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Unemployment rate in Switzerland

How hard is it to have a job there?

Switzerland's unemployment rate is 4.87 % — #53 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

4.87%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Switzerland over time

5.01 %3.75 %2.49 %5.01 % · 20212.49 % · 20012000: 2.66 %2001: 2.49 %2002: 2.92 %2003: 4.12 %2004: 4.32 %2005: 4.44 %2006: 4.00 %2007: 3.64 %2008: 3.35 %2009: 4.11 %2010: 4.81 %2011: 4.41 %2012: 4.49 %2013: 4.75 %2014: 4.83 %2015: 4.80 %2016: 4.92 %2017: 4.80 %2018: 4.71 %2019: 4.39 %2020: 4.82 %2021: 5.01 %2022: 4.12 %2023: 4.04 %2024: 4.34 %2025: 4.87 %2000201220254.87 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#53 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
57 %
71 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.53 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
0.14 pp
peak 5.01 % in 2021
Full series
▲ 2.22 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #15 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −0.38 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Switzerland: ahead of 57 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentSwitzerland 4.87 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Switzerland is ahead of 57 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Switzerland
51 United Kingdom4.75 %−0.13 pp
52 Kazakhstan4.77 %−0.10 pp
53 Switzerland4.87 %—
54 Honduras4.92 %+0.05 pp
55 Cyprus4.92 %+0.05 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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