Mexico vs Papua New Guinea: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Mexico
2.5%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
2.7%
in 2022
Mexico rank
157th
Papua New Guinea rank
154th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Mexico
  • Papua New Guinea
2468198820062025

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 2.7% against 2.5% in Mexico, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

Mexico ranks 157th and Papua New Guinea ranks 154th 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.