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Unemployment rate in Bangladesh

How hard is it to have a job there?

Bangladesh's unemployment rate is 3.78 % — #41 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

3.78%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Bangladesh over time

5.54 %4.40 %3.27 %5.54 % · 20203.27 % · 20002000: 3.27 %2001: 3.61 %2002: 3.97 %2003: 4.32 %2004: 4.32 %2005: 4.25 %2006: 3.59 %2007: 4.01 %2008: 4.49 %2009: 5.00 %2010: 3.38 %2011: 3.74 %2012: 4.07 %2013: 4.43 %2014: 4.42 %2015: 4.40 %2016: 4.35 %2017: 4.37 %2018: 4.44 %2019: 4.50 %2020: 5.54 %2021: 5.46 %2022: 4.59 %2023: 3.35 %2024: 3.63 %2025: 3.78 %2000201220253.78 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#41 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
67 %
83 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.14 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
1.76 pp
peak 5.54 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 0.51 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #19 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −1.48 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 %Bangladesh: ahead of 67 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentBangladesh 3.78 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Bangladesh is ahead of 67 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Bangladesh
39 Germany3.71 %−0.07 pp
40 Malaysia3.76 %−0.01 pp
41 Bangladesh3.78 %—
42 Netherlands3.87 %+0.10 pp
43 Sri Lanka4.00 %+0.23 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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