Unemployment, modelled: SDG 8.5.2 in Georgia
Georgia: Unemployment, modelled: SDG 8.5.2 was 12.1 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Unemployment, modelled ILO estimate (% of total labour force) - SDG in Georgia, 1991–2025
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Georgia recorded 12.1 for unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg in 2025.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg in Georgia peaked at 20.71 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2.7, in 1991.
Georgia ranks 12th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Unemployment, modelled: SDG 8.5.2 in Georgia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.7 | — |
| 1992 | 5.4 | +100.0% |
| 1993 | 5.4 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 8.4 | +55.6% |
| 1995 | 7.6 | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 11.5 | +51.3% |
| 1997 | 11.5 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 14.53 | +26.3% |
| 1999 | 13.8 | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 10.82 | -21.6% |
| 2001 | 11.16 | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 12.59 | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 11.51 | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 12.62 | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 13.81 | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 13.57 | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 13.28 | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 17.87 | +34.6% |
| 2009 | 20.71 | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 20.2 | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 19.63 | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 19.65 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 19.42 | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 17.44 | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 16.51 | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 16.6 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 13.94 | -16.1% |
| 2018 | 12.67 | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 11.56 | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 11.73 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 11.79 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 11.62 | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 11.55 | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 11.56 | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 12.1 | +4.7% |
Georgia compared with similar countries
- Georgia's 12.1 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10.93, 1.1× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Georgia's 12.1 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5.56, 2.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unemployment, modelled: SDG 8.5.2 in Georgia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +100.0% | 2.7 | 5.4 |
| 1994 | +55.6% | 5.4 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | +51.3% | 7.6 | 11.5 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.98 | 2.7 | 14.53 | 9 |
| 2000s | 13.79 | 10.82 | 20.71 | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.76 | 11.56 | 20.2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.72 | 11.55 | 12.1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
More social development data for Georgia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 26,522 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 17,302 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0044 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 17,302 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0067 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg in Georgia?
- Unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg in Georgia was 12.1 in 2025, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg recorded in Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 20.71 in 2009.
- What is the lowest unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7 in 1991.
- How does Georgia rank for unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg?
- Georgia ranks 12th out of 69 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Georgia data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Unemployment, modelled ILO estimate (% of total labour force) - SDG 8.5.2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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