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Unemployment rate in Belarus

How hard is it to have a job there?

Belarus's unemployment rate is 3.38 % — #35 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

3.38%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Belarus over time

12.19 %7.79 %3.38 %12.19 % · 20002000: 12.19 %2001: 11.56 %2002: 10.87 %2003: 10.19 %2004: 9.46 %2005: 8.76 %2006: 8.07 %2007: 7.41 %2008: 6.73 %2009: 6.10 %2010: 6.05 %2011: 6.02 %2012: 5.96 %2013: 5.94 %2014: 5.91 %2015: 5.88 %2016: 5.84 %2017: 5.65 %2018: 4.76 %2019: 4.17 %2020: 4.05 %2021: 3.90 %2022: 3.57 %2023: 3.46 %2024: 3.46 %2025: 3.38 %2000201220253.38 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#35 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
72 %
89 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.08 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
8.81 pp
peak 12.19 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 8.81 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #7 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −1.88 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 %Belarus: ahead of 72 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentBelarus 3.38 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Belarus is ahead of 72 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Belarus
33 Ethiopia3.32 %−0.06 pp
34 Trinidad and Tobago3.33 %−0.05 pp
35 Belarus3.38 %—
36 Israel3.49 %+0.11 pp
37 Kyrgyzstan3.53 %+0.15 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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