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Jamaica Unemployment Rate 2000s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
6.69% decade average (2000-2009)

Jamaica's unemployment rate during the 2000s ranged from 6.53% (2003) to 7.31% (2009), averaging 6.69% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 6.75% −8.95pp 92nd
2001 6.64% −8.86pp 94th
2002 6.62% −8.38pp 91st
2003 6.53% −7.67pp 89th
2004 6.54% −5.26pp 92nd
2005 6.58% −5.62pp 89th
2006 6.61% −4.62pp 99th
2007 6.61% −3.72pp 109th
2008 6.67% −3.18pp 110th
2009 7.31% −3.26pp 102nd