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China Unemployment Rate 2000s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
4.30% decade average (2000-2009)

China's unemployment rate during the 2000s ranged from 3.26% (2000) to 4.72% (2009), averaging 4.30% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 3.26% +0.01pp 38th
2001 3.80% +0.54pp 49th
2002 4.24% +0.44pp 55th
2003 4.58% +0.34pp 55th
2004 4.49% −0.09pp 53rd
2005 4.52% +0.03pp 59th
2006 4.43% −0.09pp 63rd
2007 4.35% −0.08pp 68th
2008 4.59% +0.24pp 71st
2009 4.72% +0.13pp 58th