According to the data of the SEA, as of March 31, 2026, the number of registered clients (unemployed) is 43,909, the registered unemployment rate is 4.9%.
At the end of March 2025, 47,897 unemployed were registered with the SEA and the registered unemployment rate in the country was 5.5%.
|
Year |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
June |
July |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
2016 |
85 452 |
86 581 |
85 414 |
82 268 |
79 092 |
78 164 |
77 425 |
75 664 |
74 357 |
74 053 |
75 348 |
78 357 |
|
2017 |
80 016 |
79 152 |
76 431 |
71 705 |
68 439 |
66 708 |
65 554 |
63 717 |
61 461 |
61 014 |
61 538 |
63 121 |
|
2018 |
65 136 |
65 282 |
64 631 |
61 882 |
59 548 |
59 119 |
58 888 |
58 051 |
56 734 |
56 726 |
57 455 |
59 588 |
|
2019 |
61 951 |
62 477 |
61 244 |
58 188 |
56 105 |
55 750 |
55 373 |
54 390 |
52 595 |
52 651 |
53 783 |
57 808 |
|
2020 |
58 832 |
58 247 |
61 926 |
72 917 |
76 440 |
78 266 |
77 998 |
75 013 |
70 306 |
67 124 |
67 518 |
69 605 |
|
2021 |
72 612 |
74 494 |
74 232 |
71 376 |
68 765 |
67 307 |
64 392 |
59 040 |
54 524 |
54 042 |
57 536 |
60 774 |
|
2022 |
62 270 |
61 813 |
60 199 |
57 223 |
53 825 |
52 257 |
52 766 |
51 527 |
50 194 |
50 278 |
51 606 |
53 536 |
|
2023 |
55 285 |
55 707 |
53 837 |
50 808 |
48 850 |
49 239 |
49 962 |
49 095 |
47 415 |
47 083 |
48 184 |
50 344 |
|
2024 |
51 197 |
51 991 |
50 738 |
47 858 |
45 432 |
45 062 |
46 093 |
46 770 |
44 483 |
44 889 |
45 182 |
46 553 |
|
2025 |
48 827 |
49 889 |
47 897 |
44 861 |
43 111 |
43 414 |
43 894 |
43 011 |
41 108 |
40 854 |
41 671 |
43 672 |
|
2026 |
45 729 |
45 761 |
43 909 |
|
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|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
June |
July |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
|
2016 |
9.1 |
9.2 |
9.1 |
8.8 |
8.4 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
8.1 |
7.9 |
7.9 |
8.0 |
8.4 |
|
2017 |
8.5 |
8.4 |
8.3 |
7.8 |
7.4 |
7.2 |
7.1 |
6.9 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
|
2018 |
7.0 |
7.1 |
7.0 |
6.7 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
6.3 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
6.4 |
|
2019 |
6.7 |
6.7 |
6.6 |
6.3 |
6.1 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.8 |
6.2 |
|
2020 |
6.4 |
6.3 |
6.8 |
8.0 |
8.4 |
8.6 |
8.6 |
8.2 |
7.7 |
7.4 |
7.4 |
7.7 |
|
2021 |
8.0 |
8.2 |
8.2 |
7.9 |
7.6 |
7.4 |
7.1 |
6.5 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.4 |
6.7 |
|
2022 |
6.9 |
6.8 |
6.6/ 6.8* |
6.5 |
6.1 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
5.8 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.9 |
6.1 |
|
2023 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
6.1/ 6.0* |
5.7 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.6 |
5.5 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.7 |
|
2024 |
5.7 |
5.8 |
5.7/ 5.8* |
5.4 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5.3 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
5.3 |
|
2025 |
5.5 |
5.7 |
5.4/ 5.5* |
5.1 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
|
2026 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.0/ 4.9* |
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*Considering that the number of economically active population is updated once a year, the registered unemployment rate at the end of March and in subsequent months is calculated against the new number of economically active population.
