France vs Uruguay: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

France
7.7%
in 2025
Uruguay
8.2%
in 2024
France rank
54th
Uruguay rank
51st

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • France
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 8.2% against 7.7% in France, a difference of 0.5%.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Uruguay ahead.

France ranks 54th and Uruguay ranks 51st 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.