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