Myanmar — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1985–2025 · 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.
In Myanmar, the unemployment rate reading was 3.05% in 2025, compared with 2.89% in 2024. The period change was +0.16 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 2.14%.
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- Annual data, 1985–2025
- Quarterly data, 2015–2021
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.05 % |
| 2024 | 2.89 % |
| 2023 | 2.98 % |
| 2022 | 3.06 % |
| 2021 | 4.34 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 1.48 % |
| 2019 | 0.41 % |
| 2018 | 0.77 % |
| 2017 | 1.36 % |
| 2016 | 1.06 % |