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Netherlands: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1870–2025 · 156 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
3.88%percent
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 3.66%
Average, 2016–2025
4.59%10 years
Record high and low
19.3% (1935)low 0.705% (1964)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20314.54Forecast
20304.52Forecast
20294.42Forecast
20284.33Forecast
20274.40Forecast
20263.93Forecast
20253.88
20243.66
20233.55
20223.54
20214.23
20204.85
20194.44
20184.88
20175.87
20167.01

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1925–1936
  • AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1975–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1983–2025
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor2003–2025
  • Eurostat2009–2025
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • 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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