Short-term indicators Unemployment, Unemployment rate

ILO labour market statistics
Unemployment, Unemployment rate1
seasonally and calendar adjusted figures (estimation)
Year, month Unemployment
million,
Unemployment rate
in % Change on the
previous month in
percentage points
Change on the
corresponding month
of the previous year in
percentage points
1: Unemployed persons between 15 and 74 years as a percentage of the labour force in the respective population group.
2026 May 1.7 3.8 0.0 0.1
Apr 1.7 3.8 0.0 0.1
Mar 1.7 3.8 -0.1 0.2
Feb 1.7 3.9 0.0 0.3
Jan 1.7 3.9 0.0 0.3
2025 Dec 1.7 3.9 0.0 0.4
Nov 1.7 3.9 0.0 0.4
Oct 1.7 3.9 0.0 0.4
Sep 1.7 3.9 0.1 0.4
Aug 1.7 3.8 0.0 0.4
Jul 1.7 3.8 0.0 0.4
Jun 1.7 3.8 0.1 0.4
May 1.6 3.7 0.0 0.3
Apr 1.6 3.7 0.1 0.3
Mar 1.6 3.6 0.0 0.3
Feb 1.6 3.6 0.0 0.3
Jan 1.6 3.6 0.1 0.3
2024 Dec 1.6 3.5 0.0 0.3
Nov 1.5 3.5 0.0 0.3
Oct 1.5 3.5 0.0 0.4
Sep 1.5 3.5 0.1 0.4
Aug 1.5 3.4 0.0 0.3
Jul 1.5 3.4 0.0 0.3
Jun 1.5 3.4 0.0 0.4
May 1.5 3.4 0.0 0.4
Apr 1.5 3.4 0.1 0.4
Mar 1.5 3.3 0.0 0.3
Feb 1.4 3.3 0.0 0.2
Jan 1.4 3.3 0.1 0.2
2023 Dec 1.4 3.2 0.0 0.1
Nov 1.4 3.2 0.1 0.1
Oct 1.4 3.1 0.0 0.0
Sep 1.4 3.1 0.0 0.0
Aug 1.3 3.1 0.0 0.0
Jul 1.3 3.1 0.1 0.0
Jun 1.3 3.0 0.0 -0.1
May 1.3 3.0 0.0 -0.2
Apr 1.3 3.0 0.0 -0.2
Mar 1.3 3.0 -0.1 -0.2
Feb 1.3 3.1 0.0 -0.1
Jan 1.3 3.1 0.0 -0.1
2022 Dec 1.3 3.1 0.0 -0.2
Nov 1.3 3.1 0.0 -0.2
Oct 1.3 3.1 0.0 -0.3
Sep 1.3 3.1 0.0 -0.3
Aug 1.4 3.1 0.0 -0.4
Jul 1.4 3.1 0.0 -0.4
Jun 1.4 3.1 -0.1 -0.5
May 1.4 3.2 0.0 -0.5
Apr 1.4 3.2 0.0 -0.5
Mar 1.4 3.2 0.0 -0.6
Feb 1.4 3.2 0.0 -0.6
Jan 1.4 3.2 -0.1 -0.6
2021 Dec 1.4 3.3 0.0 -0.6
Nov 1.4 3.3 -0.1 -0.6
Oct 1.4 3.4 0.0 -0.5
Sep 1.5 3.4 -0.1 -0.4
Aug 1.5 3.5 0.0 -0.3
Jul 1.5 3.5 -0.1 -0.2
Jun 1.5 3.6 -0.1 -0.1
May 1.5 3.7 0.0 0.1
Apr 1.6 3.7 -0.1 0.2
Mar 1.6 3.8 0.0 0.4
Feb 1.6 3.8 0.0 0.5
Jan 1.6 3.8 -0.1 0.6

As at 30 June 2026

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