Unemployment rate: Australia
4.09% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.09 |
| 2024 | 3.942 |
| 2023 | 3.668 |
| 2022 | 3.728 |
| 2021 | 5.022 |
| 2020 | 6.394 |
| 2019 | 5.143 |
| 2018 | 5.345 |
| 2017 | 5.592 |
| 2016 | 5.711 |
| 2015 | 6.055 |
| 2014 | 6.078 |
| 2013 | 5.663 |
| 2012 | 5.225 |
| 2011 | 5.083 |
| 2010 | 5.214 |
| 2009 | 5.565 |
| 2008 | 4.242 |
| 2007 | 4.381 |
| 2006 | 4.785 |
| 2005 | 5.036 |
| 2004 | 5.399 |
| 2003 | 5.933 |
| 2002 | 6.375 |
| 2001 | 6.747 |
| 2000 | 6.288 |
| 1999 | 6.876 |
| 1998 | 7.684 |
| 1997 | 8.367 |
| 1996 | 8.509 |
| 1995 | 8.473 |
| 1994 | 9.724 |
| 1993 | 10.879 |
| 1992 | 10.733 |
| 1991 | 9.586 |