Unemployment rate by country API: World Bank ILO estimates

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Unemployment rate of any country from World Bank data (ILO modelled estimates): total unemployment and youth unemployment (ages 15-24) as % of the labour force, for the last 1-10 years with the newest year first. Country by ISO code (SE, SWE) or English name. Read from a committed World Bank Open Data snapshot (CC BY 4.0), so every call answers at once; the snapshot date is in the answer. Use for labour-market and macro questions.

When to use it

Get a country's unemployment rate and youth unemployment rate for the last 1-10 years
Compare labour markets across countries by ISO code or name
Add labour-market context to an economic answer

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Inputs

Name	Type	Description
`country` (required)	string	ISO 3166 code (SE, SWE) or English country name (Sweden)
`years`	integer	Years of history to return, 1-10 (default 5)

Request

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Example result

{
  "country": {
    "code": "SWE",
    "name": "Sweden",
    "iso2": "SE",
    "region": "Europe & Central Asia",
    "incomeLevel": "High income",
    "capital": "Stockholm"
  },
  "unemployment": {
    "indicator": "Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)",
    "latest": {
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 8.69
    },
    "values": [
      {
        "year": 2025,
        "value": 8.69
      }
    ]
  },
  "youthUnemployment": {
    "indicator": "Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)",
    "latest": {
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 24.1
    },
    "values": [
      {
        "year": 2025,
        "value": 24.1
      }
    ]
  },
  "source": "World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0), snapshot 2026-11-10"
}

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Questions

Where does the data come from?

A committed snapshot of World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0), ILO modelled estimates; the snapshot date is in every answer.

Is it seasonally adjusted monthly data?

No. The series are annual rates as % of the labour force.

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