Germany vs United States: 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 States's 4.20. That makes Germany's value 11.6% lower than United States's.
Germany
Rank #120 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 3.71
- Year-over-year
- +9.1%
- 10-year change
- -19.5%
- Peak
- 10.28 (2006)
- Trough
- 3.07 (2023)
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 Germany comparisons
Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.