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Unemployment rate in Estonia

How hard is it to have a job there?

Estonia's unemployment rate is 8.31 % — #94 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

8.31%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Estonia over time

16.71 %10.61 %4.51 %16.71 % · 20104.51 % · 20192000: 13.36 %2001: 13.13 %2002: 10.03 %2003: 11.29 %2004: 10.25 %2005: 8.03 %2006: 5.92 %2007: 4.59 %2008: 5.46 %2009: 13.55 %2010: 16.71 %2011: 12.33 %2012: 10.02 %2013: 8.63 %2014: 7.35 %2015: 6.41 %2016: 6.88 %2017: 5.81 %2018: 5.41 %2019: 4.51 %2020: 6.96 %2021: 6.18 %2022: 5.57 %2023: 6.38 %2024: 7.60 %2025: 8.31 %2000201220258.31 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#94 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
24 %
30 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.71 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
8.39 pp
peak 16.71 % in 2010
Full series
▼ 5.05 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #29 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +3.06 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 %Estonia: ahead of 24 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentEstonia 8.31 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Estonia is ahead of 24 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Estonia
92 Colombia8.29 %−0.02 pp
93 Iran8.30 %−0.01 pp
94 Estonia8.31 %—
95 Panama8.36 %+0.05 pp
96 Turkey8.52 %+0.21 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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