Unemployment rate: New Zealand
5.076% 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 | 5.076 |
| 2024 | 4.724 |
| 2023 | 3.734 |
| 2022 | 3.299 |
| 2021 | 3.776 |
| 2020 | 4.595 |
| 2019 | 4.109 |
| 2018 | 4.335 |
| 2017 | 4.736 |
| 2016 | 5.147 |
| 2015 | 5.415 |
| 2014 | 5.428 |
| 2013 | 5.839 |
| 2012 | 6.931 |
| 2011 | 6.491 |
| 2010 | 6.557 |
| 2009 | 6.121 |
| 2008 | 4.167 |
| 2007 | 3.661 |
| 2006 | 3.857 |
| 2005 | 3.807 |
| 2004 | 4.005 |
| 2003 | 4.745 |
| 2002 | 5.282 |
| 2001 | 5.433 |
| 2000 | 6.13 |
| 1999 | 7.023 |
| 1998 | 7.718 |
| 1997 | 6.857 |
| 1996 | 6.29 |
| 1995 | 6.461 |
| 1994 | 8.354 |
| 1993 | 9.804 |
| 1992 | 10.667 |
| 1991 | 10.614 |