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Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Bangladesh · 1991–2025 · Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Latest (2025)3.78modeled ILO estimate
Earliest (1991)2.2
Change since 1991+1.58
About this data
What you should know
Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
- Source
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), via World Bank WDI (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS)
- Data updated
- October 19, 2026 · refreshed monthly
- Date range
- 1991–2025 (35 data points)
- Unit
- modeled ILO estimate
- World Bank code
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
How to cite this data
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), via World Bank WDI (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-unemployment-total (data updated October 19, 2026).
Show the data table
| Year | modeled ILO estimate |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.78 |
| 2024 | 3.64 |
| 2023 | 3.35 |
| 2022 | 4.59 |
| 2021 | 5.46 |
| 2020 | 5.54 |
| 2019 | 4.5 |
| 2018 | 4.44 |
| 2017 | 4.37 |
| 2016 | 4.35 |
| 2015 | 4.4 |
| 2014 | 4.42 |
| 2013 | 4.43 |
| 2012 | 4.07 |
| 2011 | 3.74 |
| 2010 | 3.38 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4.49 |
| 2007 | 4.01 |
| 2006 | 3.59 |
| 2005 | 4.25 |
| 2004 | 4.32 |
| 2003 | 4.32 |
| 2002 | 3.97 |
| 2001 | 3.61 |
| 2000 | 3.27 |
| 1999 | 3.09 |
| 1998 | 2.89 |
| 1997 | 2.7 |
| 1996 | 2.51 |
| 1995 | 2.44 |
| 1994 | 2.37 |
| 1993 | 2.31 |
| 1992 | 2.23 |
| 1991 | 2.2 |