Unemployment rate in Australia, 2016
Unemployment rate in 2016: Annual value — 5.7167 % of the labour force. Comparison with the previous year and position in the series history. Official data — International Monetary Fund.
Unemployment rate in 2016
- Value: 5.7167 % of the labour force
- Change vs 2015: −0.35 % of the labour force (−5.77 %)
- Position in history: below the 47-year average (average — 6.4891 % of the labour force)
- Series maximum — 10.8833 % of the labour force in 1993 (23 years ago)
- Series minimum — 3.7 % of the labour force in 2023
- Value date: 1 January 2016
- Source: International Monetary Fund
Dynamics over neighbouring years
| Year | Value, % of the labour force |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 5.0833 |
| 2012 | 5.2333 |
| 2013 | 5.6583 |
| 2014 | 6.0583 |
| 2015 | 6.0667 |
| 2016 | 5.7167 |
| 2017 | 5.6 |
| 2018 | 5.2833 |
| 2019 | 5.175 |
| 2020 | 6.4583 |
Full history and interactive chart
Complete series for Australia — on the Unemployment rate page.
Other years
- Unemployment rate in 2011
- Unemployment rate in 2012
- Unemployment rate in 2013
- Unemployment rate in 2014
- Unemployment rate in 2015
- Unemployment rate in 2017
- Unemployment rate in 2018
- Unemployment rate in 2019
- Unemployment rate in 2020
- Unemployment rate in 2021
- Unemployment rate in 2022
- Unemployment rate in 2023
- Unemployment rate in 2024
- Unemployment rate in 2025
- Unemployment rate in 2026