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Slovenia — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Slovenia, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.17%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -55.2% since 1991
Unemployment for Slovenia was 3.17% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10.10% in 2013. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.33% per year.
Slovenia ranks 142 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 76%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Slovenia sits below it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 69% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 65%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.17%
First (1991)
7.08%
Change
-55.2%
Highest
10.10%
in 2013
Lowest
3.17%
in 2025
Average
6.48%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.33%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.18% |
| 2024 | 3.7% |
| 2023 | 3.65% |
| 2022 | 4.01% |
| 2021 | 4.74% |
| 2020 | 4.97% |
| 2019 | 4.45% |
| 2018 | 5.11% |
| 2017 | 6.56% |
| 2016 | 8% |
| 2015 | 8.96% |
| 2014 | 9.67% |
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.