Unemployment rate: Uruguay
7.516% 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 | 7.516 |
| 2024 | 8.209 |
| 2023 | 8.355 |
| 2022 | 7.877 |
| 2021 | 9.328 |
| 2020 | 10.413 |
| 2019 | 8.836 |
| 2018 | 8.336 |
| 2017 | 7.89 |
| 2016 | 7.841 |
| 2015 | 7.488 |
| 2014 | 6.547 |
| 2013 | 6.444 |
| 2012 | 6.451 |
| 2011 | 6.307 |
| 2010 | 7.158 |
| 2009 | 7.74 |
| 2008 | 8.025 |
| 2007 | 9.403 |
| 2006 | 10.844 |
| 2005 | 12.009 |
| 2004 | 12.98 |
| 2003 | 16.661 |
| 2002 | 16.648 |
| 2001 | 15.052 |
| 2000 | 12.627 |
| 1999 | 10.466 |
| 1998 | 9.362 |
| 1997 | 11.44 |
| 1996 | 11.93 |
| 1995 | 10.02 |
| 1994 | 9.04 |
| 1993 | 8.35 |
| 1992 | 8.96 |
| 1991 | 8.95 |