Unemployment, total
Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country. Reported as: national estimate.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 208
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
International Labour Organization
Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: June 22, 2026
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World Bank
World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2025 | 10.39 | percent |
| Argentina | 2025 | 7.38 | percent |
| Australia | 2025 | 4.20 | percent |
| Austria | 2025 | 5.78 | percent |
| Belgium | 2025 | 6.20 | percent |
| Bhutan | 2025 | 3.36 | percent |
| Brazil | 2025 | 5.83 | percent |
| Bulgaria | 2025 | 3.50 | percent |
| Burkina Faso | 2025 | 7.08 | percent |
| Canada | 2025 | 6.82 | percent |
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