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Chile — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Chile, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
8.97%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +71.6% since 1991
Unemployment for Chile was 8.97% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 11.31% in 2009. The lowest was 4.35% in 1992 (about 2.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.60% per year.
Chile ranks 46 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 25%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so Chile sits above it. It peaked in 2009 and has fallen 21% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 36%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
8.97%
First (1991)
5.23%
Change
+71.6%
Highest
11.31%
in 2009
Lowest
4.35%
in 1992
Average
8.09%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.60%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.97% |
| 2024 | 8.72% |
| 2023 | 9.01% |
| 2022 | 8.25% |
| 2021 | 9.28% |
| 2020 | 10.93% |
| 2019 | 7.49% |
| 2018 | 7.62% |
| 2017 | 7.26% |
| 2016 | 6.93% |
| 2015 | 6.61% |
| 2014 | 6.76% |
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.