Kuwait vs Philippines: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Kuwait
2.2%
in 2016
Philippines
2.4%
in 2023
Kuwait rank
164th
Philippines rank
161st

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Kuwait
  • Philippines
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How they compare

Philippines currently reports 2.4% against 2.2% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Philippines's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Philippines ahead.

Kuwait ranks 164th and Philippines ranks 161st 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.