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United States Unemployment Rate 2020s

Name: United States Unemployment Rate 2020s
Creator: World Bank
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

4.82% decade average (2020-2029)

United States's unemployment rate during the 2020s ranged from 3.64% (2023) to 8.06% (2020), averaging 4.82% over 6 years of data.

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2020s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2020	8.06%	+4.38pp	122nd
2021	5.35%	−2.75pp	83rd
2022	3.65%	−1.71pp	56th
2023	3.64%	−0.00pp	66th
2024	4.02%	+0.39pp	72nd
2025	4.20%	+0.17pp	69th