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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	Germany	United States
Dec 31, 2002	8.5%	5.8%
Dec 31, 2003	9.8%	6.0%
Dec 31, 2004	10.7%	5.5%
Dec 31, 2005	11.2%	5.1%
Dec 31, 2006	10.3%	4.6%
Dec 31, 2007	8.7%	4.6%
Dec 31, 2008	7.5%	5.8%
Dec 31, 2009	7.9%	9.3%
Dec 31, 2010	7.0%	9.6%
Dec 31, 2011	6.0%	8.9%
Dec 31, 2012	5.4%	8.1%
Dec 31, 2013	5.3%	7.4%
Dec 31, 2014	5.0%	6.2%
Dec 31, 2015	4.6%	5.3%
Dec 31, 2016	4.1%	4.9%
Dec 31, 2017	3.8%	4.4%
Dec 31, 2018	3.4%	3.9%
Dec 31, 2019	3.2%	3.7%
Dec 31, 2020	3.9%	8.1%
Dec 31, 2021	3.6%	5.3%
Dec 31, 2022	3.1%	3.7%
Dec 31, 2023	3.1%	3.6%
Dec 31, 2024	3.4%	4.0%
Dec 31, 2025	3.7%	4.2%