Unemployment Rate rose 14.5% to 5.06% in East Timor in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in East Timor reached an all time high of 5.06% in 2020 and an all time low of 3.11% in 2008. When compared to East Timor's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Australia amounted to 6.61%, 4.11% in Indonesia, 4.55% in Malaysia and 2.74% in Papua New Guinea in 2020.
East Timor has been ranked 109th within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 36 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Australia | % | 5.59% | 5.30% | 5.16% | 6.61% | 4.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | % | 0.140% | 0.130% | 0.130% | 0.310% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| East Timor | % | 4.57% | 4.48% | 4.42% | 5.06% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 3.88% | 4.40% | 3.62% | 4.11% | 5.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 3.41% | 3.30% | 3.31% | 4.55% | 2.83% | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | % | 4.70% | 4.30% | 4.07% | 4.55% | 4.31% | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | % | 2.47% | 2.41% | 2.37% | 2.74% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Philippines | % | 2.55% | 2.34% | 2.24% | 3.36% | 5.39% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 4.20% | 3.65% | 3.10% | 5.19% | 1.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | 0.830% | 0.770% | 0.720% | 1.02% | 0.700% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | 1.87% | 1.16% | 2.04% | 2.27% | 2.20% |
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