Bangladesh vs Germany: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Bangladesh

3.6%

in 2024

Germany

3.8%

in 2025

Bangladesh rank

131st

Germany rank

129th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Bangladesh
Germany

How they compare

Germany currently reports 3.8% against 3.6% in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Germany ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 131st and Germany ranks 129th of 185 countries.

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Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Bangladesh
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Germany
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About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.