Chile Unemployment Rate

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

8.7

Units In

8.9

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Sep 30, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 11 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
13.5 Feb 1986	5.1 Feb 1998	8.2 %	1986-2025	N/A

In Chile, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Latest Updates

Chile’s unemployment rate rose to 8.7% in the May–July 2025 period, matching the 8.7% in the same period last year and below market expectations of 9.1%. The increase was driven by a 0.7% rise in the labor force to 4,580,031, while the number of employed individuals edged up 0.2% to 4,156,809. As a result, the number of unemployed rose 6.0% to 423,222, driven mainly by those classified as cesantes (people who lost their jobs). By gender, the unemployment rate was 10.2% for women and 8.5% for men.