Unemployment rate: Macao
2.347% 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 | 2.347 |
| 2024 | 2.262 |
| 2023 | 2.206 |
| 2022 | 2.446 |
| 2021 | 2.221 |
| 2020 | 2.542 |
| 2019 | 1.73 |
| 2018 | 1.803 |
| 2017 | 1.981 |
| 2016 | 1.939 |
| 2015 | 1.81 |
| 2014 | 1.67 |
| 2013 | 1.82 |
| 2012 | 1.97 |
| 2011 | 2.56 |
| 2010 | 2.84 |
| 2009 | 3.58 |
| 2008 | 2.999 |
| 2007 | 3.269 |
| 2006 | 3.822 |
| 2005 | 4.158 |
| 2004 | 4.904 |
| 2003 | 5.995 |
| 2002 | 6.278 |
| 2001 | 6.371 |
| 2000 | 6.874 |
| 1999 | 6.34 |
| 1998 | 4.607 |
| 1997 | 3.225 |
| 1996 | 4.261 |
| 1995 | 3.581 |
| 1994 | 2.48 |
| 1993 | 2.057 |
| 1992 | 2.196 |
| 1991 | 3.01 |