United Kingdom vs United States: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , United Kingdom's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 4.75, compared to United States's 4.20. That makes United Kingdom's value 13.1% higher than United States's.
United Kingdom
Rank #103 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 4.75
- Year-over-year
- +8.8%
- 10-year change
- -14.5%
- Peak
- 8.28 (2012)
- Trough
- 3.66 (2019)
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 United Kingdom comparisons
Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.