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Unemployment rate in Mongolia

How hard is it to have a job there?

Mongolia's unemployment rate is 5.23 % — #62 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

5.23%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Mongolia over time

9.02 %6.46 %3.90 %9.02 % · 20193.90 % · 20122000: 5.99 %2001: 6.11 %2002: 6.20 %2003: 6.77 %2004: 6.85 %2005: 7.01 %2006: 7.19 %2007: 7.20 %2008: 5.57 %2009: 5.86 %2010: 6.55 %2011: 4.77 %2012: 3.90 %2013: 4.23 %2014: 4.80 %2015: 4.86 %2016: 7.24 %2017: 6.36 %2018: 5.38 %2019: 9.02 %2020: 6.41 %2021: 7.87 %2022: 5.95 %2023: 5.18 %2024: 5.16 %2025: 5.23 %2000201220255.23 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#62 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
50 %
62 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.07 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.79 pp
peak 9.02 % in 2019
Full series
▼ 0.76 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #24 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −0.02 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 %Mongolia: ahead of 50 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentMongolia 5.23 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Mongolia is ahead of 50 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Mongolia
60 Dominican Republic5.09 %−0.14 pp
61 Peru5.12 %−0.12 pp
62 Mongolia5.23 %—
63 Brunei5.28 %+0.04 pp
64 Fiji5.35 %+0.11 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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