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Unemployment rate in Indonesia

How hard is it to have a job there?

Indonesia's unemployment rate is 3.24 % — #30 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

3.24%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Indonesia over time

8.06 %5.65 %3.24 %8.06 % · 20072000: 6.08 %2001: 6.08 %2002: 6.60 %2003: 6.66 %2004: 7.30 %2005: 7.95 %2006: 7.55 %2007: 8.06 %2008: 7.21 %2009: 6.11 %2010: 5.61 %2011: 5.15 %2012: 4.47 %2013: 4.34 %2014: 4.05 %2015: 4.51 %2016: 4.30 %2017: 3.78 %2018: 4.39 %2019: 3.59 %2020: 4.25 %2021: 3.83 %2022: 3.46 %2023: 3.31 %2024: 3.30 %2025: 3.24 %2000201220253.24 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#30 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
76 %
94 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.06 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
4.82 pp
peak 8.06 % in 2007
Full series
▼ 2.84 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #15 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −2.02 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 %Indonesia: ahead of 76 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentIndonesia 3.24 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Indonesia is ahead of 76 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Indonesia
28 Nigeria3.06 %−0.17 pp
29 Slovenia3.17 %−0.06 pp
30 Indonesia3.24 %—
31 El Salvador3.30 %+0.07 pp
32 Ecuador3.31 %+0.07 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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