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Unemployment rate in Australia

How hard is it to have a job there?

Australia's unemployment rate is 4.09 % — #44 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

4.09%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Australia over time

6.75 %5.21 %3.67 %6.75 % · 20013.67 % · 20232000: 6.29 %2001: 6.75 %2002: 6.38 %2003: 5.93 %2004: 5.40 %2005: 5.04 %2006: 4.79 %2007: 4.38 %2008: 4.24 %2009: 5.57 %2010: 5.21 %2011: 5.08 %2012: 5.22 %2013: 5.66 %2014: 6.08 %2015: 6.05 %2016: 5.71 %2017: 5.59 %2018: 5.34 %2019: 5.14 %2020: 6.39 %2021: 5.02 %2022: 3.73 %2023: 3.67 %2024: 3.94 %2025: 4.09 %2000201220254.09 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#44 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
65 %
80 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.15 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
2.66 pp
peak 6.75 % in 2001
Full series
▼ 2.20 pp
since 2000

vs median 5.25 %: −1.17 pp (better)

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 %Australia: ahead of 65 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentAustralia 4.09 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Australia is ahead of 65 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Australia
42 Netherlands3.87 %−0.22 pp
43 Sri Lanka4.00 %−0.08 pp
44 Australia4.09 %—
45 United States4.20 %+0.11 pp
46 India4.22 %+0.13 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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