China Unemployment Rate (WEO)
ILO-modeled annual unemployment rate for China from the IMF WEO. The official urban survey rate runs close to 5%.
The China Unemployment Rate (WEO) is currently 4.62%, last updated .
Asia Pacific macro diverges meaningfully from U.S. cycles. Japan's multi-decade disinflation, Korea's export-driven industrial cycle, and Australia's commodity-tilted economy each respond to different drivers. Monitoring the region alongside U.S. data reveals when a global story (the China credit cycle, the semiconductor cycle, global trade growth) is the real variable behind seemingly U.S.-centric moves.
Recent Data
Download CSV| Date | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.62% | +0.54% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.59% | -1.71% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.67% | -6.22% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.98% | +9.45% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.55% | -9.00% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 5.00% | +9.65% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 4.56% | +5.80% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 4.31% | -3.58% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 4.47% | -1.97% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 4.56% | -1.94% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 4.65% | +0.43% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 4.63% | +0.65% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 4.60% | +0.44% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 4.58% | +0.66% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 4.55% | +0.44% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 4.53% | -4.03% |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 4.72% | +2.83% |
| Dec 31, 2008 | 4.59% | +5.52% |
| Dec 31, 2007 | 4.35% | -1.81% |
| Dec 31, 2006 | 4.43% | -1.99% |
| Dec 31, 2005 | 4.52% | +0.67% |
| Dec 31, 2004 | 4.49% | -1.97% |
| Dec 31, 2003 | 4.58% | +8.02% |
| Dec 31, 2002 | 4.24% | — |
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