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Unemployment rate in Uruguay

How hard is it to have a job there?

Uruguay's unemployment rate is 7.52 % — #89 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

7.52%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Uruguay over time

16.66 %11.48 %6.31 %16.66 % · 20036.31 % · 20112000: 12.63 %2001: 15.05 %2002: 16.65 %2003: 16.66 %2004: 12.98 %2005: 12.01 %2006: 10.84 %2007: 9.40 %2008: 8.03 %2009: 7.74 %2010: 7.16 %2011: 6.31 %2012: 6.45 %2013: 6.44 %2014: 6.55 %2015: 7.49 %2016: 7.84 %2017: 7.89 %2018: 8.34 %2019: 8.84 %2020: 10.41 %2021: 9.33 %2022: 7.88 %2023: 8.36 %2024: 8.21 %2025: 7.52 %2000201220257.52 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#89 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
28 %
35 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.69 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
9.15 pp
peak 16.66 % in 2003
Full series
▼ 5.11 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #19 of 27vs median 5.25 %: +2.26 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 %Uruguay: ahead of 28 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentUruguay 7.52 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Uruguay is ahead of 28 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Uruguay
87 Tajikistan6.93 %−0.58 pp
88 Argentina7.14 %−0.37 pp
89 Uruguay7.52 %—
90 France7.54 %+0.03 pp
91 Suriname7.83 %+0.32 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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