Unemployment rate: Estonia
8.313% 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 | 8.313 |
| 2024 | 7.6 |
| 2023 | 6.378 |
| 2022 | 5.571 |
| 2021 | 6.178 |
| 2020 | 6.956 |
| 2019 | 4.514 |
| 2018 | 5.412 |
| 2017 | 5.807 |
| 2016 | 6.882 |
| 2015 | 6.412 |
| 2014 | 7.352 |
| 2013 | 8.631 |
| 2012 | 10.021 |
| 2011 | 12.328 |
| 2010 | 16.707 |
| 2009 | 13.548 |
| 2008 | 5.455 |
| 2007 | 4.592 |
| 2006 | 5.915 |
| 2005 | 8.033 |
| 2004 | 10.248 |
| 2003 | 11.288 |
| 2002 | 10.026 |
| 2001 | 13.134 |
| 2000 | 13.36 |
| 1999 | 11.573 |
| 1998 | 9.51 |
| 1997 | 10.369 |
| 1996 | 9.915 |
| 1995 | 9.659 |
| 1994 | 7.561 |
| 1993 | 6.544 |
| 1992 | 3.681 |
| 1991 | 1.468 |