Male unemployment — all countries

Male unemployment — South-Eastern Asia

Male unemployment in South-Eastern Asia in 2025 — 2.48%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 0.16 pp.

2025 2.48% −0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 4%2007
Period minimum 2.3%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of male labor force

Male unemployment — South-Eastern Asia, 1991–202522.533.5419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 2.32%1992: 2.3%1993: 2.31%1994: 2.77%1995: 2.78%1996: 2.85%1997: 2.91%1998: 3.61%1999: 3.96%2000: 3.74%2001: 3.6%2002: 3.67%2003: 3.54%2004: 3.75%2005: 3.95%2006: 3.89%2007: 4%2008: 3.89%2009: 3.57%2010: 3.04%2011: 2.92%2012: 2.67%2013: 2.72%2014: 2.69%2015: 2.9%2016: 2.9%2017: 2.7%2018: 2.7%2019: 2.44%2020: 3%2021: 3.3%2022: 2.64%2023: 2.49%2024: 2.48%2025: 2.48%
Change over the period: +0.16 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South-Eastern Asia

South-Eastern Asia 2.48%
World 4.69%
Male unemployment — South-Eastern Asia, by year South-Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.48 −0.01 pp
2024 2.48 −0.01 pp
2023 2.49 −0.15 pp
2022 2.64 −0.66 pp
2021 3.3 +0.3 pp
2020 3 +0.56 pp
2019 2.44 −0.26 pp
2018 2.7 +0.01 pp
2017 2.7 −0.21 pp
2016 2.9 +0.01 pp
2015 2.9 +0.2 pp
2014 2.69 −0.03 pp
2013 2.72 +0.06 pp
2012 2.67 −0.25 pp
2011 2.92 −0.12 pp
2010 3.04 −0.53 pp
2009 3.57 −0.32 pp
2008 3.89 −0.11 pp
2007 4 +0.1 pp
2006 3.89 −0.06 pp
2005 3.95 +0.2 pp
2004 3.75 +0.21 pp
2003 3.54 −0.13 pp
2002 3.67 +0.07 pp
2001 3.6 −0.14 pp
2000 3.74 −0.22 pp
1999 3.96 +0.35 pp
1998 3.61 +0.7 pp
1997 2.91 +0.06 pp
1996 2.85 +0.06 pp
1995 2.78 +0.01 pp
1994 2.77 +0.46 pp
1993 2.31 +0.01 pp
1992 2.3 −0.02 pp
1991 2.32

About the indicator

The share of the male labor force that is unemployed. The gap between the sexes shows up only when this series is compared with the female one, and it is not universal — in Southern Europe and Latin America female unemployment is markedly higher, while in a number of countries of Eastern Europe and Africa male unemployment is higher, because men work in industries sensitive to a downturn.

Important: The denominator is the male labor force, not the whole male population: men who neither work nor look for work are not in it.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.