Australia vs Japan: unemployment rate compared (2025)

2025 · Unemployment rate: Australia 4.09%, Japan 2.45%. Higher: Australia (+1.64pp).

World Bank

Recent figures

Period	Australia	Japan	Gap (Australia − Japan)
2025	4.09%	2.45%	+1.64pp
2024	3.94%	2.5%	+1.44pp
2023	3.67%	2.6%	+1.07pp
2022	3.73%	2.61%	+1.12pp
2021	5.02%	2.81%	+2.21pp
2020	6.39%	2.81%	+3.58pp
2019	5.14%	2.35%	+2.79pp
2018	5.35%	2.47%	+2.88pp
2017	5.59%	2.82%	+2.77pp
2016	5.71%	3.13%	+2.58pp

Australia: Unemployment, total (% of labour force, ILO modelled estimate) — World Bank
Japan: Unemployment, total (% of labour force, ILO modelled estimate) — World Bank

Each figure comes from that country’s official source. Definitions can differ slightly between countries.