Unemployment Rate, 15+ (Monthly, SA)

Reviewed series · Labor · Monthly · % of labour force · OECD.UNEMPLOYMENT.TOTAL.RT.M

Unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force, both sexes, OECD age code 15 years or over, from national labour force surveys on ICLS definitions. Only reference areas reviewed at 2026-10-13 are enrolled; each keeps its country note. OECD Data Terms section 3 permits commercial reuse with attribution except separately restricted or third-party-owned data; no additional restriction was identified in the pinned flow metadata reviewed 2026-10-13. Collection time is not an original publication timestamp. Source observation flags and reference periods are retained.

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Latest reading by geography

Sorted by value, highest first. Each row keeps its own period, and national definitions can differ, so the order is not a like for like ranking.

Unemployment Rate, 15+ (Monthly, SA): latest reading for 4 geographies, with the period of each. Source: OECD.
#Country or areaValue (% of labour force)PeriodHistory
1FranceFRA8.52026-09History
2United KingdomGBR4.72026-07History
3GermanyDEU4.12026-09History
4JapanJPN2.42026-09History

Source: OECD. 4 geographies, periods 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.