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Uruguay: Unemployment with basic education

9.79percent · 2024+28.4% since 2012

The percentage of the labor force with a basic level of education who are unemployed. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011). Annual figures for Uruguay from 1998 to 2024.

19982024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20249.789
20239.926
20229.672
201910.539
20189.868
20179.402
20169.303
20158.89
20147.89
20137.579
20127.622
20117.34
20108.665
20099.582
20089.291
20079.986
200612.585
200514.247
200415.537
200319.27
200219.731
200117.173
200014.083
199911.618
199810.667

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Unemployment with basic education. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-unemployment-with-basic-education (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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