Chile's Unemployment Climbs to 9.1%, the Highest in Nearly Five Years
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Chile's Unemployment Climbs to 9.1%, the Highest in Nearly Five Years
CHILE · ECONOMY Key Facts —The headline: Chile’s unemployment rate rose to 9.1% in the February–April 2026 rolling quarter, its highest level since around June 2021, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). —The gap: The increase came as the labour force grew 1.0% over twelve months, faster than the 0.7% rise in the number […] The post Chile’s Unemployment Climbs to 9.1%, the Highest in Nearly Five Years appeared first on The Rio Ti…
The Chilean labor market continues with the handbrake on and the unemployment rate reached 9.1% in Chile.
According to figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the unemployment rate reached 9.1 per cent in the February-April 2026 quarter, its highest rate since June 2021. According to figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the unemployment rate reached 9.1 per cent in the February-April 2026 quarter, its highest rate since June 2021. The figure acquires an additional dimension when compared with the rest of South Am…
The unemployment rate in the region of La Araucanía reached 7.9% during the February-April mobile quarter of 2026, with a decrease of 1.6 percentage points compared to the same period last year, according to the National Employment Survey (ENE) of the National Institute of Statistics. The figure puts La Araucanía below the national average, which reached 9.1%, and shows an increase in regional occupation of 2.0%, which is equivalent to 8,776 mor…
Last Friday, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) reported that the unemployment rate reached 9.1% during the February-April mobile quarter of 2026, becoming the highest level recorded in almost five years. The figure represents an increase compared to the same period of the previous year and reflects a growth of people looking for work without finding it. According to BioBioChile, the agency explained that the increase was driven by both …
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