Panama vs Uruguay: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Panama

8.3%

in 2025

Uruguay

8.2%

in 2024

Panama rank

48th

Uruguay rank

51st

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Panama
Uruguay

How they compare

Panama currently reports 8.3% against 8.2% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Uruguay ahead.

Panama ranks 48th and Uruguay ranks 51st of 185 countries.

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Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Panama
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Uruguay
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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: 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.