Uruguay — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1970–2031 · 57 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 Uruguay, the unemployment rate reading stood at 7.46% in 2025. Against 8.18% in 2024, the period change was −0.72 percentage points.
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- Annual data, 1970–2031
- Quarterly data, 1992–2025
- Monthly data, 1996–2026
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Latest observations
2020–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 8 % |
| 2030 | 8 % |
| 2029 | 8 % |
| 2028 | 8 % |
| 2027 | 8 % |
7 earlier values, back to 2020
| 2026 | 8 % |
| 2025 | 7.46 % |
| 2024 | 8.18 % |
| 2023 | 8.32 % |
| 2022 | 7.87 % |
| 2021 | 9.38 % |
| 2020 | 10.4 % |