Unemployment rate: Bhutan
3.227% 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 | 3.227 |
| 2024 | 3.282 |
| 2023 | 3.126 |
| 2022 | 5.947 |
| 2021 | 4.803 |
| 2020 | 5.03 |
| 2019 | 2.72 |
| 2018 | 3.35 |
| 2017 | 3.027 |
| 2016 | 2.707 |
| 2015 | 2.45 |
| 2014 | 2.63 |
| 2013 | 2.87 |
| 2012 | 2.05 |
| 2011 | 3.23 |
| 2010 | 3.32 |
| 2009 | 3.96 |
| 2008 | 3.848 |
| 2007 | 3.7 |
| 2006 | 3.13 |
| 2005 | 3.1 |
| 2004 | 2.49 |
| 2003 | 1.8 |
| 2002 | 1.854 |
| 2001 | 1.9 |
| 2000 | 1.655 |
| 1999 | 1.4 |
| 1998 | 1.4 |
| 1997 | 1.393 |
| 1996 | 1.392 |
| 1995 | 1.4 |
| 1994 | 1.405 |
| 1993 | 1.418 |
| 1992 | 1.391 |
| 1991 | 1.381 |