Chile Unemployment Rate

The share of people aged 15 and over who want a job and are actively looking, but can't find one.

9.3%

+0.5pp vs Q1 2026

Q2 2026 · Quarterly data

Seasonally adjusted

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Unemployment Rate

Q1 1986 to Q2 2026

Source: FRED series LRHUTTTTCLQ156S · OECD-harmonized, seasonally adjusted, quarterly.

Chile Unemployment Rate in context

Worked out from the published series shown above.

In Chile, the unemployment rate rose by 0.5pp over the year to Q2 2026, from 8.8% in Q2 2025.

It is the highest reading since Q2 2021.

Over the past five years it has ranged from 7.6% in Q1 2022 to 9.3% in Q2 2021.

Its average since Q1 1986 is 8.2%, and the latest reading is above that.

Chile is 5th of 62 countries in our Unemployment Rate by Country ranking.

How this series is defined

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Source
OECD via FRED
Series
LRHUTTTTCLQ156S
Frequency
Quarterly
Unit
%
Seasonal adjustment
Seasonally adjusted
Latest observation
Q2 2026
Revision status
Latest published estimate, subject to revision

Data refreshed 2026-10-28. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.

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