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Ethiopia: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1984–2021 · 6 observations · unemp

2021
3.93%percent
Record high and low
3.93% (2021)low 1.20% (1984)

Unemployment rate

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1%1.5%2%2.5%3%3.5%4%19851990199520002005201020152020EthiopiaEthiopia, 1984: 1.20%Ethiopia, 2005: 2.50%Ethiopia, 2013: 2.25%Ethiopia, 2021: 3.93%Ethiopia
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20213.93
20132.25
20052.50
19993.71
19943.10
19841.20

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1984–2021
  • African Development Bank2005–2013
  • International Labour Organization2005–2021

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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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