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Unemployment rate in Ukraine

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Ukraine's unemployment rate is 9.83 % — #105 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2021.

9.83%

Checked 7 Sept 2026Period 2021

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

Unemployment rate in Ukraine over time

11.71 %9.03 %6.35 %11.71 % · 20006.35 % · 20072000: 11.71 %2001: 11.06 %2002: 10.14 %2003: 9.06 %2004: 8.59 %2005: 7.18 %2006: 6.81 %2007: 6.35 %2008: 6.36 %2009: 8.84 %2010: 8.10 %2011: 7.85 %2012: 7.53 %2013: 7.17 %2014: 9.27 %2015: 9.14 %2016: 9.35 %2017: 9.50 %2018: 8.80 %2019: 8.19 %2020: 9.47 %2021: 9.83 %2000201020219.83 %
22 official observations, 2000 → 2021. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#105 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
15 %
19 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.36 pp
since 2020
Below its peak
1.87 pp
peak 11.71 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 1.87 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #33 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +4.58 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 %Ukraine: ahead of 15 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentUkraine 9.83 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Ukraine is ahead of 15 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Ukraine
103 Zimbabwe9.29 %−0.54 pp
104 Finland9.46 %−0.37 pp
105 Ukraine9.83 %—
106 Spain10.38 %+0.54 pp
107 Nepal10.46 %+0.63 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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