Dataset
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
worldbank.wdi.SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
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About
Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
Cite as: World Bank, World Development Indicators, Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS). Original source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Tier
- OfficialVerified
- Covers
- 1960–now
- Places
- Economies, regions and income groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- not stated
- Units
- % of total labor force
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| country_code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, or the World Bank's code for an aggregate |
| country_name | text | |
| aggregate | boolean | true for a region or income group, false for an economy |
| year | integer | |
| value | number | Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) |
| obs_status | text | the World Bank's status flag; empty for most observations |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| country | |
| year |