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Cuba: Unemployment rate

Percent · 2000–2018 · 19 observations · unemp

2018
1.70%percent
Change on 2017
0.0 pointsfrom 1.70%
Average, 2009–2018
2.46%10 years
Record high and low
5.45% (2000)low 1.58% (2008)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20181.70
20171.70
20162.00
20152.40
20142.70
20133.29
20123.46
20113.18
20102.50
20091.67

Sources

  • International Labour Organization2000–2018

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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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