Ethiopia vs Malaysia: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Ethiopia
3.9%
in 2021
Malaysia
3.9%
in 2022
Ethiopia rank
125th
Malaysia rank
126th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 3.9% against 3.9% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Malaysia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 125th and Malaysia ranks 126th of 185 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit
%
Source
Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.