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United Arab Emirates: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1975–2024 · 16 observations · unemp

2024
1.88%percent
Change on 2023
−0.3 pointsfrom 2.15%
Average, 2016–2024
2.55%9 years
Record high and low
4.29% (2020)low 1.15% (1985)

Unemployment rate

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1%1.5%2%2.5%3%3.5%4%4.5%19801990200020102020United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates
Percent

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20241.88
20232.15
20222.87
20213.11
20204.29
20192.33
20182.24
20172.46
20161.64
20084.01

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1975–2024
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023

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United Arab Emirates 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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