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Azerbaijan – Unemployment Rate

Percentage of the total labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment, based on ILO definition. · World Bank
5.46% −0.19pp from 2024 G20 rank: 100th · all-time high: 11.78% (2000)

APA

Azerbaijan Unemployment Rate. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/azerbaijan/unemployment-rate

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_azerbaijan_unemployment-rate,
  title = {Azerbaijan Unemployment Rate},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/azerbaijan/unemployment-rate},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}
Data & Projection
YearValueChangeRank
2030* IMF 5.04%
2029* IMF 5.10%
2028* IMF 5.16%
2027* IMF 5.22%
2026* IMF 5.27%
2025* IMF 5.33%
2025 5.46% −0.19pp 100th
2024 5.65% +0.01pp 105th
2023 5.64% −0.01pp 103rd
2022 5.65% −0.39pp 101st
2021 6.04% −1.20pp 93rd
2020 7.24% +2.24pp 105th
2019 5.00% +0.10pp 87th
2018 4.90% −0.10pp 81st
2017 5.00% +0.00pp 81st
2016 5.00% +0.04pp 75th
Show all years (1991–2025)
* IMF World Economic Outlook projection
Detected Pattern
Fiscal Dominance Trap
Government debt exceeding 80% of GDP with real interest rates negative and inflation above 10%. Monetary policy effectiveness impaired by fiscal pressures.
Inflation 13.9% Real rate -16.5%
This pattern occurred 329 times in G20 history, 239 successful
Inflation
28.2%
Real rate
-4.2%
Inflation
219.9%
Real rate
-47.4%
Inflation
28.3%
Real rate
-7.0%
Inflation
91.4%
Real rate
-26.9%
Inflation
13.6%
Real rate
-0.9%
Inflation
133.5%
Real rate
-17.3%
HistorySaid

Over the last decade, Azerbaijan's unemployment rate averaged 5.56%. The 2025 figure of 5.46% is below this long-run average. IMF projects 5.33% by 2025.