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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	South Korea	Germany
Dec 31, 2002	3.0%	8.5%
Dec 31, 2003	3.3%	9.8%
Dec 31, 2004	3.4%	10.7%
Dec 31, 2005	3.5%	11.2%
Dec 31, 2006	3.3%	10.3%
Dec 31, 2007	3.0%	8.7%
Dec 31, 2008	3.0%	7.5%
Dec 31, 2009	3.4%	7.9%
Dec 31, 2010	3.3%	7.0%
Dec 31, 2011	3.0%	6.0%
Dec 31, 2012	2.8%	5.4%
Dec 31, 2013	3.1%	5.3%
Dec 31, 2014	3.1%	5.0%
Dec 31, 2015	3.5%	4.6%
Dec 31, 2016	3.7%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2017	3.7%	3.8%
Dec 31, 2018	3.8%	3.4%
Dec 31, 2019	3.7%	3.2%
Dec 31, 2020	3.9%	3.9%
Dec 31, 2021	3.6%	3.6%
Dec 31, 2022	2.9%	3.1%
Dec 31, 2023	2.7%	3.1%
Dec 31, 2024	2.8%	3.4%
Dec 31, 2025	2.7%	3.7%