China vs India: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

China

4.6%

in 2022

India

4.5%

in 2025

China rank

109th

India rank

111th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

China
India

How they compare

China currently reports 4.6% against 4.5% in India, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1994 it was India ahead.

China ranks 109th and India ranks 111th of 185 countries.

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Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in China
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in India
Full country ranking

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.