Unemployment rate (annual) in Ukraine

State Statistics Service of Ukraine · Annual · Importance

IMF forecast (WEO): 2026: 10.2% 2027: 12.0% 2028: 11.5% 2029: 10.9% 2030: 10.0% 2031: 9.3%

11.9% (1999) ANUAL · % · Annual · CSV

Period	%
Jan 1999	11.9%
Jan 1998	11.3%
Jan 1997	9.8%
Jan 1996	10.0%
Jan 1995	14.8%

About this indicator

Source

State Statistics Service of Ukraine

Frequency

Annual

Release

Published annually, covering the full year and subject to revision.

What it is

Ukraine's unemployment rate is the share of jobless people in the labour force. Published by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on ILO methodology, it is the main gauge of the country's labour market.

How it's calculated

Derived from the Labour Force Survey of a sample of households, on ILO criteria: someone without a job, available and actively seeking is counted as unemployed. Because of the war, it is released at low frequency (annual/estimated) and with delays.

Market implications

Its path gauges the war's impact on jobs and the economy's capacity to recover. A rise reflects the destruction of jobs and activity; a fall, some normalisation, in a setting heavily shaped by external support.

Limitations

Mass population displacement (refugees and internally displaced people), occupied territories and fieldwork difficulties make the survey imprecise and subject to large revisions; the figure must be read with great caution.