Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
2023
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
4.29% on Dec 31, 2020
Lowest
1.15% on Dec 31, 1985
About United Arab Emirates unemployment rate
In the United Arab Emirates, 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 United Arab Emirates 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 United Arab Emirates unemployment rate is 1.15%.
The highest figure United Arab Emirates unemployment rate has ever reached is 4.29%.
In 2023 United Arab Emirates unemployment rate was 2.95%, and the previous year it amounted to 2.97%.