Australia: Unemployment rate

(measure: percent, source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)

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Unemployment rate, percent in Australia, September, 2020: For that indicator, we provide data for Australia from February 1978 to September 2020. The average value for Australia during that period was 6.8 percent with a minimum of 3.85 percent in August 2008 and a maximum of 12.13 percent in February 1993. Click on the following link to see the values of Unemployment rate, percent around the world.

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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Definition: The unemployment rate represents the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

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