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Observation period
2023
Highest
5.20%Dec 31, 2020
Lowest
2.20%Dec 31, 1991
About Bangladesh unemployment rate
In Bangladesh, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh unemployment rate is 2.20%.
The highest figure Bangladesh unemployment rate has ever reached is 5.20%.
In 2023 Bangladesh unemployment rate was 4.20%, and the previous year it amounted to 4.30%.