Bhutan — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1991–2025 · 35 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.
In Bhutan, the unemployment rate reading was 3.23% in 2025, compared with 3.28% in 2024. The period change was −0.06 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 3.71%.
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- Annual data, 1991–2025
- Quarterly data, 2015–2024
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.23 % |
| 2024 | 3.28 % |
| 2023 | 3.5 % |
| 2022 | 5.9 % |
| 2021 | 4.8 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 5.03 % |
| 2019 | 2.72 % |
| 2018 | 3.4 % |
| 2017 | 3.14 % |
| 2016 | 2.1 % |