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Iraq vs Syria: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Iraq
16.2%
in 2021
Syria
14.9%
in 2011
Iraq rank
10th
Syria rank
13th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Iraq
  • Syria
051015196919952021

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 16.2% against 14.9% in Syria, a difference of 1.3%.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Syria's.

Iraq ranks 10th and Syria ranks 13th 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.