Unemployment rate in United States

Latest: 4.2%
Previous: 4.0%
Change: +0.18 (+4.4%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Recession Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in United States
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	6.8%
Dec 31, 1992	7.5%
Dec 31, 1993	6.9%
Dec 31, 1994	6.1%
Dec 31, 1995	5.7%
Dec 31, 1996	5.5%
Dec 31, 1997	5.0%
Dec 31, 1998	4.5%
Dec 31, 1999	4.2%
Dec 31, 2000	4.0%
Dec 31, 2001	4.7%
Dec 31, 2002	5.8%
Dec 31, 2003	6.0%
Dec 31, 2004	5.5%
Dec 31, 2005	5.1%
Dec 31, 2006	4.6%
Dec 31, 2007	4.6%
Dec 31, 2008	5.8%
Dec 31, 2009	9.3%
Dec 31, 2010	9.6%
Dec 31, 2011	8.9%
Dec 31, 2012	8.1%
Dec 31, 2013	7.4%
Dec 31, 2014	6.2%
Dec 31, 2015	5.3%
Dec 31, 2016	4.9%
Dec 31, 2017	4.4%
Dec 31, 2018	3.9%
Dec 31, 2019	3.7%
Dec 31, 2020	8.1%
Dec 31, 2021	5.3%
Dec 31, 2022	3.7%
Dec 31, 2023	3.6%
Dec 31, 2024	4.0%
Dec 31, 2025	4.2%

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