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Unemployment rate in Kiribati

Unemployment rate in Kiribati was 2.79% in 2023, according to International Labour Organization.

20232.79%

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Unemployment rate in Kiribati, 2019 to 2023

246810201920232019: 8.56 %2023: 2.79 %246810201920232019: 8.56 %2023: 2.79 %
%. Source: ILOSTAT, Unemployment rate by sex and age, total, 15 and over, annual (DF_UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-11.
All 2 values
Period%
20232.79
20198.56

Kiribati compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 2.15 %Antigua and Barbuda: 5.37 %Albania: 9.47 %Armenia: 8.3 %Angola: 12.89 %Austria: 5.26 %Australia: 3.67 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 10.67 %Bangladesh: 3.35 %Belgium: 5.55 %Burkina Faso: 5.35 %Bulgaria: 4.32 %Brunei: 5.3 %Bolivia: 2.95 %Brazil: 7.95 %Bahamas: 10.35 %Bhutan: 3.31 %Botswana: 23.38 %Belarus: 3.46 %Canada: 5.39 %Switzerland: 4.04 %Chile: 9.09 %Colombia: 9.59 %Costa Rica: 8.33 %Cyprus: 5.84 %Czechia: 2.58 %Germany: 2.98 %Denmark: 5.09 %Dominican Republic: 5.56 %Ecuador: 3.46 %Estonia: 6.38 %Egypt: 6.75 %Spain: 12.18 %Finland: 7.15 %France: 7.34 %United Kingdom: 4.03 %Georgia: 9.13 %Ghana: 3.25 %Gambia: 6.48 %Equatorial Guinea: 6.51 %Greece: 11.02 %Guatemala: 2.34 %Hong Kong: 2.95 %Honduras: 6.07 %Croatia: 6.12 %Hungary: 4.1 %Indonesia: 3.42 %Ireland: 4.24 %Israel: 3.37 %India: 4.17 %Iran: 8.13 %Iceland: 3.52 %Italy: 7.63 %Jamaica: 3.02 %Jordan: 16.62 %Japan: 2.59 %Kyrgyzstan: 3.5 %Cambodia: 0.26 %Kiribati: 2.79 %South Korea: 2.68 %Sri Lanka: 4.67 %Lithuania: 6.84 %Luxembourg: 5.18 %Latvia: 6.47 %Moldova: 1.57 %Montenegro: 13.15 %North Macedonia: 13.17 %Mali: 5.45 %Mongolia: 5.18 %Mauritius: 5.57 %Mexico: 2.7 %New Caledonia: 10.15 %Nigeria: 3.07 %Netherlands: 3.54 %Norway: 3.58 %New Zealand: 3.77 %Panama: 6.68 %Peru: 4.57 %Philippines: 2.41 %Poland: 2.74 %Portugal: 6.5 %Palau: 2.09 %Paraguay: 5.78 %Romania: 5.59 %Serbia: 8.27 %Russia: 3.08 %Rwanda: 12.35 %Saudi Arabia: 4.01 %Sweden: 7.61 %Singapore: 3.44 %Slovenia: 3.65 %Slovakia: 5.84 %Senegal: 4.69 %El Salvador: 2.98 %Eswatini: 34.27 %Thailand: 0.73 %Tunisia: 15.11 %Türkiye: 9.35 %Trinidad and Tobago: 3.36 %United States: 3.64 %Uruguay: 8.36 %Vietnam: 1.65 %South Africa: 32.1 %Zambia: 5.86 %Zimbabwe: 9.29 %
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  • 3 to 3.6
  • 3.6 to 5.3
  • 5.3 to 6.5
  • 6.5 to 9.2
  • 9.2 and over
  • No data
Unemployment rate, 2023, %. Kiribati is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: International Labour Organization. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over.
  • EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74.
  • United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states, counties and cities.
  • United Kingdom regions: Labour Force Survey, aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted.
  • Canada: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the country and the provinces.
  • Australia: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the nation and the six states; the ABS publishes no seasonally adjusted series for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • New Zealand: Household Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted for the country and not seasonally adjusted for regional council areas.
  • Norway: Statistics Norway Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted monthly figures.
  • Sweden: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted and smoothed (the series Statistics Sweden gives in its monthly release), national.
  • Switzerland: Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS), ILO definition, permanent resident population aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted quarterly averages, national.
  • For other countries, the source may be OECD survey-based rates, annual survey-based rates compiled by the ILO in ILOSTAT, or annual ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank.
  • ILO modelled estimates cover ages 15 and over.
  • The World series uses those ILO modelled estimates.

Survey-based for national and Eurostat series. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states, US counties, US cities (those of 25,000 or more and smaller New England cities), United Kingdom regions, Canadian provinces, Australia and its six states, New Zealand with 10 of its regions, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (national), not Spanish municipalities. For Spanish municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate.

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International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT. Unemployment rate by sex and age, total, 15 and over, annual (DF_UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT). https://data.ilo.org/vis?df%5Bds%5D=ds-production&df%5Bid%5D=DF_UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT&df%5Bag%5D=ILO (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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International Labour Organization. (2026). Unemployment rate by sex and age, total, 15 and over, annual (DF_UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT) (Unemployment rate, Kiribati, 2019 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.ilo.org/vis?df%5Bds%5D=ds-production&df%5Bid%5D=DF_UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT&df%5Bag%5D=ILO

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Unemployment rate by sex and age, total, 15 and over, annual (DF_UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT), Unemployment rate, Kiribati, 2019 to 2023. International Labour Organization, 11 Oct. 2026, https://data.ilo.org/vis?df%5Bds%5D=ds-production&df%5Bid%5D=DF_UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT&df%5Bag%5D=ILO. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployment-rate/kiribati. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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International Labour Organization. 2026. Unemployment rate by sex and age, total, 15 and over, annual (DF_UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT). Unemployment rate, Kiribati, 2019 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.ilo.org/vis?df%5Bds%5D=ds-production&df%5Bid%5D=DF_UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT&df%5Bag%5D=ILO. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployment-rate/kiribati.

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International Labour Organization (2026) Unemployment rate by sex and age, total, 15 and over, annual (DF_UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT), Unemployment rate, Kiribati, 2019 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.ilo.org/vis?df%5Bds%5D=ds-production&df%5Bid%5D=DF_UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT&df%5Bag%5D=ILO, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployment-rate/kiribati (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Unemployment rate in Kiribati was 2.79% in 2023, according to International Labour Organization.

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