Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - 20 Yrs. & over (LNS14000024) from Jan 1948 to Jun 2025 about 20 years +, household survey, unemployment, rate, and USA.

From the late 19th century until the 1980s, the United States' unemployment rate was generally somewhere between three and ten percent of the total workforce. The periods when it peaked were in times of recession or depression - the Panic of 1893, which lasted until 1897, saw unemployment peak at over 18 percent, whereas the post-WWI recession saw unemployment spike to almost 12 percent in 1921.

However, the longest and most-severe period of mass unemployment in U.S. history came during the Great Depression - unemployment rose from just 3.2 percent in 1929 to one quarter of the total workforce in 1933, and it was not until the Second World War until it fell below five percent once more. Since this time, unemployment has never exceeded 10 percent, although it did come close during the recessions of the 1970s and 1980s.

More recent unemployment statistics for the U.S. can be found here.

Following the Second World War, the emergence of the welfare state in Europe saw governments prioritize full employment and invest in social security on scales that had not been observed before. There were regional differences between Western Europe (including Northern Europe) and Mediterranean Europe due to varying economic and developmental factors. Generally, employment was higher in the continent's south, although it was still extremely low in the period between 1950 and 1973, at just 3.6 percent. This period was also characterized by a wave of economic migration from Southern Europe to the north, where the demand for labor in the west could offset any surplus in the south. The decline of Western Europe's industrial output in the last quarter of the century combined with a series of economic recessions between 1973 and 1994, leading to rising unemployment in both regions of Europe. Between 1984 and 1993, unemployment rose in the west and south to 6.8 percent and 12.2 percent, respectively. Unemployment in Southern Europe also rose at a higher rate than in the north, as unemployment was around 33 percent higher in the early period, compared to a 45 percent difference in the period between 1984 and 1993.

Unemployment Rate in Germany remained unchanged at 6.30 percent in July. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Germany Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

This table illustrates the share of people aged 50 to 69 years unemployed in France in 2021, by age group. In that year, the unemployment rate for seniors aged 55 to 59 was six percent.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - 50-54 Yrs. (LNU04024937) from Jan 1981 to Jul 2025 about 50 to 54 years, unemployment, rate, and USA.

Unemployment Rate in the United States increased to 4.20 percent in July from 4.10 percent in June of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

This data set contains historical unemployment rates for Utah from 1950-2016. This data represents Table 5.1 from the Economic Report to the Governor 2016.

In 2023, it was estimated that over 161 million Americans were in some form of employment, while 3.64 percent of the total workforce was unemployed. This was the lowest unemployment rate since the 1950s, although these figures are expected to rise in 2023 and beyond. 1980s-2010s Since the 1980s, the total United States labor force has generally risen as the population has grown, however, the annual average unemployment rate has fluctuated significantly, usually increasing in times of crisis, before falling more slowly during periods of recovery and economic stability. For example, unemployment peaked at 9.7 percent during the early 1980s recession, which was largely caused by the ripple effects of the Iranian Revolution on global oil prices and inflation. Other notable spikes came during the early 1990s; again, largely due to inflation caused by another oil shock, and during the early 2000s recession. The Great Recession then saw the U.S. unemployment rate soar to 9.6 percent, following the collapse of the U.S. housing market and its impact on the banking sector, and it was not until 2016 that unemployment returned to pre-recession levels. 2020s 2019 had marked a decade-long low in unemployment, before the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic saw the sharpest year-on-year increase in unemployment since the Great Depression, and the total number of workers fell by almost 10 million people. Despite the continuation of the pandemic in the years that followed, alongside the associated supply-chain issues and onset of the inflation crisis, unemployment reached just 3.67 percent in 2022 - current projections are for this figure to rise in 2023 and the years that follow, although these forecasts are subject to change if recent years are anything to go by.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - Black or African American (LNS14000006) from Jan 1972 to Jun 2025 about African-American, 16 years +, household survey, unemployment, rate, and USA.

The number of unemployed persons in Switzerland decreased to 126877 in June of 2025 from 127944 in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Switzerland Unemployed Persons - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - Men (LNS14000001) from Jan 1948 to Jun 2025 about males, 16 years +, household survey, unemployment, rate, and USA.

