Official data
Venezuela: unemployment by year, 2000–2018
Unemployment rate, % of the labor force
Latest year, 2018: 5.5%
Opens a new analysis with this question: Compare the unemployment rate since 2000 across Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Argentina.
Method
Official annual series (2000–2018), read directly from the source without adjustments and plotted as published.
- Read. Reads series LUR directly as published by the source.
- Period. Keeps one value per year, 2000 to 2018.
- Chart. Draws the series as a line and marks the latest year.
- The most recent years can be IMF estimates.
- Source
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Dataset
- World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
- Series code
- LUR
Read from the Belo Lake on November 8, 2026.
Data
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 5.5 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5.3 |
| 2015 | 6.1 |
| 2014 | 6.8 |
| 2013 | 7.5 |
| 2012 | 7.8 |
| 2011 | 8.2 |
| 2010 | 8.5 |
| 2009 | 7.9 |
| 2008 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 8.5 |
| 2006 | 10 |
| 2005 | 12.2 |
| 2004 | 15.1 |
| 2003 | 18.2 |
| 2002 | 16 |
| 2001 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 14 |