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Unemployment rate in Georgia

How hard is it to have a job there?

Georgia's unemployment rate is 12.10 % — #113 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

12.10%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Georgia over time

20.71 %15.77 %10.82 %20.71 % · 200910.82 % · 20002000: 10.82 %2001: 11.16 %2002: 12.59 %2003: 11.51 %2004: 12.62 %2005: 13.81 %2006: 13.57 %2007: 13.28 %2008: 17.87 %2009: 20.71 %2010: 20.20 %2011: 19.63 %2012: 19.65 %2013: 19.42 %2014: 17.44 %2015: 16.51 %2016: 16.60 %2017: 13.94 %2018: 12.67 %2019: 11.56 %2020: 11.73 %2021: 11.79 %2022: 11.62 %2023: 11.55 %2024: 11.56 %2025: 12.10 %20002012202512.10 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#113 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
9 %
11 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.54 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
8.61 pp
peak 20.71 % in 2009
Full series
▲ 1.28 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #33 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +6.84 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 %Georgia: ahead of 9 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentGeorgia 12.10 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Georgia is ahead of 9 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Georgia
111 Algeria11.63 %−0.46 pp
112 Guyana11.96 %−0.13 pp
113 Georgia12.10 %—
114 Armenia12.87 %+0.77 pp
115 Montenegro13.57 %+1.47 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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