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

Germany

3.8%

in 2025

Malaysia

3.9%

in 2022

Germany rank

129th

Malaysia rank

126th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Germany
Malaysia

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 3.9% against 3.8% in Germany, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 129th and Malaysia ranks 126th of 185 countries.

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Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Germany
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Malaysia
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.