Chile Unemployment Rate

Last Release

Nov 30, 2024

Actual

8.2

Units In

8.6

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jan 30, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 11 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
13.5 Feb 1986	5.1 Feb 1998	8.19 %	1986-2024	N/A

In Chile, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Latest Updates

Chile's unemployment rate fell to 8.2% in the three months leading up to November 2024, down from 8.7% in the same month of the previous year, and below analysts' expectations of 8.5%. This was the lowest figure since the three months to January 2023, the number of unemployed declined by 4.9% to around 831 thousand, while employed rose by 1.6% to around 9.29 million. At the same time, the workforce increased by 1% to around 10.1 million.