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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

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 States

Rank #113 of 182 globally

United States trend
Latest (2025)
4.20
Year-over-year
+4.4%
10-year change
-20.5%
Peak
9.63 (2010)
Trough
3.64 (2023)

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