United States

Unemployment rate

The unemployment rate measures the share of the labor force actively looking for work but not employed. It is a lagging but essential gauge of labor-market slack.

Active series

Unemployment rate - United States

World Bank . SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS:US

Unemployment rate in other countries

Provider

World Bank FRED

Frequency

annualmonthly

Transformation

level

Live data

Latest4.20%

YoY+4.38%

10Y Avg4.54%

FrequencyAnnual

Chart typeScale

Min3.64%

Mean5.68%

Max9.63%

Series details

SourceILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026

CategoryEducation ; Social Protection & Labor

FrequencyAnnual

UnitPercent

Last UpdatedMay 2, 2026

Transformslevel, yoy, index 100

About this series

Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Data provenance

International organizationOpen with attribution