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Madagascar
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

Global rank#141out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

6.34.93.52.00.6199120082025Madagascar · 2025: 3.04%Madagascar

Analytical takeaways

  • Madagascar records 3.04% for Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #141 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) declined from 6.17% in 1991 to 3.04% in 2025, a decrease of 3.13%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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