Australia: Unemployment rate
Percent · 1901–2025 · 125 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp
- 2025
- 4.20%percent
- Change on 2024
- +0.2 pointsfrom 4.01%
- Average, 2016–2025
- 4.90%10 years
- Record high and low
- 19.7% (1932)low 0.90% (1943)
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| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 4.46 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 4.46 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 4.39 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 4.41 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 4.31 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 4.39 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 4.20 | |
| 2024 | 4.01 | |
| 2023 | 3.70 | |
| 2022 | 3.72 | |
| 2021 | 5.13 | |
| 2020 | 6.46 | |
| 2019 | 5.18 | |
| 2018 | 5.28 | |
| 2017 | 5.60 | |
| 2016 | 5.72 |
Sources
- Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1901–2020
- Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1925–1934
- Foster1964–1996
- OECD Economic Outlook1964–2025
- OECD Key Economic Indicators1967–2025
- IMF International Financial Statistics1979–2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
- World Bank Global Economic Monitor1990–2025
- International Labour Organization2000–2023
- Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
- Asian Development Bank2000–2025
- OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
- IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031
Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →
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