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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	Spain	United States
Dec 31, 2002	11.1%	5.8%
Dec 31, 2003	11.3%	6.0%
Dec 31, 2004	11.1%	5.5%
Dec 31, 2005	9.1%	5.1%
Dec 31, 2006	8.5%	4.6%
Dec 31, 2007	8.2%	4.6%
Dec 31, 2008	11.3%	5.8%
Dec 31, 2009	17.9%	9.3%
Dec 31, 2010	19.9%	9.6%
Dec 31, 2011	21.4%	8.9%
Dec 31, 2012	24.8%	8.1%
Dec 31, 2013	26.1%	7.4%
Dec 31, 2014	24.4%	6.2%
Dec 31, 2015	22.1%	5.3%
Dec 31, 2016	19.6%	4.9%
Dec 31, 2017	17.2%	4.4%
Dec 31, 2018	15.3%	3.9%
Dec 31, 2019	14.1%	3.7%
Dec 31, 2020	15.5%	8.1%
Dec 31, 2021	14.9%	5.3%
Dec 31, 2022	13.0%	3.7%
Dec 31, 2023	12.2%	3.6%
Dec 31, 2024	11.4%	4.0%
Dec 31, 2025	10.4%	4.2%