Australia Unemployment Rate

Country: Australia, AUD
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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%
Actual
Forecast
2 years 5 years All time
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
15 Apr 2021
Mar 2021
5.6%
5.6%
18 Mar 2021
Feb 2021
5.8%
6.3%
18 Feb 2021
Jan 2021
6.4%
6.1%
21 Jan 2021
Dec 2020
6.6%
7.0%
17 Dec 2020
Nov 2020
6.8%
6.6%
19 Nov 2020
Oct 2020
7.0%
7.3%
15 Oct 2020
Sep 2020
6.9%
6.4%
17 Sept 2020
Aug 2020
6.8%
7.5%
13 Aug 2020
Jul 2020
7.5%
7.8%
16 Jul 2020
Jun 2020
7.4%
6.9%
18 Jun 2020
May 2020
7.1%
5.7%
14 May 2020
Apr 2020
6.2%
5.2%
16 Apr 2020
Mar 2020
5.2%
5.2%
19 Mar 2020
Feb 2020
5.1%
5.2%
20 Feb 2020
Jan 2020
5.3%
5.2%
23 Jan 2020
Dec 2019
5.1%
5.3%
19 Dec 2019
Nov 2019
5.2%
5.3%
14 Nov 2019
Oct 2019
5.3%
5.3%
17 Oct 2019
Sep 2019
5.2%
5.3%
19 Sept 2019
Aug 2019
5.3%
5.2%

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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