Iraq Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Iraq decreased to 14.80 percent in 2017 from 15.10 percent in 2016. Unemployment Rate in Iraq averaged 17.36 percent from 1991 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 28.10 percent in 2003 and a record low of 14.80 percent in 2017.

Unemployment Rate in Iraq is expected to be 14.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Iraq Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 14.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Iraq Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	14.80	15.10	28.10	14.80	percent	[+]
Population	38.30	37.20	38.30	7.29	Million	[+]

In Iraq, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Iraq Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Iraq Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	14.80	15.10	28.10	14.80	1991 - 2017	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.50	Sep/18	27.2	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.55	Sep/18	15.28	26.94 : 4.41	%
Brazil	11.70	Oct/18	11.9	13.7 : 6.2	%
Turkey	11.10	Aug/18	10.8	14.8 : 7.3	%
Italy	10.60	Oct/18	10.3	13.1 : 5.8	%
Argentina	9.60	Jun/18	9.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
France	9.10	Sep/18	9.1	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	8.10	Oct/18	8.1	12.1 : 7.3	%
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Jun/18	6.1	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.60	Nov/18	5.8	13.1 : 2.9	%
Indonesia	5.34	Sep/18	5.13	11.24 : 2	%
Australia	5.00	Oct/18	5	11.2 : 4	%
Russia	4.70	Oct/18	4.5	14.1 : 4.5	%
United Kingdom	4.10	Oct/18	4.1	12 : 3.4	%
South Korea	3.90	Oct/18	4.2	7.1 : 3	%
China	3.82	Sep/18	3.83	4.3 : 3.82	%
Netherlands	3.70	Oct/18	3.7	7.9 : 3.6	%
United States	3.70	Nov/18	3.7	10.8 : 2.5	%
India	3.52	Dec/17	3.51	8.3 : 3.41	%
Germany	3.30	Oct/18	3.4	11.5 : 0.4	%
Mexico	3.20	Oct/18	3.6	6.42 : 2.22	%
Switzerland	2.50	Nov/18	2.4	5.7 : 1.5	%
Japan	2.40	Oct/18	2.3	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.10	Sep/18	2	6 : 1.4	%