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Australia Unemployment Rate 2000s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
5.48% decade average (2000-2009)

Australia's unemployment rate during the 2000s ranged from 4.24% (2008) to 6.75% (2001), averaging 5.48% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 6.29% −0.58pp 86th
2001 6.75% +0.46pp 95th
2002 6.38% −0.40pp 88th
2003 5.93% −0.43pp 82nd
2004 5.40% −0.54pp 71st
2005 5.04% −0.36pp 70th
2006 4.79% −0.25pp 71st
2007 4.38% −0.41pp 69th
2008 4.24% −0.13pp 65th
2009 5.57% +1.31pp 75th