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Unemployment rate: compare countries

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Unemployment rate by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Unemployment rate: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Germany
Dec 31, 2002	10.6%	8.5%
Dec 31, 2003	11.2%	9.8%
Dec 31, 2004	10.1%	10.7%
Dec 31, 2005	10.6%	11.2%
Dec 31, 2006	9.7%	10.3%
Dec 31, 2007	9.3%	8.7%
Dec 31, 2008	8.3%	7.5%
Dec 31, 2009	9.4%	7.9%
Dec 31, 2010	8.4%	7.0%
Dec 31, 2011	7.6%	6.0%
Dec 31, 2012	7.3%	5.4%
Dec 31, 2013	7.1%	5.3%
Dec 31, 2014	6.8%	5.0%
Dec 31, 2015	8.5%	4.6%
Dec 31, 2016	11.6%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2017	12.8%	3.8%
Dec 31, 2018	12.3%	3.4%
Dec 31, 2019	11.9%	3.2%
Dec 31, 2020	13.7%	3.9%
Dec 31, 2021	13.2%	3.6%
Dec 31, 2022	9.2%	3.1%
Dec 31, 2023	7.9%	3.1%
Dec 31, 2024	6.8%	3.4%
Dec 31, 2025	6.0%	3.7%