Australia Unemployment Rate

Country: Australia, AUD
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Last release
16 Apr 2026 01:30 GMT
Actual
4.3%
Forecast
4.1%
Previous
4.3%
Next release
21 May 2026 01:30 GMT
Actual
Coming in 23 days
Forecast
4.3%
Previous
4.3%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
15 Dec 2022
Nov 2022
3.4%
3.3%
17 Nov 2022
Oct 2022
3.4%
3.6%
20 Oct 2022
Sep 2022
3.5%
3.6%
15 Sept 2022
Aug 2022
3.5%
3.2%
18 Aug 2022
Jul 2022
3.4%
3.4%
14 Jul 2022
Jun 2022
3.5%
3.8%
16 Jun 2022
May 2022
3.9%
3.6%
19 May 2022
Apr 2022
3.9%
4.1%
14 Apr 2022
Mar 2022
4.0%
4.4%
17 Mar 2022
Feb 2022
4.0%
4.1%
17 Feb 2022
Jan 2022
4.2%
3.6%
20 Jan 2022
Dec 2021
4.2%
4.3%
16 Dec 2021
Nov 2021
4.6%
5.5%
11 Nov 2021
Oct 2021
5.2%
4.7%
14 Oct 2021
Sep 2021
4.6%
4.4%
16 Sept 2021
Aug 2021
4.5%
4.3%
19 Aug 2021
Jul 2021
4.6%
4.5%
15 Jul 2021
Jun 2021
4.9%
4.9%
17 Jun 2021
May 2021
5.1%
5.5%
20 May 2021
Apr 2021
5.5%
5.4%

Australia Unemployment Rate shows the share of unemployed persons seeking employment from the overall working-age population.

Unemployment growth is an indication of a decline in the labor market. This may negatively affect the quotes of the Australian dollar.

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