxembourg | 31 | 2024: 5.935 to 6.4 |
| Macao | 26 | 2021: 3.014 to 2.221 |
| Madagascar | 29 | 2022: 1.899 to 3.186 |
| Malawi | 34 | 2021: 7.021 to 5.652 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 2021: 4.083 to 4.64 |
| Maldives | 32 | 2021: 6.078 to 5.016 |
| Mali | 34 | 2007: 11.71 to 1.372 |
| Malta | 34 | 2020: 4.26 to 4.856 |
| Mauritania | 34 | 2006: 9.732 to 9.313 |
| Mauritius | 28 | 2020: 7.407 to 8.626 |
| Mexico | 34 | 2021: 4.379 to 4.019 |
| Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (WB) | 35 | 2023: 8.07886 to 7.7927217 |
| Moldova | 25 | 2010: 7.45 to 2.972 |
| Mongolia | 31 | 2019: 5.439 to 9.024 |
| Montenegro | 30 | 1991: 25.415 to 30.118 |
| Morocco | 16 | 1993: 13.102 to 14.026 |
| Mozambique | 33 | 2022: 3.596 to 6.789 |
| Myanmar | 34 | 2021: 2.173 to 4.34 |
| Namibia | 28 | 2021: 21.678 to 20.931 |
| Nepal | 34 | 2007: 1.331 to 10.642 |
| Netherlands | 34 | 2021: 4.01 to 4.209 |
| New Caledonia | 30 | 2021: 16.572 to 11.574 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 2021: 4.124 to 3.776 |
| Nicaragua | 20 | 1991: 6.927 to 7.909 |
| Niger | 32 | 1991: 1.351 to 1.588 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 2021: 9.788 to 5.404 |
| North America (WB) | 35 | 2021: 5.69542 to 5.5921097 |
| North Korea | 34 | 2021: 2.592 to 3.692 |
| North Macedonia | 21 | 2024: 13.417 to 12.265 |
| Norway | 34 | 2021: 4.985 to 4.359 |
| Oman | 32 | 2022: 1.514 to 3.3 |
| Pakistan | 34 | 2021: 4.352 to 6.338 |
| Palestine | 30 | 2021: 24.903 to 26.39 |
| Panama | 34 | 1996: 3.78 to 6.728 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 2020: 2.595 to 2.903 |
| Paraguay | 24 | 2017: 4.61 to 6.138 |
| Peru | 32 | 2022: 3.85 to 4.291 |
| Philippines | 32 | 2021: 2.406 to 3.398 |
| Poland | 33 | 2000: 16.314 to 14.928 |
| Portugal | 34 | 2021: 6.577 to 6.712 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 2021: 8.271 to 7.9 |
| Qatar | 18 | 2021: 0.258 to 0.14 |
| Romania | 27 | 2021: 5.169 to 5.59 |
| Russia | 32 | 1991: 5.405 to 5.11 |
| Rwanda | 34 | 2021: 1.607 to 15.775 |
| Saint Lucia | 15 | 2020: 16.892 to 25.224 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31 | 2021: 21.618 to 20.356 |
| Samoa | 30 | 2022: 10.036 to 5.048 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 26 | 2021: 15.909 to 9.563 |
| Saudi Arabia | 29 | 2023: 4.88 to 4.008 |
| Senegal | 34 | 2011: 10.36 to 2.853 |
| Serbia | 19 | 2021: 11.807 to 9.843 |
| Sierra Leone | 33 | 2021: 5.333 to 3.551 |
| Singapore | 5 | 2021: 3.624 to 4.64 |
| Slovakia | 33 | 2014: 13.18 to 11.536 |
| Slovenia | 30 | 2001: 6.39 to 5.682 |
| Solomon Islands | 33 | 2002: 1.825 to 2.698 |
| Somalia | 34 | 1994: 19.326 to 19.971 |
| South Africa | 34 | 2002: 33.29 to 22.579 |
| South Asia (WB) | 35 | 2008: 4.82583 to 7.2950406 |
| South Korea | 32 | 2013: 2.747 to 3.067 |
| South Sudan | 33 | 2017: 12.254 to 12.983 |
| Spain | 32 | 2021: 14.733 to 14.914 |
| Sri Lanka | 15 | 2023: 6.36 to 4.528 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa (WB) | 35 | 2021: 7.65716 to 6.8475094 |
| Sudan | 30 | 2022: 17.585 to 7.53 |
| Suriname | 18 | 2021: 10.065 to 8.706 |
| Sweden | 31 | 2005: 7.486 to 7.81 |
| Switzerland | 32 | 1992: 2.81 to 2.344 |
| Syria | 22 | 2014: 8.721 to 14.782 |
| Tajikistan | 34 | 1998: 16.5 to 4.65 |
| Tanzania | 30 | 2023: 2.607 to 1.565 |
| Thailand | 18 | 2009: 0.949 to 1.49 |
| Togo | 34 | 2021: 4.398 to 2.344 |
| Tonga | 31 | 2021: 3.968 to 2.111 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 15 | 2024: 4.546 to 3.318 |
| Tunisia | 23 | 2022: 17.759 to 15.3 |
| Turkey | 34 | 2006: 8.72 to 10.227 |
| Turkmenistan | 23 | 2021: 5.081 to 4.458 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1992: 0.92 to 3.553 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 2021: 8.879 to 9.834 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 2020: 3.188 to 4.294 |
| United Kingdom | 32 | 2012: 7.88 to 8.279 |
| United States | 27 | 2021: 5.464 to 5.349 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 34 | 1997: 12.121 to 10.547 |
| Upper-middle-income countries | 35 | 2021: 6.76194 to 6.1537294 |
| Uruguay | 24 | 2021: 10.447 to 9.328 |
| Uzbekistan | 23 | 2021: 7.161 to 5.364 |
| Vanuatu | 34 | 2003: 1.738 to 8.659 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 2020: 6.627 to 7.53 |
| Vietnam | 25 | 2019: 2.04 to 1.681 |
| World | 35 | 2012: 5.73771 to 6.1520987 |
| Yemen | 32 | 2017: 13.297 to 18.611 |
| Zambia | 25 | 2021: 13.026 to 5.197 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 2021: 5.174 to 9.54 |
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