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Bolivia — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Bolivia, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.97%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +1.1% since 1991
Unemployment for Bolivia was 2.97% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 7.90% in 2020. The lowest was 2.02% in 2014 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.03% per year.
Bolivia ranks 150 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 80%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so Bolivia sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 62% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.97%
First (1991)
2.94%
Change
+1.1%
Highest
7.90%
in 2020
Lowest
2.02%
in 2014
Average
2.99%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.03%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.97% |
| 2024 | 3.27% |
| 2023 | 3.02% |
| 2022 | 3.55% |
| 2021 | 5.09% |
| 2020 | 7.9% |
| 2019 | 3.68% |
| 2018 | 3.52% |
| 2017 | 3.66% |
| 2016 | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 3.11% |
| 2014 | 2.02% |
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.