This data compilation on the basis of official statistics of labor force gives a summarized overview over participation in work force in Germany.Those are the key themes of the compilation: - Overviews on population development (population by age groups, employable resident population by age groups and sex);- Resident population by participation in work force; - School leavers, trainees by se and by training area; - Labor force, working population, employment rates by age groups;- Working population by occupational status; - Working population by economic sectors;- Participation in labor force in the federal states;- Working time.The compilation contains data tables with (synthetic) annual averages as well as chosen results of the micro census. These data were complemented with data on employment from the national accounts after the revised version if ESA 95. Data tables in Histat:A. Overviews on population developmentA1 Population and areas (annual averages), former West Germany, newly formed German states, Germany (1946-2000)A2 Population by age group (at the end of each year), former West Germany, former GDR, Germany (1950-2000)A3 Employable resident population by age groups and sex (annual averages), former West Germany (1950-2000)A4a Employable resident population by age groups and sex (at the end of each year), Germany (1989-2000)A4b Employable resident population by age groups and sex (at the end of each year),Newly formed German states (1989-2000) B. Resident population by participation in work force B1 Tables with annual averages B1.1 Population, working population (nationals, residents) and employers (annual averages, national accounts), former West Germany, Germany (1950-1997)B1.2 Resident population, working population, employment rate, unemployed (annual averages is 1000), former West Germany, Germany (1950-1997)B1.3 Population by sex, foreigners (annual averages), former West Germany, Germany (1950-2000)B1.4 Population, employment and unemployment (annual averages), former West Germany, Germany (1950-1997)B1.5 Employees subject to mandatory social insurance contribution (end of June), former West Germany, Germany (1974-2000)B1.6 Employees (inland) in full-time and part time employment, short-time workers, unemployed (annual averages), former West Germany (1960-2000)B1.7 Foreign employees, unemployed foreigners (annual averages), former West Germany (1954-2000)B1.8 School leavers and trainees, former West Germany, Germany (1950-2000)B1.9 Trainees by sex and training areas (at the end of each year), former West Germany, Germany (1960-2000) B2 Tables with extrapolated results from the micro censusB2.1 Employable population, working population, unemployed, labor force altogether (micro census) former West Germany, Germany (1959-2000)B2.2 Employable population, working population, unemployed, labor force by sex (micro census), former West Germany, Germany (1959-2000)B2.3 Population by participation in labor force and sex (micro census), former West Germany, Newly formed German states (1957-2000)B2.4 Employees by volume of employment and sex (micro census), Former West Germany, newly formed German states, Germany (1985-2000)B2.5 Resident population by main income source and sex (micro census), former West Germany, newly formed German states, Germany (1975-2000)B2.6 Working population by nationality, occupational status and sex (micro census) former West Germany, Germany (1976-2000) B3 Revised results after ESA 95B3.1 Population, working population and employees (ESA 95), unemployed (ILO), former West Germany, Germany (1950-2000)B3.2 National working population: comparison of the revisions of the employment statistics, Germany (1991-2000) C. Working population, employees, employment rates by age groups C1 Tables with annual averages C2 Tables with extrapolated results from the micro censusC2.1a Employable resident population by age groups and sex in 1000 (micro census), Germany (1991-2000)C2.1b Employable resident population by age groups and sex in 1000 (micro census), former West Germany (1962-2000)C2.1c Employable resident population by age groups and sex in 1000 (micro census), newly formed German states (1991-2000)C2.2 Working population in 1000 by age groups (micro census), former West Germany, newly formed German states, Germany (1950-2000)C2.3 Labor force, employment rates by sex (micro census), former West Germany, Germany (1950-2000)C2.4 Labor force, employment rates and national working population by sex (annual averages) foreign employers, former West Germany, Germany (1950-1995)C2.5a Employment rates by age groups and sex (micro census), Germany (1991-2000)C2.5b Employment rates by age groups and sex (micro census), former West Germany (1959-2000)C2.5c Employment rates by age groups and sex (micro census), newly formed German states (1991-2000)C2.5d Employment rates by age groups and sex (micro census), former West Germany, Germany (1958-2000)C2.6a Labor force by age groups and sex...

