Unemployment Rate fell 56.6% to 3.61% in the USA in 2021, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in the USA reached an all time high of 9.72% in 1982 and an all time low of 3.61% in 2021. When compared to USA's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Canada amounted to 6.29%, 4.00% in China, 2.87% in Japan and 3.48% in Mexico in 2021.
USA has been ranked 84th within the group of 102 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 32 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Australia | % | 5.59% | 5.30% | 5.16% | 6.61% | 4.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belize | % | 6.60% | 6.52% | 6.46% | 7.82% | 13.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 6.34% | 5.83% | 5.66% | 9.48% | 6.29% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 4.40% | 4.30% | 4.60% | 5.00% | 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 2.46% | 2.41% | 2.36% | 4.65% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 5.53% | 5.65% | 5.57% | 9.39% | 6.20% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 5.41% | 5.33% | 5.27% | 7.11% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 2.80% | 2.40% | 2.40% | 2.97% | 2.87% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 3.42% | 3.28% | 3.48% | 4.71% | 3.48% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 5.21% | 4.85% | 4.60% | 5.73% | 4.95% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 3.65% | 3.82% | 3.75% | 4.07% | 3.10% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 4.36% | 3.90% | 3.67% | 8.31% | 3.61% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 4.33% | 4.00% | 3.74% | 4.34% | 4.50% |
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