Key data points
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Observation period
Apr 2024
Highest
6.20%Feb 29, 2020
Lowest
3.90%Sep 30, 2002
About China unemployment rate
In China, Urban Surveyed Unemployment Rate is calculated by a sample survey, which refers to the ratio of urban unemployed population to the sum of the employed population and the unemployed population.
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Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate China unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever China unemployment rate is 3.90%.
The highest figure China unemployment rate has ever reached is 6.20%.
Last month China unemployment rate was 5.00%, and the month before that it amounted to 5.20%.