In 2023, the unemployment rate in the World decreased by 0.3 percentage points (-5.7 percent) since 2022. As a result, the unemployment rate in the World saw its lowest number in 2023 with 4.96 percent. The unemployment rate of a country or region refers to the share of the total workforce that is currently without work, but actively searching for employment. It does not include economically inactive persons, such as children, retirees, or the long-term unemployed.
Global unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023
(as a share of the total labor force)
Characteristic
Unemployment rate
2023
4.96%
2022
5.26%
2021
6.03%
2020
6.59%
2019
5.58%
2018
5.76%
2017
5.92%
2016
6.01%
2015
6.05%
2014
6.02%
2013
6.17%
2012
6.23%
2011
6.24%
2010
6.39%
2009
6.51%
2008
5.94%
2007
5.9%
2006
6.11%
2005
6.37%
2004
6.45%
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World Bank. (June 28, 2024). Global unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 (as a share of the total labor force) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/279777/global-unemployment-rate/
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World Bank. (2024). Global unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 (as a share of the total labor force). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/279777/global-unemployment-rate/
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Global unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 (as a share of the total labor force) [Graph], World Bank, June 28, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/279777/global-unemployment-rate/