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Australia vs New Zealand: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Australia's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 4.09, compared to New Zealand's 5.08. That makes Australia's value 19.4% lower than New Zealand's.

Australia

Rank #114 of 182 globally

Australia trend
Latest (2025)
4.09
Year-over-year
+3.8%
10-year change
-32.5%
Peak
6.39 (2020)
Trough
3.67 (2023)

New Zealand

Rank #92 of 182 globally

New Zealand trend
Latest (2025)
5.08
Year-over-year
+7.5%
10-year change
-6.3%
Peak
6.93 (2012)
Trough
3.30 (2022)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.