Iran vs Suriname: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Iran
7.6%
in 2024
Suriname
7.9%
in 2016
Iran rank
56th
Suriname rank
53rd

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Iran
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 7.9% against 7.6% in Iran, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Suriname ahead.

Iran ranks 56th and Suriname ranks 53rd 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.