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Belarus — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Belarus, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.38%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +463.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Belarus was 3.38% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 24.40% in 1996. The lowest was 0.60% in 1991 (about 5.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.22% per year.
Belarus ranks 133 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Belarus sits below it. It peaked in 1996 and has fallen 86% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 43%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.38%
First (1991)
0.60%
Change
+463.3%
Highest
24.40%
in 1996
Lowest
0.60%
in 1991
Average
8.01%
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.22%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.38% |
| 2024 | 3.46% |
| 2023 | 3.46% |
| 2022 | 3.57% |
| 2021 | 3.9% |
| 2020 | 4.05% |
| 2019 | 4.17% |
| 2018 | 4.76% |
| 2017 | 5.65% |
| 2016 | 5.84% |
| 2015 | 5.88% |
| 2014 | 5.91% |
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.