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Macao SAR, China
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#160out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

6.95.64.33.01.7199120082025Macao SAR, China · 2025: 2.35%Macao SAR, China

Analytical takeaways

  • Macao SAR, China records 2.35% for Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #160 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) declined from 3.01% in 1991 to 2.35% in 2025, a decrease of 0.66%.
  • 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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