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Indonesia — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Indonesia, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.24%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +23.7% since 1991
Unemployment for Indonesia was 3.24% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 8.06% in 2007. The lowest was 2.62% in 1991 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.63% per year.
Indonesia ranks 140 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 75%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.05%, so Indonesia sits above it. It peaked in 2007 and has fallen 60% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 28%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.24%
First (1991)
2.62%
Change
+23.7%
Highest
8.06%
in 2007
Lowest
2.62%
in 1991
Average
4.96%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.63%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.24% |
| 2024 | 3.3% |
| 2023 | 3.31% |
| 2022 | 3.46% |
| 2021 | 3.83% |
| 2020 | 4.26% |
| 2019 | 3.59% |
| 2018 | 4.39% |
| 2017 | 3.78% |
| 2016 | 4.3% |
| 2015 | 4.51% |
| 2014 | 4.05% |
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.