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Austria — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Austria, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.58%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +63.2% since 1991
Unemployment for Austria was 5.58% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.46% in 2021. The lowest was 3.42% in 1991 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.45% per year.
Austria ranks 83 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 44%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Austria sits level with it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 14% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.58%
First (1991)
3.42%
Change
+63.2%
Highest
6.46%
in 2021
Lowest
3.42%
in 1991
Average
4.99%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.45%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.58% |
| 2024 | 5.2% |
| 2023 | 5.26% |
| 2022 | 4.99% |
| 2021 | 6.46% |
| 2020 | 5.2% |
| 2019 | 4.56% |
| 2018 | 4.93% |
| 2017 | 5.56% |
| 2016 | 6.06% |
| 2015 | 5.8% |
| 2014 | 5.67% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.