Unemployment rate: Bangladesh
3.778% 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 | 3.778 |
| 2024 | 3.635 |
| 2023 | 3.352 |
| 2022 | 4.593 |
| 2021 | 5.457 |
| 2020 | 5.539 |
| 2019 | 4.504 |
| 2018 | 4.439 |
| 2017 | 4.372 |
| 2016 | 4.35 |
| 2015 | 4.397 |
| 2014 | 4.417 |
| 2013 | 4.426 |
| 2012 | 4.07 |
| 2011 | 3.737 |
| 2010 | 3.379 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4.49 |
| 2007 | 4.015 |
| 2006 | 3.591 |
| 2005 | 4.25 |
| 2004 | 4.316 |
| 2003 | 4.32 |
| 2002 | 3.966 |
| 2001 | 3.609 |
| 2000 | 3.27 |
| 1999 | 3.088 |
| 1998 | 2.893 |
| 1997 | 2.698 |
| 1996 | 2.51 |
| 1995 | 2.441 |
| 1994 | 2.37 |
| 1993 | 2.31 |
| 1992 | 2.233 |
| 1991 | 2.2 |