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Samoa: Unemployment rate

Percent · 2001–2022 · 9 observations · unemp

2022
5.00%percent
Change on 2021
−6.9 pointsfrom 11.9%
Average, 2014–2022
8.76%5 years
Record high and low
14.5% (2017)low 1.29% (2006)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20225.00
202111.9
201714.5
20163.70
20148.72
20128.70
20115.74
20061.29
20014.95

Sources

  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2001–2022
  • Asian Development Bank2001–2022
  • International Labour Organization2001–2022

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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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