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Uruguay: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1970–2025 · 51 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
7.46%percent
Change on 2024
−0.7 pointsfrom 8.18%
Average, 2016–2025
8.46%10 years
Record high and low
17.2% (2003)low 6.32% (2012)

Unemployment rate

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6%8%10%12%14%16%18%1970198019902000201020202030UruguayUruguay
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20318.00Forecast
20308.00Forecast
20298.00Forecast
20288.00Forecast
20278.00Forecast
20268.00Forecast
20257.46
20248.18
20238.32
20227.87
20219.38
202010.4
20198.93
20188.37
20177.93
20167.87

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1983–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1997–2025
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Uruguay 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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