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Macao SAR, China — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Macao SAR, China, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.35%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -22.0% since 1991
Unemployment for Macao SAR, China was 2.35% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.87% in 2000. The lowest was 1.67% in 2014 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.73% per year.
Macao SAR, China ranks 165 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 88%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.05%, so Macao SAR, China sits below it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 66% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 30%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.35%
First (1991)
3.01%
Change
-22.0%
Highest
6.87%
in 2000
Lowest
1.67%
in 2014
Average
3.26%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.73%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.35% |
| 2024 | 2.26% |
| 2023 | 2.21% |
| 2022 | 2.45% |
| 2021 | 2.22% |
| 2020 | 2.54% |
| 2019 | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.98% |
| 2016 | 1.94% |
| 2015 | 1.81% |
| 2014 | 1.67% |
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.