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New Zealand: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1956–2025 · 70 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
5.25%percent
Change on 2024
+0.5 pointsfrom 4.78%
Average, 2016–2025
4.39%10 years
Record high and low
10.7% (1992)low 0% (1956)

Unemployment rate

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0%2%4%6%8%10%12%19601970198019902000201020202030New ZealandNew Zealand
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20314.41Forecast
20304.42Forecast
20294.43Forecast
20284.60Forecast
20274.99Forecast
20264.81Forecast
20255.25
20244.78
20233.80
20223.33
20213.78
20204.60
20194.13
20184.32
20174.75
20165.18

Sources

  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1956–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1986–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1990–2025
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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New Zealand documentation (PDF)

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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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