Unemployment rate: Low-income countries
4.8902125% 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 | 4.8902125 |
| 2024 | 4.8902287 |
| 2023 | 5.074748 |
| 2022 | 5.260195 |
| 2021 | 5.8329887 |
| 2020 | 5.8041205 |
| 2019 | 5.122972 |
| 2018 | 5.0876603 |
| 2017 | 5.1435905 |
| 2016 | 5.049611 |
| 2015 | 4.94521 |
| 2014 | 4.8257403 |
| 2013 | 4.837434 |
| 2012 | 5.024647 |
| 2011 | 4.930094 |
| 2010 | 4.886809 |
| 2009 | 4.7332726 |
| 2008 | 4.84536 |
| 2007 | 4.7184653 |
| 2006 | 4.6786838 |
| 2005 | 4.6851544 |
| 2004 | 4.848311 |
| 2003 | 5.0040956 |
| 2002 | 5.0638766 |
| 2001 | 5.104254 |
| 2000 | 5.1144314 |
| 1999 | 5.051567 |
| 1998 | 4.9332304 |
| 1997 | 4.817396 |
| 1996 | 4.788736 |
| 1995 | 4.7496347 |
| 1994 | 4.854116 |
| 1993 | 4.8761477 |
| 1992 | 4.885465 |
| 1991 | 4.813572 |