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Uganda: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1991–2021 · 14 observations · unemp

2021
3.42%percent
Average, 2012–2021
2.74%6 years
Record high and low
3.60% (2003)low 0.882% (2011)

Unemployment rate

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0.5%1%1.5%2%2.5%3%3.5%4%199520002005201020152020UgandaUganda
Percent

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20213.42
20192.56
20173.43
20141.57
20131.91
20123.55
20110.882
20101.40
20093.60
20051.90

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1991–2021
  • African Development Bank2002–2009
  • International Labour Organization2002–2021

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Uganda 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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