Between 1950 and 1973, the Spanish economy grew significantly due to European integration and a boom in its tourism industry. Growth was initially slow in these years; however, Spain gradually became less isolated over the 1950s, and by the 1960s, the economy was booming. During this process, the economy shifted its priority from agricultural output to focus on industrial and service sectors (particularly tourism), which is reflected in the share of each sector in its total employment. In 1950, approximately half of all Spanish workers were employed in the agricultural sector, while this dropped to just 10 percent in 1973; over the same period, the share of workers in service sectors more than doubled, from 26 to 53 percent. To compare, in 2019, the share of those employed in agriculture was less than three percent, while those working in services made up 68 percent.

Slow recovery compared to the rest of Western Europe Although the Spanish Civil War had largely concluded in 1939, the Second World War meant that the supplies needed for recovery were often unavailable. Franco's alignment with the Axis Powers meant that financial assistance was not available from the U.S. or its allies. This ostracization continued into the post-war period, as Spain's fascist government was excluded from the Marshall Plan, and in 1950, many sectors of the Spanish economy had still not recovered to their pre-civil war rates. In 1953, however, Franco's hardline, anti-communist stance had improved Spanish relations with the U.S., which opened a stream of American investment. The rest of the 1950s then became a transitional period for Spain's economy, which experienced growth but was often hindered by mismanagement and corruption.

Emergence of the tourism industry Despite improving relations with the U.S., Spain remained isolated from the rest of Western Europe until the end of the decade. After this, trade barriers were gradually lifted, Spain joined international trade organizations and became an associate member of those in Europe, and tourism became a staple of the Spanish economy. In earlier decades, international holidays had been too expensive for most; however, increasing living standards in Western Europe and the affordability of air travel saw the number of tourists rise from four million in 1959 to 35 million in 1973.

United States US: Unemployment Rate: % Change over Previous Period data was reported at -11.538 % in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 11.111 % for Mar 2018. United States US: Unemployment Rate: % Change over Previous Period data is updated quarterly, averaging -2.353 % from Jun 1948 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 281 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 85.859 % in Mar 1954 and a record low of -25.221 % in Jun 1950. United States US: Unemployment Rate: % Change over Previous Period data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.IMF.IFS: Labour Force, Employment and Unemployment: Quarterly.

United States US: Unemployment Rate: % Change over Previous Period data was reported at -2.381 % in Jul 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.667 % for Jun 2018. United States US: Unemployment Rate: % Change over Previous Period data is updated monthly, averaging -1.923 % from Feb 1948 (Median) to Jul 2018, with 846 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 55.172 % in Jun 1968 and a record low of -22.642 % in Aug 1950. United States US: Unemployment Rate: % Change over Previous Period data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.IMF.IFS: Labour Force, Employment and Unemployment.

From 1950 to 1973, Italy's social and economic structure underwent its largest transformation in modern history. Following the Second World War, the Italian government's restrictive policies that prioritized agriculture and limited both migration and urbanization were scrapped, and mass industrialization took place. Not only did this result in millions flocking from the countryside to cities in search of work, but this coincided with the expansion of welfare, healthcare, and education systems, which provided further employment opportunities in service industries. Increased industrialization and consumerism also resulted in the growth of the retail sector (included in services), and all of these factors contributed to the drastic drop in agricultural employment. Despite agriculture's share of total employment dropping by 80 percent over these 23 years, mechanization and investment meant that agricultural output in the 1950s and 1960s generally grew as the industry became more efficient. Over these decades, Italy's status as a poor and underdeveloped, rural nation changed, as it emerged as one of the world's largest and fastest-growing economies, even becoming the fourth-largest economy in the world for a brief period in the 1980s.

