Turkmenistan Unemployment Rate 1960-2024

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
  • Turkmenistan unemployment rate for 2022 was 4.13%, a 0.4% decline from 2021.
  • Turkmenistan unemployment rate for 2021 was 4.53%, a 0.02% decline from 2020.
  • Turkmenistan unemployment rate for 2020 was 4.55%, a 0.51% increase from 2019.
  • Turkmenistan unemployment rate for 2019 was 4.04%, a 0% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Gabon 20.61%
Namibia 19.99%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 19.55%
Libya 19.30%
Jordan 19.19%
St. Lucia 15.77%
Iraq 15.32%
Montenegro 15.25%
North Macedonia 14.43%
Bosnia 12.66%
Algeria 12.49%
Guyana 12.30%
Lebanon 11.75%
Albania 11.63%
Costa Rica 11.32%
Colombia 10.55%
Turkey 10.43%
Samoa 10.04%
Brazil 9.23%
Iran 8.82%
Serbia 8.68%
Belize 8.67%
Armenia 8.59%
Equatorial Guinea 8.58%
Suriname 8.23%
Paraguay 6.75%
Mauritius 6.32%
Azerbaijan 5.65%
Venezuela 5.62%
Romania 5.61%
Dominican Republic 5.50%
Jamaica 5.50%
China 4.98%
Kazakhstan 4.86%
Fiji 4.56%
Maldives 4.39%
Bulgaria 4.27%
Turkmenistan 4.13%
Russia 3.87%
Peru 3.85%
Ecuador 3.76%
Malaysia 3.63%
Belarus 3.57%
Mexico 3.26%
Guatemala 3.05%
Tonga 2.43%
Cuba 1.25%
Thailand 0.94%
Dominica 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Tuvalu 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Turkmenistan Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year Unemployment Rate (%) Annual Change
2022 4.13% -0.40%
2021 4.53% -0.02%
2020 4.55% 0.51%
2019 4.04% 0.00%
2018 4.04% 0.00%
2017 4.04% 0.01%
2016 4.03% 0.01%
2015 4.02% 0.01%
2014 4.01% 0.01%
2013 4.00% 0.00%
2012 3.99% -0.01%
2011 4.00% 0.00%
2010 4.00% 0.00%
2009 4.00% -0.84%
2008 4.84% -0.86%
2007 5.70% -0.87%
2006 6.57% -0.88%
2005 7.45% -0.91%
2004 8.36% -0.87%
2003 9.23% -0.86%
2002 10.10% -0.80%
2001 10.89% -0.85%
2000 11.75% -0.95%
1999 12.70% 0.50%
1998 12.20% 1.20%
1997 11.00% 0.70%
1996 10.30% 2.00%
1995 8.30% 3.60%
1994 4.70% 3.20%
1993 1.50% 0.00%
1992 1.50% 0.10%
1991 1.40% 1.40%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%