Timor-Leste — 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.
For Timor-Leste, the unemployment rate reading stood at 1.59% in 2025. Against 1.52% in 2024, the period change was +0.07 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 2.72%.
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- Annual data, 1991–2025
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.59 % |
| 2024 | 1.52 % |
| 2023 | 1.52 % |
| 2022 | 1.54 % |
| 2021 | 2.34 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 2.81 % |
| 2019 | 3.15 % |
| 2018 | 3.77 % |
| 2017 | 4.25 % |
| 2016 | 4.66 % |