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New Zealand Average Unemployment Rate 1980-2025

Name: New Zealand Unemployment Rate
Creator: World Bank
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5.66% 46 data points

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

New Zealand's average unemployment rate from 1980 to 2025 was 5.66%, based on 46 data points.

All Data (sorted by year)▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2025	5.08%	+0.30pp	90th
2024	4.72%	+0.95pp	86th
2023	3.73%	+0.41pp	69th
2022	3.30%	−0.48pp	45th
2021	3.78%	−0.82pp	42nd
2020	4.60%	+0.47pp	60th
2019	4.11%	−0.22pp	66th
2018	4.34%	−0.42pp	72nd
2017	4.74%	−0.44pp	76th
2016	5.15%	−0.28pp	81st
2015	5.42%	−0.01pp	83rd
2014	5.43%	−0.40pp	81st
2013	5.84%	−0.61pp	87th
2012	6.93%	+0.88pp	97th
2011	6.49%	+0.29pp	92nd
2010	6.56%	+0.66pp	91st
2009	6.12%	+2.10pp	88th
2008	4.17%	+0.54pp	62nd
2007	3.66%	−0.21pp	51st
2006	3.86%	+0.06pp	51st
2005	3.81%	−0.22pp	47th
2004	4.01%	−0.75pp	47th
2003	4.75%	−0.56pp	60th
2002	5.28%	−0.19pp	72nd
2001	5.43%	−0.72pp	79th
2000	6.13%	−0.92pp	84th
1999	7.02%	−0.70pp	92nd
1998	7.72%	+0.84pp	103rd
1997	6.86%	+0.53pp	88th
1996	6.29%	−0.16pp	76th
1995	6.46%	−1.89pp	83rd
1994	8.35%	−1.45pp	113th
1993	9.80%	−0.87pp	122nd
1992	10.67%	+0.04pp	138th
1991	10.61%	+2.64pp	141st
1990	7.98%	+0.65pp	41st
1989	7.33%	+1.53pp	35th
1988	5.80%	+1.58pp	25th
1987	4.23%	+0.02pp	17th
1986	4.20%	+0.28pp	16th
1985	3.92%	−3.26pp	13th
1984	7.19%	+0.95pp	23rd
1983	6.24%	+1.88pp	19th
1982	4.36%	+0.45pp	14th
1981	3.91%	−0.11pp	11th
1980	4.02%	–	15th

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