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Switzerland: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1913–2025 · 113 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
2.84%percent
Change on 2024
+0.5 pointsfrom 2.39%
Average, 2016–2025
2.68%10 years
Record high and low
16.9% (1936)low 0.0359% (1973)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20312.80Forecast
20302.80Forecast
20292.80Forecast
20282.80Forecast
20272.90Forecast
20263.96Forecast
20252.84
20242.39
20231.98
20222.17
20212.99
20203.17
20192.31
20182.55
20173.09
20163.32

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1913–2020
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1926–1936
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1975–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1975–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators2010–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Switzerland 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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