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Georgia — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Georgia, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
12.10%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +348.0% since 1991
Unemployment for Georgia was 12.10% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 20.71% in 2009. The lowest was 2.70% in 1991 (about 4.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.51% per year.
Georgia ranks 25 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 13%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Georgia sits above it. It peaked in 2009 and has fallen 42% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 27%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
12.10%
First (1991)
2.70%
Change
+348.0%
Highest
20.71%
in 2009
Lowest
2.70%
in 1991
Average
13.05%
Annual growth (CAGR)
4.51%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.1% |
| 2024 | 11.56% |
| 2023 | 11.55% |
| 2022 | 11.62% |
| 2021 | 11.79% |
| 2020 | 11.73% |
| 2019 | 11.57% |
| 2018 | 12.67% |
| 2017 | 13.94% |
| 2016 | 16.6% |
| 2015 | 16.51% |
| 2014 | 17.44% |
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.