Australia vs United States: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Australia
4.2%
in 2025
United States
4.3%
in 2025
Australia rank
121st
United States rank
119th
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time
- Australia
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 4.3% against 4.2% in Australia, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 121st and United States ranks 119th of 185 countries.
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About this data
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.