Unemployment rate: United Arab Emirates
2.174% 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 | 2.174 |
| 2024 | 2.16 |
| 2023 | 2.151 |
| 2022 | 2.872 |
| 2021 | 3.105 |
| 2020 | 4.294 |
| 2019 | 2.331 |
| 2018 | 2.236 |
| 2017 | 2.462 |
| 2016 | 1.64 |
| 2015 | 1.793 |
| 2014 | 1.999 |
| 2013 | 2.125 |
| 2012 | 2.323 |
| 2011 | 2.587 |
| 2010 | 2.798 |
| 2009 | 2.932 |
| 2008 | 2.818 |
| 2007 | 2.934 |
| 2006 | 2.964 |
| 2005 | 3.12 |
| 2004 | 2.965 |
| 2003 | 2.903 |
| 2002 | 2.659 |
| 2001 | 2.443 |
| 2000 | 2.25 |
| 1999 | 2.195 |
| 1998 | 2.068 |
| 1997 | 1.906 |
| 1996 | 1.836 |
| 1995 | 1.8 |
| 1994 | 1.834 |
| 1993 | 1.901 |
| 1992 | 1.715 |
| 1991 | 1.629 |