Unemployment rate,Percent in Taiwan
Taiwan: Unemployment rate,Percent was 3.3% in 2026. ▲ Rising
Unemployment rate,Percent in Taiwan, 1990–2026
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2026, unemployment rate,percent in Taiwan stood at 3.3%.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Taiwan peaked at 5.9% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 1993.
Taiwan ranks 56th of 71 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Unemployment rate,Percent in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.7% | — |
| 1991 | 1.5% | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 1.5% | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 1.4% | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 1.6% | +9.9% |
| 1995 | 1.8% | +15.4% |
| 1996 | 2.6% | +43.8% |
| 1997 | 2.7% | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 2.7% | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 2.9% | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 3.0% | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 4.6% | +52.1% |
| 2002 | 5.2% | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 5.0% | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 4.4% | -11.5% |
| 2005 | 4.1% | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 3.9% | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 3.9% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 4.1% | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 5.9% | +41.1% |
| 2010 | 5.2% | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | -16.0% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 3.9% | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 3.7% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 3.8% | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 4.0% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 3.7% | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 3.4% | -2.7% |
| 2025 | 3.3% | -1.0% |
| 2026 | 3.3% | -0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unemployment rate,Percent in Taiwan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +52.1% | 3.0% | 4.6% |
| 1996 | +43.8% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| 2009 | +41.1% | 4.1% | 5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.0% | 1.4% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.4% | 3.0% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.1% | 3.7% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 3.3% | 4.0% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
More reference data data for Taiwan
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 2,323 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 111.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 46.04 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0594 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4506 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 360.08 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 2,013 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment rate,percent in Taiwan?
- Unemployment rate,percent in Taiwan was 3.3% in 2026, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 5.9% in 2009.
- What is the lowest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 1993.
- How does Taiwan rank for unemployment rate,percent?
- Taiwan ranks 56th out of 71 countries with data for 2026.
- Is unemployment rate,percent rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Taiwan 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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