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China: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1952–2025 · 74 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
5.10%percent
Change on 2024
−0.0 pointsfrom 5.12%
Average, 2016–2025
5.07%10 years
Record high and low
5.62% (2020)low 0.477% (1985)

Unemployment rate

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0%1%2%3%4%5%6%19601970198019902000201020202030ChinaChina
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20315.10Forecast
20305.10Forecast
20295.10Forecast
20285.10Forecast
20275.10Forecast
20265.10Forecast
20255.10
20245.12
20235.22
20225.58
20215.12
20205.62
20195.15
20184.93
20175.00
20163.83

Sources

  • Asian Historical Statistics1952–2010
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1952–2022
  • National Bureau of Statistics of China1978–2021
  • International Labour Organization2000–2021
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2017–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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China documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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