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Estonia — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Estonia, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
8.31%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +466.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Estonia was 8.31% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 16.71% in 2010. The lowest was 1.47% in 1991 (about 5.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.23% per year.
Estonia ranks 53 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 28%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Estonia sits above it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 50% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 30%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
8.31%
First (1991)
1.47%
Change
+466.3%
Highest
16.71%
in 2010
Lowest
1.47%
in 1991
Average
8.31%
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.23%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.31% |
| 2024 | 7.6% |
| 2023 | 6.38% |
| 2022 | 5.57% |
| 2021 | 6.18% |
| 2020 | 6.96% |
| 2019 | 4.51% |
| 2018 | 5.41% |
| 2017 | 5.81% |
| 2016 | 6.88% |
| 2015 | 6.41% |
| 2014 | 7.35% |
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.