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Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) — World: 4.7913 (2025)

The World Bank reported a modeled ILO estimate of the global unemployment rate at 4.7913% for 2025, with the dataset updated on 2026-07-13.

Categories: economy-and-trade

Generated scores

Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.

Confidence
8/10
Geographic reach
10/10
Global importance
4/10
Impact magnitude
2/10
Positivity
2/10
Urgency
1/10

Why it matters

It provides a standardized global unemployment estimate for 2025.

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