ILO estimate of the unemployment rate in Uruguay
The ILO estimates the unemployment rate in Uruguay at 7.5% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2015.
Uruguay, 2025
7.5%
Change from 2024
−0.7percentage points
World, 2025
4.9%
Position in 2025
54th of 181
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate in Uruguay 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 | Uruguay | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.5% | 4.9% |
| 2024 | 8.2% | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 8.4% | 4.9% |
| 2022 | 7.9% | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | 6.0% |
| 2020 | 10.4% | 6.6% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | 5.6% |
| 2018 | 8.3% | 5.8% |
| 2017 | 7.9% | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 7.8% | 6.0% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 8.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 7.5%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Uruguay has the 54th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 4.9%.
More for Uruguay
All statistics for Uruguay
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
25.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
65.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
57.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
60.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
8.1%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
18.8%
2025 · World Bank