Key data points
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Observation period
Aug 2025
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Forecast
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Highest
13.40 % on Jan 31, 2006
Lowest
5.40 % on Dec 31, 2010
About Uruguay Unemployment Rate
In Uruguay, 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 Uruguay 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 Uruguay Unemployment Rate is 5.40%.
The highest figure Uruguay Unemployment Rate has ever reached is 13.40%.
Last month Uruguay Unemployment Rate was 7.00%, and the month before it reached 6.90%.