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Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) — United States: 4.198 (2025)

World Bank indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS reported unemployment of 4.198% for the United States for 2025. The dataset was updated 2026-07-13.

Categories: economy-and-trade

Generated scores

Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.

Confidence
6/10
Geographic reach
5/10
Global importance
4/10
Impact magnitude
3/10
Positivity
4/10
Urgency
2/10

Why it matters

This provides a nationally measured unemployment rate estimate for the United States for 2025.

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