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 Aug 2019
Jul 2019
5.2%
5.1%
18 Jul 2019
Jun 2019
5.2%
5.2%
13 Jun 2019
May 2019
5.2%
5.3%
16 May 2019
Apr 2019
5.2%
5.0%
18 Apr 2019
Mar 2019
5.0%
5.0%
21 Mar 2019
Feb 2019
4.9%
5.0%
21 Feb 2019
Jan 2019
5.0%
5.1%
24 Jan 2019
Dec 2018
5.0%
5.1%
20 Dec 2018
Nov 2018
5.1%
5.0%
15 Nov 2018
Oct 2018
5.0%
5.2%
18 Oct 2018
Sep 2018
5.0%
5.3%
13 Sept 2018
Aug 2018
5.3%
5.4%
16 Aug 2018
Jul 2018
5.3%
5.5%
19 Jul 2018
Jun 2018
5.4%
5.6%
14 Jun 2018
May 2018
5.4%
5.6%
17 May 2018
Apr 2018
5.6%
5.5%
19 Apr 2018
Mar 2018
5.5%
5.4%
22 Mar 2018
Feb 2018
5.6%
5.4%
15 Feb 2018
Jan 2018
5.5%
5.3%
18 Jan 2018
Dec 2017
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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