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Unemployment rate in Azerbaijan

How hard is it to have a job there?

Azerbaijan's unemployment rate is 5.46 % — #68 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

5.46%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Azerbaijan over time

11.78 %8.34 %4.90 %11.78 % · 20004.90 % · 20182000: 11.78 %2001: 10.91 %2002: 10.04 %2003: 9.17 %2004: 7.99 %2005: 7.26 %2006: 6.62 %2007: 6.33 %2008: 5.86 %2009: 5.74 %2010: 5.63 %2011: 5.42 %2012: 5.19 %2013: 4.97 %2014: 4.91 %2015: 4.96 %2016: 5.00 %2017: 5.00 %2018: 4.90 %2019: 5.00 %2020: 7.24 %2021: 6.04 %2022: 5.65 %2023: 5.64 %2024: 5.65 %2025: 5.46 %2000201220255.46 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#68 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
45 %
56 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.19 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
6.32 pp
peak 11.78 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 6.32 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #27 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +0.20 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 %Azerbaijan: ahead of 45 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentAzerbaijan 5.46 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Azerbaijan is ahead of 45 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Azerbaijan
66 Pakistan5.42 %−0.04 pp
67 Kenya5.45 %−0.01 pp
68 Azerbaijan5.46 %—
69 Denmark5.53 %+0.07 pp
70 Austria5.58 %+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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