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Uzbekistan — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Uzbekistan, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.62%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +143.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Uzbekistan was 4.62% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 13.30% in 1998. The lowest was 1.90% in 1991 (about 2.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.65% per year.
Uzbekistan ranks 111 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Uzbekistan sits below it. It peaked in 1998 and has fallen 65% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.62%
First (1991)
1.90%
Change
+143.3%
Highest
13.30%
in 1998
Lowest
1.90%
in 1991
Average
6.64%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.65%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.62% |
| 2024 | 4.44% |
| 2023 | 4.43% |
| 2022 | 4.46% |
| 2021 | 5.36% |
| 2020 | 5.29% |
| 2019 | 4.94% |
| 2018 | 5.39% |
| 2017 | 5.83% |
| 2016 | 5.16% |
| 2015 | 5.15% |
| 2014 | 5.09% |
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.