Unemployment rate

13.8 (%) in 2017

Unemployment rate of Albania slumped by 9.50% from 15.2 % in 2016 to 13.8 % in 2017. Since the 9.38% surge in 2014, unemployment rate sank by 21.39% in 2017.

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Unemployment rate can be defined by either the national definition, the ILO harmonized definition, or the OECD harmonized definition. The OECD harmonized unemployment rate gives the number of unemployed persons as a percentage of the labor force (the total number of people employed plus unemployed). [OECD Main Economic Indicators, OECD, monthly] As defined by the International Labour Organization, "unemployed workers" are those who are currently not working but are willing and able to work for pay, currently available to work, and have actively searched for work. [ILO, http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/res/index.htm]

Date Value Change, %
2017 13.8 -9.50%
2016 15.2 -11.11%
2015 17.1 -2.29%
2014 17.5 9.38%
2013 16.0 19.40%
2012 13.4 -4.29%
2011 14.0 0.00%
2010 14.0 1.45%
2009 13.8 5.34%
2008 13.1 -2.24%
2007 13.4 -2.90%
2006 13.8