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Kazakhstan — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Kazakhstan, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.77%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +430.1% since 1991
Unemployment for Kazakhstan was 4.77% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 13.46% in 1999. The lowest was 0.90% in 1991 (about 5.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.03% per year.
Kazakhstan ranks 107 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 57%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Kazakhstan sits below it. It peaked in 1999 and has fallen 65% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.77%
First (1991)
0.90%
Change
+430.1%
Highest
13.46%
in 1999
Lowest
0.90%
in 1991
Average
6.89%
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.03%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.77% |
| 2024 | 4.83% |
| 2023 | 4.84% |
| 2022 | 4.86% |
| 2021 | 5.57% |
| 2020 | 4.89% |
| 2019 | 4.8% |
| 2018 | 4.85% |
| 2017 | 4.9% |
| 2016 | 4.96% |
| 2015 | 4.93% |
| 2014 | 5.06% |
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.