Australia unemployment rate
Unemployment rate, persons, seasonally adjusted, percent. Series id au.unemployment.rate. Seasonally adjusted. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
Recent observations
| Period | Value | Vintage |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 4.71834873 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-08 | 4.65160785 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-07 | 4.489178 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-06 | 4.44937041 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-05 | 4.39354445 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-04 | 4.50148493 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-03 | 4.29031273 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-02 | 4.30668343 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-01 | 4.08165812 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-12 | 4.11530743 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-11 | 4.31439959 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-10 | 4.31872626 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-09 | 4.4263409 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-08 | 4.22278681 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-07 | 4.26268911 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-06 | 4.33791667 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-05 | 4.1131046 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-04 | 4.06398645 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-03 | 4.08488803 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-02 | 4.07520191 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-01 | 4.128545 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2024-12 | 3.99819094 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2024-11 | 3.93267969 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2024-10 | 4.08257294 | 2026-11-02 |
Calls
GET /api/v1/series/au.unemployment.rate
GET /api/v1/series/au.unemployment.rate/history?limit=120
GET /api/v1/series/au.unemployment.rate/history?as_of=2026-06-30
GET /api/v1/series/au.unemployment.rate/vintages?period=2026-09
MCP: macro_latest(series_id="au.unemployment.rate")Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Adapter abs_sdmx.
About this series
Australia unemployment rate is published by Australian Bureau of Statistics monthly in percent, seasonally adjusted. Unemployment rate, persons, seasonally adjusted, percent. MacroDataAPI collects it at release, keeps every revision with its vintage date, and serves it under its CC BY 4.0 licence with attribution in the source field.
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