ILO estimate of the unemployment rate in Belarus
The ILO estimates the unemployment rate in Belarus at 3.4% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1992.
Belarus, 2025
3.4%
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
World, 2025
4.9%
Position in 2025
127th of 181
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate in Belarus over time
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% of the labour force aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Belarus | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4% | 4.9% |
| 2024 | 3.5% | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | 4.9% |
| 2022 | 3.6% | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 3.9% | 6.0% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | 6.6% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | 5.6% |
| 2018 | 4.8% | 5.8% |
| 2017 | 5.6% | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | 6.0% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 3.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 5.9%, the figure has changed by −2.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Belarus has the 127th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 4.9%.
More for Belarus
All statistics for Belarus
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
9.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
62.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
56.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
60.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
9.5%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
31.1%
2025 · World Bank