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Unemployment rate in Kazakhstan

How hard is it to have a job there?

Kazakhstan's unemployment rate is 4.77 % — #52 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

4.77%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Kazakhstan over time

12.75 %8.76 %4.77 %12.75 % · 20002000: 12.75 %2001: 10.43 %2002: 9.33 %2003: 8.78 %2004: 8.40 %2005: 8.13 %2006: 7.79 %2007: 7.26 %2008: 6.63 %2009: 6.55 %2010: 5.77 %2011: 5.39 %2012: 5.29 %2013: 5.20 %2014: 5.06 %2015: 4.93 %2016: 4.96 %2017: 4.90 %2018: 4.85 %2019: 4.80 %2020: 4.89 %2021: 5.57 %2022: 4.86 %2023: 4.83 %2024: 4.83 %2025: 4.77 %2000201220254.77 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#52 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
58 %
72 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.06 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
7.98 pp
peak 12.75 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 7.98 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #23 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −0.48 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 %Kazakhstan: ahead of 58 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentKazakhstan 4.77 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Kazakhstan is ahead of 58 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Kazakhstan
50 Norway4.64 %−0.13 pp
51 United Kingdom4.75 %−0.02 pp
52 Kazakhstan4.77 %—
53 Switzerland4.87 %+0.10 pp
54 Honduras4.92 %+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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