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Unemployment rate in Argentina

How hard is it to have a job there?

Argentina's unemployment rate is 7.14 % — #88 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

7.14%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Argentina over time

19.59 %12.86 %6.14 %19.59 % · 20026.14 % · 20232000: 15.00 %2001: 17.32 %2002: 19.59 %2003: 15.36 %2004: 13.52 %2005: 11.51 %2006: 10.08 %2007: 8.47 %2008: 7.84 %2009: 8.64 %2010: 7.71 %2011: 7.18 %2012: 7.22 %2013: 7.10 %2014: 7.27 %2015: 7.58 %2016: 8.09 %2017: 8.35 %2018: 9.22 %2019: 9.84 %2020: 11.46 %2021: 8.74 %2022: 6.80 %2023: 6.14 %2024: 7.15 %2025: 7.14 %2000201220257.14 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#88 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
29 %
36 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.01 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
12.45 pp
peak 19.59 % in 2002
Full series
▼ 7.86 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #18 of 27vs median 5.25 %: +1.89 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Argentina: ahead of 29 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentArgentina 7.14 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Argentina is ahead of 29 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Argentina
86 Canada6.91 %−0.24 pp
87 Tajikistan6.93 %−0.21 pp
88 Argentina7.14 %—
89 Uruguay7.52 %+0.37 pp
90 France7.54 %+0.40 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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