Taiwan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.35% in December, holding the highest level since April 2025. The total number of unemployed fell by 3,000 month-on-month to 398,000, the lowest level since May 2025. Overall employment rose by 6,000 to 11.65 million. Among younger workers, the unemployment rate for those aged 20–24 edged up slightly to 11.75%, compared with 11.70% in November. The labor force participation rate increased marginally to 59.59% from 59.57%, reaching the highest level since August 1990. source: National Statistics, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Unemployment Rate in Taiwan remained unchanged at 3.35 percent in December. Unemployment Rate in Taiwan averaged 3.14 percent from 1978 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 6.02 percent in July of 2009 and a record low of 1.04 percent in February of 1979. This page provides the latest reported value for - Taiwan Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Taiwan Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Taiwan remained unchanged at 3.35 percent in December. Unemployment Rate in Taiwan is expected to be 3.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Taiwan Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 3.50 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.