United States Unemployment Rate 1990s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
5.78% decade average (1990-1999)

United States's unemployment rate during the 1990s ranged from 4.22% (1999) to 7.50% (1992), averaging 5.78% over 10 years of data.

1990s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1990 5.62% +0.36pp 28th
1991 6.80% +1.18pp 103rd
1992 7.50% +0.65pp 108th
1993 6.90% −0.59pp 96th
1994 6.12% −0.79pp 80th
1995 5.65% −0.45pp 74th
1996 5.45% −0.14pp 68th
1997 5.00% −0.41pp 66th
1998 4.51% −0.43pp 60th
1999 4.22% −0.28pp 49th