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# Political Data Alert | Unemployment Rate
- URL: https://www.benchmarkanalytics.com.au/political-data-alert-unemployment-rate/
- Published: 2026-07-29T00:48:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-29T00:48:30.000Z
- Description: The ABS has released the latest labour force figures.
- Author: Nick Hossack

Australia's unemployment rate was 4.43% in the latest period, compared with 4.37% in the previous period and 4.31% in the same period a year earlier.

![Australian unemployment rate compared across selected political and economic dimensions.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/de/5d/de5d1f33-5b16-4880-95ff-5d52cee4cac5/content/images/2026/07/ur_by_selected_dimensions.png)

![Recent monthly Australian unemployment rate results.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/de/5d/de5d1f33-5b16-4880-95ff-5d52cee4cac5/content/images/2026/07/ur_recent_results.png)

![Average Australian unemployment rate by prime minister.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/de/5d/de5d1f33-5b16-4880-95ff-5d52cee4cac5/content/images/2026/07/ur_by_prime_minister.png)

![Australian unemployment rate grouped by decade.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/de/5d/de5d1f33-5b16-4880-95ff-5d52cee4cac5/content/images/2026/07/ur_by_decade.png)