Japan vs Mexico: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Japan
2.5%
in 2025
Mexico
2.5%
in 2025
Japan rank
159th
Mexico rank
157th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Japan
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 2.5% against 2.5% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Mexico ahead.

Japan ranks 159th and Mexico ranks 157th 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.