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Unemployment rate in Myanmar

How hard is it to have a job there?

Myanmar's unemployment rate is 3.05 % — #27 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

3.05%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Myanmar over time

4.34 %2.37 %0.41 %4.34 % · 20210.41 % · 20192000: 0.71 %2001: 0.69 %2002: 0.69 %2003: 0.69 %2004: 0.68 %2005: 0.67 %2006: 0.68 %2007: 0.68 %2008: 0.70 %2009: 0.71 %2010: 0.72 %2011: 0.75 %2012: 0.77 %2013: 0.78 %2014: 0.76 %2015: 0.77 %2016: 1.06 %2017: 1.36 %2018: 0.77 %2019: 0.41 %2020: 1.48 %2021: 4.34 %2022: 3.06 %2023: 2.98 %2024: 2.89 %2025: 3.05 %2000201220253.05 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#27 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
78 %
97 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.16 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
1.29 pp
peak 4.34 % in 2021
Full series
▲ 2.33 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #14 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −2.21 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 %Myanmar: ahead of 78 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentMyanmar 3.05 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Myanmar is ahead of 78 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Myanmar
25 Saudi Arabia3.04 %−0.01 pp
26 Madagascar3.04 %−0.01 pp
27 Myanmar3.05 %—
28 Nigeria3.06 %+0.02 pp
29 Slovenia3.17 %+0.13 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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