Unemployment - Switzerland
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Switzerland is 3.20 (%) with a global rank of 183.
Switzerland compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Switzerland is similar to that of Madagascar, Ghana, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong SAR, China, Guinea, Nepal with a respective Unemployment of 3.60, 3.60, 3.50, 3.40, 3.30, 3.20, 3.10, 3.10, 3.10, 2.70 (%) and a global rank of 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188.Last 10 years averageSwitzerland had an average Unemployment of 3.36 (%) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Switzerland during the Great RecessionSwitzerland's Unemployment had a positive growth of 12.1% during the Great RecessionSwitzerland since the end of the Great RecessionSwitzerland's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 13.5% since the end of the Great Recession
Switzerland compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Switzerland is similar to that of Madagascar, Ghana, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong SAR, China, Guinea, Nepal with a respective Unemployment of 3.60, 3.60, 3.50, 3.40, 3.30, 3.20, 3.10, 3.10, 3.10, 2.70 (%) and a global rank of 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188.Last 10 years averageSwitzerland had an average Unemployment of 3.36 (%) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Switzerland during the Great RecessionSwitzerland's Unemployment had a positive growth of 12.1% during the Great RecessionSwitzerland since the end of the Great RecessionSwitzerland's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 13.5% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 1.70 |
1992 | 2.80 |
1993 | 3.70 |
1994 | 3.80 |
1995 | 3.30 |
1996 | 3.70 |
1997 | 4.10 |
1998 | 3.60 |
1999 | 3.10 |
2000 | 2.70 |
2001 | 2.50 |
2002 | 1.90 |
2003 | 3.70 |
2004 | 4.30 |
2005 | 3.80 |
2006 | 3.30 |
2007 | 2.80 |
2008 | 2.60 |
2009 | 3.70 |
2010 | 3.90 |
2011 | 2.80 |
2012 | 2.90 |
2013 | 3.20 |
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Madagascar | 178 | 3.60 |
Ghana | 179 | 3.60 |
Tanzania | 180 | 3.50 |
Sierra Leone | 181 | 3.40 |
Burkina Faso | 182 | 3.30 |
Switzerland | 183 | 3.20 |
Korea | 184 | 3.20 |
Malaysia | 185 | 3.10 |
Hong Kong SAR, China | 186 | 3.10 |
Guinea | 187 | 3.10 |
Nepal | 188 | 2.70 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators