Canada vs United States: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Canada's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 6.91, compared to United States's 4.20. That makes Canada's value 64.5% higher than United States's.
Canada
Rank #58 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 6.91
- Year-over-year
- +8.8%
- 10-year change
- -0.5%
- Peak
- 9.66 (2020)
- Trough
- 5.28 (2022)
United States
Rank #113 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 4.20
- Year-over-year
- +4.4%
- 10-year change
- -20.5%
- Peak
- 9.63 (2010)
- Trough
- 3.64 (2023)
Other Canada comparisons
Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.