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Australia unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
Observation period
Sep 2024
Next release
Forecast
Highest
11.20% on Dec 31, 1992
Lowest
3.50% on Jun 30, 2023

About Australia unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Frequency
Monthly
Units
%
In Australia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate Australia unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Australia unemployment rate is 3.50%.
The highest figure Australia unemployment rate has ever reached is 11.20%.
Last month Australia unemployment rate was 4.10%, and the month before that it amounted to 4.10%.