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Taiwan: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1978–2025 · 48 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
3.35%percent
Change on 2024
−0.0 pointsfrom 3.39%
Average, 2016–2025
3.68%10 years
Record high and low
5.85% (2009)low 1.20% (1978)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20313.35Forecast
20303.35Forecast
20293.35Forecast
20283.35Forecast
20273.35Forecast
20263.35Forecast
20253.35
20243.39
20233.48
20223.67
20213.95
20203.85
20193.73
20183.71
20173.76
20163.92

Sources

  • Taiwan Statistical Office1978–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1990–2025
  • International Labour Organization2000–2020
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Taiwan 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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