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Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) - Australia
SL.UEM.TOTL.NE.ZS_AU
Metadata
| Source | World Bank |
| Unit of measure | % |
| Coverage | 2012 - 2024 |
| Last update | 2026 |
| Data license | CC BY 4.0 |
Data table
| Year | Value | YoY |
| 2012 | 5.2 | - |
| 2013 | 5.7 | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 6.1 | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 6.1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5.7 | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 5.6 | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 5.3 | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 5.1 | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 6.4 | +25.5% |
| 2021 | 5.0 | -21.9% |
| 2022 | 3.7 | -26.0% |
| 2023 | 3.7 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3.9 | +5.4% |
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