Unemployment rate: East Asia and Pacific (WB)
3.8060296% 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 | 3.8060296 |
| 2024 | 3.805941 |
| 2023 | 3.86187 |
| 2022 | 4.1003227 |
| 2021 | 4.062191 |
| 2020 | 4.296583 |
| 2019 | 3.8244202 |
| 2018 | 3.7544246 |
| 2017 | 3.874565 |
| 2016 | 4.0039377 |
| 2015 | 4.089877 |
| 2014 | 4.025416 |
| 2013 | 4.0530376 |
| 2012 | 4.06053 |
| 2011 | 4.13091 |
| 2010 | 4.2245507 |
| 2009 | 4.474208 |
| 2008 | 4.3819494 |
| 2007 | 4.3042984 |
| 2006 | 4.3510127 |
| 2005 | 4.4746346 |
| 2004 | 4.429807 |
| 2003 | 4.479618 |
| 2002 | 4.2655783 |
| 2001 | 3.9660661 |
| 2000 | 3.5633304 |
| 1999 | 3.6594598 |
| 1998 | 3.5477388 |
| 1997 | 3.256326 |
| 1996 | 3.1671393 |
| 1995 | 3.0522535 |
| 1994 | 2.9768412 |
| 1993 | 2.7080164 |
| 1992 | 2.452985 |
| 1991 | 2.4596014 |