Unemployment Rate rose 10.1% to 7.37% in the European Union in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in the European Union reached an all time high of 11.5% in 1994 and an all time low of 6.70% in 2019. When compared to European Union's main peers, Unemployment Rate in China amounted to 5.00%, 2.97% in Japan, 5.73% in Russia and 8.31% in USA in 2020.
European Union has been ranked th within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Canada | % | 6.34% | 5.83% | 5.66% | 9.48% | 6.29% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 4.40% | 4.30% | 4.60% | 5.00% | 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| European Union | % | 8.14% | 7.27% | 6.70% | 7.37% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 3.75% | 3.38% | 3.14% | 4.31% | 3.27% | ||||||||||||||||
| 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% |
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