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

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

In , Germany's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 3.71, compared to United Kingdom's 4.75. That makes Germany's value 21.8% lower than United Kingdom's.

Germany

Rank #120 of 182 globally

Germany trend
Latest (2025)
3.71
Year-over-year
+9.1%
10-year change
-19.5%
Peak
10.28 (2006)
Trough
3.07 (2023)

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.