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Timor-Leste: Unemployment rate

Percent · 2001–2022 · 9 observations · unemp

2022
1.54%percent
Change on 2021
−0.8 pointsfrom 2.34%
Average, 2013–2022
3.25%5 years
Record high and low
7.20% (2004)low 1.54% (2022)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20221.54
20212.34
20164.66
20153.68
20134.05
20103.30
20075.65
20047.20
20015.24

Sources

  • International Labour Organization2001–2022
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2001–2022
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2004–2021
  • Asian Development Bank2004–2021

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Timor-Leste 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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