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Ecuador — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Ecuador, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.31%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -24.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Ecuador was 3.31% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.12% in 2020. The lowest was 3.08% in 2013 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.82% per year.
Ecuador ranks 136 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 73%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so Ecuador sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 46% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 9%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.31%
First (1991)
4.37%
Change
-24.3%
Highest
6.12%
in 2020
Lowest
3.08%
in 2013
Average
4.13%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.82%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.31% |
| 2024 | 3.45% |
| 2023 | 3.51% |
| 2022 | 3.71% |
| 2021 | 4.5% |
| 2020 | 6.12% |
| 2019 | 3.81% |
| 2018 | 3.53% |
| 2017 | 3.84% |
| 2016 | 4.6% |
| 2015 | 3.62% |
| 2014 | 3.48% |
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.