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Venezuela, RB Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
What is Venezuela, RB's unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ilo estimate)? As of 2023, it's 5.4% of total labor force, down from 6.8% of total labor force in 2014.
| Label | Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 6.821% of total labor force |
| 2015 | 6.139% of total labor force |
| 2016 | 5.319% of total labor force |
| 2017 | 5.045% of total labor force |
| 2018 | 5.468% of total labor force |
| 2019 | 5.89% of total labor force |
| 2020 | 7.53% of total labor force |
| 2021 | 7.027% of total labor force |
| 2022 | 5.646% of total labor force |
| 2023 | 5.407% of total labor force |
Data Source: World Bank and Wantstats Repository
Venezuela, RB Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate): Key Points
- In 2023, Venezuela, RB's unemployment, total (% of total labor force) stood at 5.41 % of total labor force — down from 6.82 % of total labor force in 2014, a fall of roughly 21%.
- 2015-2017: slides to 5.04 % of total labor force (-26%).
- 2018-2020: leaps to 7.53 % of total labor force (+49%).
- 2021-2023: drifts lower, 5.41 % of total labor force (-28%).
- 2020: Unemployment surges from 5.89 to 7.53 % of total labor force (~28%) as lockdowns worldwide shut down entire industries overnight.
- Take the whole run together and it's a 20.7% loss, landing at 5.41 % of total labor force by 2023.
The Pandemic Jobs Shock, Explained
This chart doesn't support a simple narrative. It moves up, it moves down — pick any two years and you can tell almost any story you want. Look at the whole series, not a slice of it.
This spike isn't a local labor-market failure — it's the pandemic. COVID-19 lockdowns shut down entire sectors overnight in 2020, and unemployment jumped in almost every economy at the same time.
This series reflects Venezuela, RB's official reporting via the linked source. Statistics of this kind are typically benchmarked against periodic censuses or surveys, with intervening years estimated.
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