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Malawi: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1983–2024 · 10 observations · unemp

2024
15.4%percent
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15.4% (2024)low 0% (1998)

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
202415.4
20200.907
20173.77
20134.98
20111.74
20050.942
20044.46
19980
19871.31
19835.40

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1983–2024
  • African Development Bank2005–2013
  • International Labour Organization2005–2020

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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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