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Laos vs Myanmar: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Laos
1.2%
in 2022
Myanmar
1.5%
in 2020
Laos rank
178th
Myanmar rank
175th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Laos
  • Myanmar
0246198520032022

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 1.5% against 1.2% in Laos, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.2 times Laos's.

Laos ranks 178th and Myanmar ranks 175th 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.