Nicaragua vs Samoa: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Nicaragua

5.2%

in 2018

Samoa

5.0%

in 2022

Nicaragua rank

96th

Samoa rank

99th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Nicaragua
Samoa

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 5.2% against 5.0% in Samoa, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Samoa ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 96th and Samoa ranks 99th of 185 countries.

Individual pages

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Nicaragua
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Samoa
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.