Country N Country CoSeries NamSeries Cod 1973 [YR191974 [YR191975 [YR191976 [YR191977 [YR191978 [YR19

New Zeala NZL Unemploymen

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Data from database: World Development Indicators

Last Updated: 12/18/2023

Unemployment
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)

12

10
(national estimate)

0
19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2
86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 1
Years
 1979 [YR191980 [YR191981 [YR191982 [YR191983 [YR191984 [YR191985 [YR19 1986 1987 1988
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.186 4.214 5.77

20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
7.305 7.982 10.614 10.667 9.804 8.354 6.461 6.29 6.857 7.718
 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
7.023 6.13 5.433 5.282 4.745 4.005 3.807 3.857 3.661 4.167
 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
6.121 6.557 6.491 6.931 5.839 5.428 5.415 5.147 4.736 4.335
 2019 2020
4.109 4.595
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Indicator Name
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate
Long definition
Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is wi
Source
International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics dat
Topic
Social Protection & Labor: Unemployment
Periodicity
Annual
Aggregation method
Weighted average
Statistical concept and methodology
Some unemployment is unavoidable. At any time some workers are temporarily unemployed between jobs as employers look
Development relevance
Unemployment is a key measure to monitor whether a country is on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of pro
Limitations and exceptions
However, women tend to be excluded from the count for various reasons. Women suffer more from discrimination and from
General comments
The series for ILO estimates is also available in the WDI data
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