OECD Economic Outlook: unemployment rate
Unemployment as a percentage of the labour force (OECD measure UNR: "Unemployment rate"), for OECD members, G20 non-members and major aggregates. Includes the Outlook's two-year projections. Unit: percent of labour force (UNIT_MEASURE=PT_LF).
Source: OECD2,213 rowsUpdated: 9/21/2026
unemploymentlabourmacrooecdforecast
Quality
92.5
Attribution
OECD
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | string | Observation year (the TIME_PERIOD column of the OECD SDMX-CSV response), stored as the first day of the year. |
| series_id | string | SDMX series key (<REF_AREA>.<MEASURE>), e.g. 'USA.GDPV_ANNPCT': the unique identifier of the series in the OECD Economic Outlook dataflow. |
| series_label | string | Economy name from the OECD CL_AREA codelist, e.g. 'United States'. |
| value | float | Unemployment as a percentage of the labour force (OECD measure UNR: "Unemployment rate"), for OECD members, G20 non-members and major aggregates. Includes the Outlook's two-year projections. Unit: percent of labour force (UNIT_MEASURE=PT_LF). |
Sample rows
| date | series_id | series_label | value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964-01-01 | AUS.UNR | Australia | 1.38532629813771 |
| 1965-01-01 | AUS.UNR | Australia | 1.25951796069311 |
| 1966-01-01 | AUS.UNR | Australia | 1.55550066825146 |
| 1967-01-01 | AUS.UNR | Australia | 1.87023617613434 |
| 1968-01-01 | AUS.UNR | Australia | 1.81318966160194 |
Use with an LLM
Point any LLM at the metadata endpoint — the documentation above is machine-readable too (JSON-LD + Croissant).
cURL
curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/oecd/unemployment_rate_annual" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'Python
import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/oecd/unemployment_rate_annual").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/oecd/unemployment_rate_annual
Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.