This statistic shows the unemployment rate in Greece from 1999 to 2024. In 2024, the unemployment rate in Greece was around 10.13 percent. Today, Greece reports the highest unemployment rate of all EU states. Greece's financial situation Greece is a developed country with a high-income economy, whose primary industry revolves around tourism and shipping. Agriculture also plays an important role for the country’s economy, more specifically for the EU. Greece had experienced large amounts of economic growth from the 1950s to the 1970s, however was economically devastated by the Great Recession in 2009 as well its own government debt crisis. Since the early 2000s, small increases in national debt were present within the Greek economy. These small increases turned into rather substantial surges between 2008 and 2011, which resulted in a large amount of accumulated public debt. However, financial assistance from several countries around the world as well as stimulus packages from the EU were issued to Greece, with the hopes of structural adjustments in the government and better decision making within the country in order to decrease national debt and increase productivity. The financial assistance helped stabilize Greece’s debt over the past several years, however many countries are arguing just how useful this support is, mostly because Greece has not made significant strides to improve its economy. As a result, consumers have become less optimistic about the possibility of a short term economic recovery in Greece. Additionally, investors have remained hesitant on investing into the country, generally due to an increasing debt-to-GDP ratio, which is ranked atop all countries in the European Union. The so-called debt-to-GDP ratio is an important indicator of a country’s ability to pay back its debts without incurring further debt.

This data compilation on the basis of official statistics of labor force gives a summarized overview over participation in work force in Germany. Those are the key themes of the compilation: - Overviews on population development (population by age groups, employable resident population by age groups and sex); - Resident population by participation in work force; - School leavers, trainees by se and by training area;
- Labor force, working population, employment rates by age groups; - Working population by occupational status; - Working population by economic sectors; - Participation in labor force in the federal states; - Working time. The compilation contains data tables with (synthetic) annual averages as well as chosen results of the micro census. These data were complemented with data on employment from the national accounts after the revised version if ESA 95.

Data tables in Histat: A. Overviews on population development A1 Population and areas (annual averages), former West Germany, newly formed German states, Germany (1946-2000) A2 Population by age group (at the end of each year), former West Germany, former GDR, Germany (1950-2000) A3 Employable resident population by age groups and sex (annual averages), former West Germany (1950-2000) A4a Employable resident population by age groups and sex (at the end of each year), Germany (1989-2000) A4b Employable resident population by age groups and sex (at the end of each year),Newly formed German states (1989-2000)

B. Resident population by participation in work force B1 Tables with annual averages B1.1 Population, working population (nationals, residents) and employers (annual averages, national accounts), former West Germany, Germany (1950-1997) B1.2 Resident population, working population, employment rate, unemployed (annual averages is 1000), former West Germany, Germany (1950-1997) B1.3 Population by sex, foreigners (annual averages), former West Germany, Germany (1950-2000) B1.4 Population, employment and unemployment (annual averages), former West Germany, Germany (1950-1997) B1.5 Employees subject to mandatory social insurance contribution (end of June), former West Germany, Germany (1974-2000) B1.6 Employees (inland) in full-time and part time employment, short-time workers, unemployed (annual averages), former West Germany (1960-2000) B1.7 Foreign employees, unemployed foreigners (annual averages), former West Germany (1954-2000) B1.8 School leavers and trainees, former West Germany, Germany (1950-2000) B1.9 Trainees by sex and training areas (at the end of each year), former West Germany, Germany (1960-2000)

B2 Tables with extrapolated results from the micro census B2.1 Employable population, working population, unemployed, labor force altogether (micro census) former West Germany, Germany (1959-2000) B2.2 Employable population, working population, unemployed, labor force by sex (micro census), former West Germany, Germany (1959-2000) B2.3 Population by participation in labor force and sex (micro census), former West Germany, Newly formed German states (1957-2000) B2.4 Employees by volume of employment and sex (micro census), Former West Germany, newly formed German states, Germany (1985-2000) B2.5 Resident population by main income source and sex (micro census), former West Germany, newly formed German states, Germany (1975-2000) B2.6 Working population by nationality, occupational status and sex (micro census) former West Germany, Germany (1976-2000)

B3 Revised results after ESA 95 B3.1 Population, working population and employees (ESA 95), unemployed (ILO), former West Germany, Germany (1950-2000) B3.2 National working population: comparison of the revisions of the employment statistics, Germany (1991-2000)

C. Working population, employees, employment rates by age groups

C1 Tables with annual averages

C2 Tables with extrapolated results from the micro census C2.1a Employable resident population by age groups and sex in 1000 (micro census), Germany (1991-2000) C2.1b Employable resident population by age groups and sex in 1000 (micro census), former West Germany (1962-2000) C2.1c Employable resident population by age groups and sex in 1000 (micro census), newly formed German states (1991-2000) C2.2 Working population in 1000 by age groups (micro census), former West Germany, newly formed German states, Germany (1950-2000) C2.3 Labor force, employment rates by sex (micro census), former West Germany, Germany (1950-2000) C2.4 Labor force, ...

