Unemployment rate: World
4.791333% 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 | 4.791333 |
| 2024 | 4.8062797 |
| 2023 | 4.849917 |
| 2022 | 5.234628 |
| 2021 | 6.045561 |
| 2020 | 6.5876894 |
| 2019 | 5.5884795 |
| 2018 | 5.7595415 |
| 2017 | 5.898024 |
| 2016 | 5.9708834 |
| 2015 | 5.9985085 |
| 2014 | 5.957471 |
| 2013 | 6.0993447 |
| 2012 | 6.1520987 |
| 2011 | 6.149065 |
| 2010 | 6.281188 |
| 2009 | 6.4095645 |
| 2008 | 5.82419 |
| 2007 | 5.774912 |
| 2006 | 5.9738235 |
| 2005 | 6.223992 |
| 2004 | 6.3297973 |
| 2003 | 6.484027 |
| 2002 | 6.411923 |
| 2001 | 6.1899157 |
| 2000 | 6.11137 |
| 1999 | 6.278476 |
| 1998 | 6.159184 |
| 1997 | 6.010235 |
| 1996 | 5.983796 |
| 1995 | 5.919523 |
| 1994 | 5.789283 |
| 1993 | 5.54366 |
| 1992 | 5.275535 |
| 1991 | 5.119441 |