Unemployment rate: High-income countries
4.4067345% 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 | 4.4067345 |
| 2024 | 4.369003 |
| 2023 | 4.3365793 |
| 2022 | 4.50968 |
| 2021 | 5.5634127 |
| 2020 | 6.4603004 |
| 2019 | 4.7609596 |
| 2018 | 5.079449 |
| 2017 | 5.5780864 |
| 2016 | 6.110232 |
| 2015 | 6.5511417 |
| 2014 | 7.0390353 |
| 2013 | 7.6356483 |
| 2012 | 7.7228804 |
| 2011 | 7.8113365 |
| 2010 | 8.181319 |
| 2009 | 8.040504 |
| 2008 | 5.932491 |
| 2007 | 5.6966314 |
| 2006 | 6.3039355 |
| 2005 | 6.7816725 |
| 2004 | 7.0958004 |
| 2003 | 7.3197517 |
| 2002 | 7.194001 |
| 2001 | 6.8707123 |
| 2000 | 7.023303 |
| 1999 | 7.699939 |
| 1998 | 7.813608 |
| 1997 | 7.738094 |
| 1996 | 7.735455 |
| 1995 | 7.720209 |
| 1994 | 7.9132915 |
| 1993 | 7.6500807 |
| 1992 | 7.0715513 |
| 1991 | 6.583417 |