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China vs United Kingdom: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , China's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 4.62, compared to United Kingdom's 4.75. That makes China's value 2.8% lower than United Kingdom's.

China

Rank #107 of 182 globally

China trend
Latest (2025)
4.62
Year-over-year
+0.5%
10-year change
-0.8%
Peak
5.00 (2020)
Trough
4.31 (2018)

United Kingdom

Rank #103 of 182 globally

United Kingdom trend
Latest (2025)
4.75
Year-over-year
+8.8%
10-year change
-14.5%
Peak
8.28 (2012)
Trough
3.66 (2019)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.