Unemployment rate,Percent in Lower middle income

Lower middle income: Unemployment rate,Percent was 5.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
5.4%
Change on year
down 2.8%
Rank
7th
of 9 groups
All-time high
8.8%
in 2004
All-time low
5.4%
in 2024
Years of data
18
2004–2024

Unemployment rate,Percent in Lower middle income, 2004–2024

024682004201420242004: 8.82005: 8.72006: 7.12007: 6.32008: 6.22009: 6.52010: 6.42011: 6.82012: 6.92013: 7.22014: 72015: 6.92018: 6.12019: 6.12021: 6.82022: 5.72023: 5.62024: 5.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2024, unemployment rate,percent in Lower middle income stood at 5.4%. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 22.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Lower middle income peaked at 8.8% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 2024.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 7.3% 6.2% 8.8% 6
2010s 6.7% 6.1% 7.2% 8
2020s 5.9% 5.4% 6.8% 4

Countries ranked near Lower middle income

  1. 4 Morocco 13.0% compare
  2. 5 Algeria 11.7% compare
  3. 6 North Macedonia 11.5% compare
  4. 7 Spain 10.5% compare
  5. 8 Finland 9.7% compare
  6. 9 Greece 8.9% compare
  7. 10 Colombia 8.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is unemployment rate,percent in Lower middle income?
Unemployment rate,percent in Lower middle income was 5.4% in 2024, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Lower middle income?
The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2004.
What is the lowest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Lower middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 2024.
How does Lower middle income rank for unemployment rate,percent?
Lower middle income ranks 7th out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
Is unemployment rate,percent rising or falling in Lower middle income?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Lower middle income data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate,Percent,,,. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Unemployment rate,Percent,,,
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
80 places, 2,196 data points, 1990–2026
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