Bangladesh — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1984–2025 · 39 observations
About this series
The unemployment rate is the number of people without work who are available for and seeking work, divided by the labour force. It is expressed as a percentage.
For Bangladesh, the unemployment rate reading stood at 3.78% in 2025. Against 3.63% in 2024, the period change was +0.14 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 4.4%.
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- Annual data, 1984–2025
- Quarterly data, 2016–2024
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.78 % |
| 2024 | 3.63 % |
| 2023 | 3.35 % |
| 2022 | 4.59 % |
| 2021 | 5.46 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 5.54 % |
| 2019 | 4.5 % |
| 2018 | 4.44 % |
| 2017 | 4.37 % |
| 2016 | 4.35 % |