Unemployment rate: China
4.615% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.615 |
| 2024 | 4.59 |
| 2023 | 4.67 |
| 2022 | 4.98 |
| 2021 | 4.55 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4.56 |
| 2018 | 4.31 |
| 2017 | 4.47 |
| 2016 | 4.56 |
| 2015 | 4.65 |
| 2014 | 4.63 |
| 2013 | 4.6 |
| 2012 | 4.58 |
| 2011 | 4.55 |
| 2010 | 4.53 |
| 2009 | 4.72 |
| 2008 | 4.59 |
| 2007 | 4.35 |
| 2006 | 4.43 |
| 2005 | 4.52 |
| 2004 | 4.49 |
| 2003 | 4.58 |
| 2002 | 4.24 |
| 2001 | 3.8 |
| 2000 | 3.26 |
| 1999 | 3.25 |
| 1998 | 3.24 |
| 1997 | 3.23 |
| 1996 | 3.12 |
| 1995 | 3 |
| 1994 | 2.9 |
| 1993 | 2.69 |
| 1992 | 2.37 |
| 1991 | 2.37 |