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Eswatini: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1995–2023 · 6 observations · unemp

2023
34.3%percent
Record high and low
34.3% (2023)low 21.7% (1995)

Unemployment rate

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20%22%24%26%28%30%32%34%36%199520002005201020152020EswatiniEswatini, 2007: 28.2%Eswatini
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
202334.3
202133.8
201622.7
200728.2
199722.5
199521.7

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1995–2023
  • African Development Bank2007
  • International Labour Organization2007–2021

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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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