Unemployment rate in Estonia

Latest: 8.3%
Previous: 7.6%
Change: +0.71 (+9.4%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Recession Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in Estonia
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	1.5%
Dec 31, 1992	3.7%
Dec 31, 1993	6.5%
Dec 31, 1994	7.6%
Dec 31, 1995	9.7%
Dec 31, 1996	9.9%
Dec 31, 1997	10.4%
Dec 31, 1998	9.5%
Dec 31, 1999	11.6%
Dec 31, 2000	13.4%
Dec 31, 2001	13.1%
Dec 31, 2002	10.0%
Dec 31, 2003	11.3%
Dec 31, 2004	10.2%
Dec 31, 2005	8.0%
Dec 31, 2006	5.9%
Dec 31, 2007	4.6%
Dec 31, 2008	5.5%
Dec 31, 2009	13.5%
Dec 31, 2010	16.7%
Dec 31, 2011	12.3%
Dec 31, 2012	10.0%
Dec 31, 2013	8.6%
Dec 31, 2014	7.4%
Dec 31, 2015	6.4%
Dec 31, 2016	6.9%
Dec 31, 2017	5.8%
Dec 31, 2018	5.4%
Dec 31, 2019	4.5%
Dec 31, 2020	7.0%
Dec 31, 2021	6.2%
Dec 31, 2022	5.6%
Dec 31, 2023	6.4%
Dec 31, 2024	7.6%
Dec 31, 2025	8.3%

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