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United States - Unemployment Rate 2016

Name: United States Unemployment Rate 2016
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

4.87% −0.41pp from 2015 Global rank: 73rd

United States's unemployment rate was 4.87% in 2016, decreased +0.41pp from 5.28% in 2015. This was the 73rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	0.15%	-11.8%
2nd	Niger	0.55%	-1.1%
3rd	Thailand	0.69%	-23.6%
4th	Cambodia	0.72%	82.2%
5th	Solomon Islands	0.74%	0.0%
6th	Myanmar	1.06%	38.1%
7th	Chad	1.09%	5.7%
8th	Bahrain	1.19%	-66.0%
9th	Burundi	1.35%	-6.7%
10th	Mali	1.37%	-2.6%
11th	Moldova	1.59%	-68.3%
12th	United Arab Emirates	1.64%	-8.5%
13th	Benin	1.83%	-2.8%
14th	Viet Nam	1.85%	-20.7%
15th	Côte d'Ivoire	1.90%	-26.3%
16th	Tanzania	1.93%	-3.9%
17th	Macao SAR, China	1.94%	6.2%
18th	Madagascar	1.95%	9.2%
19th	Cuba	2.00%	-16.7%
20th	Tonga	2.05%	1.3%
21st	Kuwait	2.16%	-1.8%
22nd	Pakistan	2.29%	-61.3%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	2.48%	-1.2%
24th	Guatemala	2.58%	3.1%
25th	Lao PDR	2.63%	31.3%
26th	Seychelles	2.68%	0.0%
27th	Philippines	2.70%	-57.1%
28th	Bhutan	2.71%	8.3%
29th	Kenya	2.76%	-0.2%
30th	Togo	2.97%	34.7%
31st	Iceland	2.98%	-35.1%
32nd	Uganda	3.00%	12.0%
33rd	Liberia	3.08%	20.5%
34th	Japan	3.13%	-7.2%
35th	Guinea-Bissau	3.14%	-0.9%
36th	Trinidad and Tobago	3.21%	-5.8%
37th	Liechtenstein	3.23%	-14.2%
38th	Oman	3.27%	-4.0%
39th	Andorra	3.30%	-14.8%
40th	Hong Kong SAR, China	3.39%	2.8%
41st	Malaysia	3.44%	9.2%
42nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.50%	-23.2%
43rd	Cameroon	3.53%	0.3%
44th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.57%	1.4%
45th	Korea	3.65%	1.6%
46th	Mozambique	3.65%	6.5%
47th	Peru	3.74%	-42.3%
48th	Mexico	3.85%	-11.4%
49th	Nicaragua	3.90%	-17.1%
50th	Czechia	3.95%	-21.3%
51st	Turkmenistan	4.03%	0.2%
52nd	Singapore	4.08%	114.7%
53rd	Germany	4.10%	-5.8%
54th	Comoros	4.12%	2.1%
55th	Sierra Leone	4.18%	-6.7%
56th	Sri Lanka	4.24%	-9.7%
57th	Kyrgyz Republic	4.29%	-43.2%
58th	Indonesia	4.30%	-30.4%
59th	Fiji	4.32%	-21.5%
60th	Bangladesh	4.35%	-1.1%
61st	El Salvador	4.42%	-38.2%
62nd	Senegal	4.46%	-34.1%
63rd	Nigeria	4.50%	-50.0%
64th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	4.53%	2.0%
65th	China	4.56%	-1.9%
66th	Ecuador	4.60%	-3.6%
67th	Burkina Faso	4.60%	2.8%
68th	Timor-Leste	4.66%	26.6%
69th	Norway	4.68%	3.3%
70th	Malta	4.69%	-12.9%
71st	Panama	4.72%	-6.6%
72nd	Israel	4.72%	-9.9%
73rd	United States	4.87%	-7.7%
74th	United Kingdom	4.91%	-8.7%
75th	Switzerland	4.92%	54.8%
76th	Kazakhstan	4.96%	-0.3%
77th	Guinea	5.00%	-3.0%
78th	Azerbaijan	5.00%	0.8%
79th	Malawi	5.01%	1.2%
80th	Hungary	5.12%	-22.8%
81st	New Zealand	5.15%	-5.1%
82nd	Uzbekistan	5.16%	0.1%
83rd	Vanuatu	5.20%	0.6%
84th	Zambia	5.24%	-11.9%
85th	Paraguay	5.26%	15.3%
86th	Ghana	5.26%	-22.8%
87th	Guam	5.40%	-21.7%
88th	Russian Federation	5.59%	0.3%
89th	Saudi Arabia	5.60%	0.2%
90th	Australia	5.71%	-5.9%
91st	Maldives	5.77%	-12.7%
92nd	Eritrea	5.77%	0.4%
93rd	Central African Republic	5.79%	0.3%
94th	Belarus	5.84%	0.4%
95th	Zimbabwe	5.90%	9.2%
96th	Romania	5.90%	-29.7%
97th	Denmark	5.99%	31.9%
98th	Netherlands	6.01%	-23.8%
99th	Austria	6.06%	-1.5%
100th	Poland	6.14%	-18.1%
101st	Gambia, The	6.24%	-13.6%
102nd	Luxembourg	6.67%	0.3%
103rd	Honduras	6.73%	9.4%
104th	Mauritius	6.81%	-13.7%
105th	Estonia	6.88%	11.3%
106th	Chile	6.93%	9.5%
