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
- 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
- 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.