World Bank · Labor
United States: Unemployment with basic education
6.58percent · 2025-15.2% since 2015
The percentage of the labor force with a basic level of education who are unemployed. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011). Annual figures for United States from 1994 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.583 | |
| 2024 | 6.501 | |
| 2023 | 5.591 | |
| 2022 | 5.507 | |
| 2021 | 8.056 | |
| 2020 | 11.724 | |
| 2019 | 5.396 | |
| 2018 | 5.872 | |
| 2017 | 6.551 | |
| 2016 | 7.492 | |
| 2015 | 7.76 | |
| 2014 | 8.839 | |
| 2013 | 10.81 | |
| 2012 | 12.739 | |
| 2011 | 13.601 | |
| 2010 | 15.274 | |
| 2009 | 14.852 | |
| 2008 | 10.463 | |
| 2007 | 7.952 | |
| 2006 | 8.126 | |
| 2005 | 8.804 | |
| 2004 | 9.884 | |
| 2003 | 10.321 | |
| 2002 | 10.107 | |
| 2001 | 9.67 | |
| 2000 | 8.666 | |
| 1999 | 9.31 | |
| 1998 | 9.532 | |
| 1997 | 10.338 | |
| 1996 | 11.389 | |
| 1995 | 12.039 | |
| 1994 | 12.596 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
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World Bank (2026). Unemployment with basic education. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-unemployment-with-basic-education (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
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- Finland
- France
- Gambia
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- Greece
- Greenland
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- Guinea-Bissau
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- Iceland
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- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
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- Israel
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- Jordan
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- Kenya
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- Korea, Republic of
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- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
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- Mauritius
- Mexico
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- Netherlands
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- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
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- Norway
- Oman
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- Palau
- Palestine, State of
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- Peru
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- Saint Lucia
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- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
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- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
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- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
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