107th	Sweden	6.99%	-7.0%
108th	Belize	7.00%	-31.0%
109th	Tajikistan	7.04%	0.0%
110th	Canada	7.04%	0.5%
111th	Mongolia	7.24%	-3.5%
112th	Dominican Republic	7.28%	-0.6%
113th	Channel Islands	7.47%	-5.8%
114th	Bulgaria	7.58%	-18.0%
115th	India	7.61%	-0.2%
116th	Aruba	7.70%	5.5%
117th	Equatorial Guinea	7.80%	0.3%
118th	Belgium	7.83%	-9.7%
119th	Uruguay	7.84%	4.2%
120th	Lithuania	7.86%	-13.8%
121st	Suriname	7.92%	13.1%
122nd	Slovenia	8.00%	-11.1%
123rd	Costa Rica	8.09%	-15.8%
124th	Argentina	8.09%	23.8%
125th	Barbados	8.25%	-27.0%
126th	Ireland	8.37%	-15.6%
127th	Brunei Darussalam	8.54%	22.5%
128th	San Marino	8.60%	-6.4%
129th	Jamaica	8.63%	-36.0%
130th	Finland	8.82%	-7.9%
131st	Colombia	8.92%	-3.0%
132nd	Samoa	9.06%	1.8%
133rd	European Union	9.11%	-9.1%
134th	Morocco	9.30%	-4.1%
135th	Ukraine	9.35%	2.3%
136th	Latvia	9.64%	-2.3%
137th	Slovak Republic	9.68%	-15.7%
138th	São Tomé and Principe	9.68%	-27.9%
139th	Lebanon	9.79%	5.2%
140th	France	10.06%	-2.8%
141st	Afghanistan	10.12%	12.0%
142nd	Algeria	10.20%	-9.0%
143rd	Mauritania	10.29%	1.8%
144th	Nepal	10.71%	0.7%
145th	Iraq	10.82%	-0.4%
146th	Türkiye	10.90%	5.8%
147th	Portugal	11.06%	-14.0%
148th	Brazil	11.58%	34.3%
149th	Italy	11.69%	-2.7%
150th	French Polynesia	11.73%	-0.6%
151st	Virgin Islands (US)	11.73%	0.7%
152nd	Rwanda	11.79%	-0.4%
153rd	Puerto Rico (US)	11.80%	-2.5%
154th	Cabo Verde	12.09%	-2.5%
155th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	12.45%	-3.2%
156th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	12.62%	14.7%
157th	New Caledonia	12.68%	-6.9%
158th	Bahamas, The	12.70%	-5.1%
159th	South Sudan	12.85%	3.1%
160th	Cyprus	13.01%	-12.7%
161st	Croatia	13.02%	-23.7%
162nd	Guyana	13.26%	2.0%
163rd	Sudan	13.66%	-36.8%
164th	Syrian Arab Republic	13.80%	-3.1%
165th	Haiti	13.90%	0.8%
166th	Serbia	15.26%	-19.4%
167th	Jordan	15.28%	16.8%
168th	Albania	15.42%	-9.8%
169th	Tunisia	15.56%	1.1%
170th	Lesotho	16.14%	-0.5%
171st	Angola	16.57%	0.6%
172nd	Georgia	16.60%	-24.2%
173rd	Armenia	17.62%	-4.8%
174th	Montenegro	17.73%	1.0%
175th	Yemen, Republic of	18.42%	2.9%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.61%	0.6%
177th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.03%	-0.6%
178th	Botswana	19.33%	2.2%
179th	Libya	19.56%	-0.7%
180th	Spain	19.64%	-11.0%
181st	St. Lucia	19.93%	-4.4%
182nd	Gabon	20.12%	0.9%
183rd	Congo, Republic of	20.30%	1.4%
184th	Eswatini	22.72%	-3.0%
185th	Namibia	23.35%	12.3%
186th	Greece	23.51%	-5.6%
187th	West Bank and Gaza	23.94%	-7.6%
188th	North Macedonia	24.31%	-6.7%
189th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.41%	-8.3%
190th	Djibouti	25.98%	-0.3%
191st	South Africa	26.54%	4.7%

FAQ

What was United States's unemployment rate in 2016?▾

United States's unemployment rate in 2016 was 4.87%. This ranked 73rd globally.

How did United States's unemployment rate change in 2016?▾

United States's unemployment rate decreased by 7.7% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2016?▾

South Africa had the highest unemployment rate in 2016 at 26.54%.

What is the unemployment rate of United States in 2016?▾

The unemployment rate of United States in 2016 was 4.87%. This ranked 73rd globally.

How does 2016 compare to 2015 for United States's unemployment rate?▾

United States's unemployment rate went from 5.28% in 2015 to 4.87% in 2016, a 7.7% decrease.

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