Unemployment rate: source and method

Citation

ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. “Unemployment rate – ILO” [dataset]. ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank, “World Development Indicators 129” [original data].

What it measures

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Unit: %.

Where it was taken from

• Chart: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/unemployment-rate
• Full metadata: https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/1294827.metadata.json
• Last updated by Our World in Data: 2026-07-27. Taken for this site on 22 October 2026.

Our World in Data publishes its data under the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence; data produced by third parties keep their own licence, given in the full metadata. How this site takes its figures · All unemployment rate figures.