Unemployment rate: Upper-middle-income countries
5.183914% 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 | 5.183914 |
| 2024 | 5.2614317 |
| 2023 | 5.3629756 |
| 2022 | 5.750415 |
| 2021 | 6.1537294 |
| 2020 | 6.4763737 |
| 2019 | 5.8058567 |
| 2018 | 5.6712155 |
| 2017 | 5.773372 |
| 2016 | 5.7624083 |
| 2015 | 5.557817 |
| 2014 | 5.347078 |
| 2013 | 5.3349056 |
| 2012 | 5.370332 |
| 2011 | 5.46549 |
| 2010 | 5.6564813 |
| 2009 | 5.9749374 |
| 2008 | 5.6768374 |
| 2007 | 5.7085896 |
| 2006 | 5.81136 |
| 2005 | 6.0462875 |
| 2004 | 6.054553 |
| 2003 | 6.2026353 |
| 2002 | 6.0977173 |
| 2001 | 5.80136 |
| 2000 | 5.5440283 |
| 1999 | 5.598987 |
| 1998 | 5.346439 |
| 1997 | 5.08286 |
| 1996 | 5.0205445 |
| 1995 | 4.859486 |
| 1994 | 4.473594 |
| 1993 | 4.076054 |
| 1992 | 3.8548791 |
| 1991 | 3.776494 |