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Papua New Guinea
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#158out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

3.02.82.52.32.0199120082025Papua New Guinea · 2025: 2.57%Papua New Guinea

Analytical takeaways

  • Papua New Guinea records 2.57% for Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #158 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) declined from 2.79% in 1991 to 2.57% in 2025, a decrease of 0.22%.
  • 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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