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Azerbaijan — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Azerbaijan, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.46%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +506.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Azerbaijan was 5.46% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 11.78% in 2000. The lowest was 0.90% in 1991 (about 6.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.44% per year.
Azerbaijan ranks 86 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 46%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Azerbaijan sits below it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 54% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.46%
First (1991)
0.90%
Change
+506.3%
Highest
11.78%
in 2000
Lowest
0.90%
in 1991
Average
6.49%
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.44%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.46% |
| 2024 | 5.65% |
| 2023 | 5.64% |
| 2022 | 5.65% |
| 2021 | 6.04% |
| 2020 | 7.24% |
| 2019 | 5% |
| 2018 | 4.9% |
| 2017 | 5% |
| 2016 | 5% |
| 2015 | 4.96% |
| 2014 | 4.91% |
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.