The research project is a subproject of the research association “Strengthening of integration potentials within a modern society” (Scientific head: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Heitmeyer, Bielefeld) which contains 17 subprojects and is supported by the ministry of education and research.
In almost all the economically highly developed countries violent crime increased significantly in the second part of the last century - in contrast to the long term trend of decline of individual (non-governmental) violence since the beginning of modern times. The authors develop an explanatory approach for these facts which is inspired mainly by Norbert Elias´s civilization theory and Emil Durkheim´s theory on society. Detailed time series on the development of different forms of violent crime are presented and set in relation with certain aspects of economic and social structural changes in three countries and also refer to the changes in integration of modern societies. The analysis deals especially with effectivity and legitimacy of the governmental monopoly of violence, the public beneficial security and power system, forms of building social capital, economic and social inequality, precarity of employment, different aspects of increasing economization of society, changes in family structures and usage of mass media and modern communication technologies.

Register of tables in HISTAT:

A: Crime statistics

A.01 Frequency of types of crimes in different countries (1953-2000) A.02 Suspects by crimes of 100.000 inhabitants of Germany, England and Sweden (1955-1998) A.03 Murders, manslaughter and intentional injuries by other persons by sex of 100.000 persons after the statistics of causes of death (1953-2000) A.04 Clearance rate by types of crimes in Germany, England and Sweden (1953-1997) A.05 Prisoners of 100.000 inhabitants of Germany, Great Britain and Sweden (1950-2000)

B: Key indicators for economic development in Germany, Great Britain, Sweden and the USA

B1: Data on the overall economic framework

B1.01 Percent changes in the real GDP per capita in purchasing power parities (1956-1987) B1.02 Percent changes in GDP per capita in prices from 2000 (1955-1998) B1.03 GDP of Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom in purchasing power parities in percent og the US GDP (1950-1992) B1.04 Labor productivity index for different countries, base: USA 1996 = 100 (1950-1999) B1.05 GDP per hour of labor in different countries in EKS-$ from 1999 (1950-2003) B1.06 Foreign trade - exports and imports in percent of the GDP of different countries (1949-2003) B1.07 GDP, wages and Unit-Labor-Cost in different countries (1960-2003)

B2: Unemployment

B2.01 Standardized unemployment rate in different countries with regard to the entire working population (1960-2003) B2.02 Share of long-term unemployed of the total number of unemployed in different countries in percent (1992-2004) B2.03 Youth unemployment in different countries in percent (1970-2004) B2.04 Unemployment rate in percent by sex in different countries (1963-2000)

B3: Employment

B3.01 Employment rate in percent in different countries (1960-2000) B3.02 Share of fixed-term employees and persons in dependent employment in percent in different countries (1983-2004) B3.03 Share of part-time employees by sex compared to the entire working population in different countries (1973-2000) B3.04 Share of un-voluntarily part-time employees by sex in different countries (1983-2003) B3.05 Share of contract workers in different countries in percent of the entire working population (1975-2002) B3.06 Share of self-employed persons in different countries in percent of the entire working population (1970-2004) B3.07 Shift worker rate in different countries in percent (1992-2005) B3.08 Yearly working hours per employee in different countries (1950-2004) B3.09 Employment by sectors in different countries (1950-2003) B3.10 Share of employees in public civil services in percent of the population between 15 and 64 years in different countries (1960-1999) B3.11 Female population, female employees and female workers in percent of the population between 16 and 64 years in different countries (1960-2000) B3.12 Employees, self-employed persons in percent of the entire working population in different countries (1960-2000)

B4: Taxes and duties

B4.01 Taxes and social security contributions in percent of the GDP (1965-2002) B4.02 Social expenditure in percent of the GDP (1965-2002) B4.03 Social expenditure in perc...