Overview
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)
Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
- Source: World Bank
- Category: economy
- Tags: unemploymentlaborworld-bank
- Rows: 208
- Date range: 2000 – 2025 (year)
- Last refresh: 2026-09-20T21:16:22+00:00 (cadence: yearly)
- Quality score: 99.4 / 100
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| country_code | country_name | year | value |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | Canada | 2000 | 6.829 |
| CAN | Canada | 2001 | 7.219 |
| CAN | Canada | 2002 | 7.665 |
| CAN | Canada | 2003 | 7.574 |
| CAN | Canada | 2004 | 7.185 |
| CAN | Canada | 2005 | 6.758 |
| CAN | Canada | 2006 | 6.484 |
| CAN | Canada | 2007 | 6.156 |
| CAN | Canada | 2008 | 6.284 |
| CAN | Canada | 2009 | 8.46 |
| CAN | Canada | 2010 | 8.178 |
| CAN | Canada | 2011 | 7.659 |
| CAN | Canada | 2012 | 7.429 |
| CAN | Canada | 2013 | 7.178 |
| CAN | Canada | 2014 | 7.049 |
| CAN | Canada | 2015 | 6.986 |
| CAN | Canada | 2016 | 7.067 |
| CAN | Canada | 2017 | 6.444 |
| CAN | Canada | 2018 | 5.842 |
| CAN | Canada | 2019 | 5.688 |
| CAN | Canada | 2020 | 9.657 |
| CAN | Canada | 2021 | 7.517 |
| CAN | Canada | 2022 | 5.273 |
| CAN | Canada | 2023 | 5.389 |
| CAN | Canada | 2024 | 6.344 |
| CAN | Canada | 2025 | 6.819 |
| CHN | China | 2000 | 3.707 |
| CHN | China | 2001 | 1.471 |
| CHN | China | 2002 | 1.627 |
| CHN | China | 2003 | 1.568 |
| CHN | China | 2004 | 1.363 |
| CHN | China | 2005 | 1.935 |
| CHN | China | 2006 | 1.752 |
| CHN | China | 2007 | 1.581 |
| CHN | China | 2008 | 1.924 |
| CHN | China | 2009 | 2.17 |
| CHN | China | 2010 | 2.912 |
| CHN | China | 2011 | 2.748 |
| CHN | China | 2012 | 2.776 |
| CHN | China | 2013 | 2.929 |
| CHN | China | 2014 | 3.058 |
| CHN | China | 2015 | 3.296 |
| CHN | China | 2016 | 3.831 |
| CHN | China | 2017 | 3.775 |
| CHN | China | 2018 | 4.93 |
| CHN | China | 2019 | 5.15 |
| CHN | China | 2020 | 5.61 |
| CHN | China | 2021 | 5.11 |
| CHN | China | 2022 | 4.569 |
| CHN | China | 2023 | — |
| CHN | China | 2024 | — |
| CHN | China | 2025 | — |
| DEU | Germany | 2000 | 7.917 |
| DEU | Germany | 2001 | 7.773 |
| DEU | Germany | 2002 | 8.482 |
| DEU | Germany | 2003 | 9.779 |
| DEU | Germany | 2004 | 10.727 |
| DEU | Germany | 2005 | 11.193 |
| DEU | Germany | 2006 | 10.277 |
| DEU | Germany | 2007 | 8.732 |
| DEU | Germany | 2008 | 7.508 |
| DEU | Germany | 2009 | 7.88 |
| DEU | Germany | 2010 | 7.043 |
| DEU | Germany | 2011 | 5.967 |
| DEU | Germany | 2012 | 5.372 |
| DEU | Germany | 2013 | 5.316 |
| DEU | Germany | 2014 | 4.979 |
| DEU | Germany | 2015 | 4.612 |
| DEU | Germany | 2016 | 4.104 |
| DEU | Germany | 2017 | 3.781 |
| DEU | Germany | 2018 | 3.384 |
| DEU | Germany | 2019 | 3.163 |
| DEU | Germany | 2020 | 3.881 |
| DEU | Germany | 2021 | 3.54 |
| DEU | Germany | 2022 | 3.098 |
| DEU | Germany | 2023 | 2.978 |
| DEU | Germany | 2024 | 3.364 |
| DEU | Germany | 2025 | 3.8 |
| FRA | France | 2000 | 10.218 |
| FRA | France | 2001 | 8.61 |
| FRA | France | 2002 | 8.702 |
| FRA | France | 2003 | 8.306 |
| FRA | France | 2004 | 8.914 |
| FRA | France | 2005 | 8.882 |
| FRA | France | 2006 | 8.832 |
| FRA | France | 2007 | 8.008 |
| FRA | France | 2008 | 7.386 |
| FRA | France | 2009 | 9.122 |
| FRA | France | 2010 | 9.279 |
| FRA | France | 2011 | 9.228 |
| FRA | France | 2012 | 9.841 |
| FRA | France | 2013 | 9.913 |
| FRA | France | 2014 | 10.273 |
| FRA | France | 2015 | 10.354 |
| FRA | France | 2016 | 10.057 |
| FRA | France | 2017 | 9.409 |
| FRA | France | 2018 | 9.018 |
| FRA | France | 2019 | 8.415 |
| FRA | France | 2020 | 8.009 |
| FRA | France | 2021 | 7.871 |
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Fields
| Name | Type | Description | Unit / format | Nullable | Example values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
country_code |
varchar | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code (World Bank API field countryiso3code). | Not documented by source | No | CAN, CAN, CAN |
country_name |
varchar | Country name as published by the World Bank API. | Not documented by source | No | Canada, Canada, Canada |
year |
bigint | Calendar year of the observation (World Bank API field date). | Not documented by source | No | 2000, 2001, 2002 |
value |
double | Indicator value for the country and year, as defined by the World Bank indicator (see the dataset description). Missing values are null. | % of total labor force | Yes | 6.829, 7.219, 7.665 |
“Not documented by source” means the provider publishes no per-field documentation — descriptions are never invented.
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Source & license
- Provider: World Bank
- The World Bank provides free and open access to global development data through its data portal and API, covering economic, social, and environmental indicators for countries worldwide.
- Provider site: https://data.worldbank.org
- Source data URL: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.NE.ZS
- License: CC-BY-4.0 — OK for commercial use. Attribution is required when you use this data.
- Commercial use: Yes
- Attribution required: World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org)
- Terms: https://data.worldbank.org/terms-and-conditions
- Refresh cadence: yearly
- Provenance: Ingested by the World Bank connector (v1.0.0) from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.NE.ZS; latest snapshot 20260920T211622Z-6429e431d6e1 (sha256 6429e431d6e1…)