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Myanmar — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Myanmar, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.05%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +268.0% since 1991
Unemployment for Myanmar was 3.05% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.34% in 2021. The lowest was 0.41% in 2019 (about 7.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.91% per year.
Myanmar ranks 145 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 78%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.05%, so Myanmar sits level with it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 30% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 298%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.05%
First (1991)
0.83%
Change
+268.0%
Highest
4.34%
in 2021
Lowest
0.41%
in 2019
Average
1.14%
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.91%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.05% |
| 2024 | 2.89% |
| 2023 | 2.98% |
| 2022 | 3.06% |
| 2021 | 4.34% |
| 2020 | 1.48% |
| 2019 | 0.41% |
| 2018 | 0.77% |
| 2017 | 1.36% |
| 2016 | 1.06% |
| 2015 | 0.77% |
| 2014 | 0.76% |
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.