China Unemployment Rate 2002-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Unemployment Rate in China decreased to 3.89 percent in the first quarter of 2018 from 3.90 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017. Unemployment Rate in China averaged 4.11 percent from 2002 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 4.30 percent in the fourth quarter of 2003 and a record low of 3.89 percent in the first quarter of 2018.

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China Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.89	3.90	4.30	3.89	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	77640.00	77603.00	77640.00	20729.00	Tens of Thousands	[+]
Unemployed Persons	971.00	972.00	983.00	810.00	Tens of Thousands	[+]
Labour Costs	103.50	104.50	110.40	103.30	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	4337000.00	4980000.00	6682486.00	856007.00		[+]
Wages	74318.00	67569.00	74318.00	445.00	CNY/Year	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	64452.00	59470.00	64452.00	597.00	CNY/Year	[+]
Minimum Wages	2420.00	2300.00	2420.00	690.00	CNY/Month	[+]
Population	1390.08	1382.71	1390.08	551.96	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	50.00	50.00	50.00	50.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00		[+]

China Unemployment Rate

In China, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - China Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. China Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	3.89	3.90	4.30	3.89	2002 - 2018	percent	Quarterly

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unemployment rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Spain	16.74	Mar/18	16.55	26.94	4.41	%	Quarterly
Brazil	13.10	Mar/18	12.6	13.7	6.2	%	Monthly
Italy	11.00	Mar/18	11	13.1	5.8	%	Monthly
Turkey	10.60	Feb/18	10.8	14.8	7.3	%	Monthly
France	9.20	Mar/18	9	10.7	7.2	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	8.50	Mar/18	8.5	12.1	7.3	%	Monthly
Canada	5.80	Apr/18	5.8	13.1	2.9	%	Monthly
Australia	5.60	Apr/18	5.5	11.2	4	%	Monthly
Indonesia	5.13	Mar/18	5.5	11.24	2	%	Quarterly
Russia	4.90	Apr/18	5	14.1	4.8	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	4.20	Mar/18	4.2	12	3.4	%	Monthly
Netherlands	3.90	Apr/18	3.9	7.9	3.6	%	Monthly
United States	3.90	Apr/18	4.1	10.8	2.5	%	Monthly
China	3.89	Mar/18	3.9	4.3	3.89	%	Quarterly
South Korea	3.80	Apr/18	4	7.1	2.9	%	Monthly
India	3.52	Dec/17	3.51	8.3	3.41	%	Yearly
Germany	3.40	Mar/18	3.5	11.5	0.4	%	Monthly
Mexico	2.90	Mar/18	3.2	6.42	2.22	%	Monthly
Switzerland	2.70	Apr/18	2.9	5.7	1.5	%	Monthly
Japan	2.50	Mar/18	2.5	5.5	1	%	Monthly