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United States - Unemployment Rate 4.2

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 187 economies tracked

Latest value

4.2 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 187 economies

vs global median

0.8×

Growth since 1991

0.62×

Ranking Race โ€” Unemployment Rate

1 = global #1 ยท lower value ranks higher

#1#22#43#64#85#106#12719911996200120062011201620212025#103#702021 overtook Denmark2022 overtook Turkmenistan
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Real annual global ranks, 1991 - 2025. United States climbed from #103 to #70 (overtook Denmark). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United States ↓

Key Events โ€” United States

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1994
Climbed 16 places in global rank auto
2001
Fell 17 places in global rank auto
2008
Fell 22 places in global rank auto
2008
Global financial crisis curated

Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.

2009
Fell 35 places in global rank auto
2014
Climbed 16 places in global rank auto
2020
Fell 64 places in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

Unemployment Rate, 1991-2025

World Bank WDI · % of total labor force · linear scale · ranking in the race above
199120012011202120253.645.647.639.63
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