As of June 2025, approximately 3.48 million women in the United States were unemployed. This is an increase from the previous month, when the number of unemployed women was 3.13 million. The data has not been seasonally adjusted.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - Women (LNS14000002) from Jan 1948 to Aug 2025 about females, 16 years +, household survey, unemployment, rate, and USA.

In June 2025, the unadjusted unemployment rate of women in the United States stood at 4.4 percent. This was an increase from the previous month. What is seasonal adjustment? Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method that attempts to remove seasonal patters from figures to show how employment and unemployment changes from month to month. For example, seasonal adjustment is used to account for the extra people that are hired in retail around Christmas. Seasonal adjustment makes it so that monthly data can be compared more accurately over the long term. When looking at the seasonally adjusted female unemployment rate, for example, one can see that it is more uniform than the unadjusted rate in order to account for the seasonal component. Unemployment in the United States Unemployment in the United States is seen as a critical indicator of how the economy is doing. In 2010, for example, unemployment in the U.S. was at 9.6 percent due to the Great Recession – the highest figure since 1990. Since 2010, unemployment has been steadily falling as the economy has recovered, and even hit its lowest point since 1990 in 2022, at 3.6 percent. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment in 2021 soared to 8.1 percent.

The unemployment rate among the female labor force in the United States decreased from the previous year to 3.9 percent in 2024. The unemployment rate of women in the U.S. reached a high of 8.6 percent in 2010.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Level - 20 Yrs. & over, Women (LNS13000026) from Jan 1948 to Aug 2025 about 20 years +, females, household survey, unemployment, and USA.

The average for 2023 based on 177 countries was 8.15 percent. The highest value was in Swaziland: 36.7 percent and the lowest value was in Cambodia: 0.25 percent. The indicator is available from 1991 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Level - Women (LNU03000002) from Jan 1948 to Aug 2025 about females, 16 years +, household survey, unemployment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Level - 20 Yrs. & over, White Women (LNS13000029) from Jan 1954 to Aug 2025 about 20 years +, white, females, household survey, unemployment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - 50-54 Yrs., Women (LNU04000345) from Jun 1976 to Aug 2025 about 50 to 54 years, females, unemployment, rate, and USA.

India: Unemployment rate for females: The latest value from 2024 is 4.38 percent, an increase from 4.06 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 8.08 percent, based on data from 176 countries. Historically, the average for India from 1991 to 2024 is 7.26 percent. The minimum value, 4.06 percent, was reached in 2023 while the maximum of 7.8 percent was recorded in 1993.

There were around 2.7 million unemployed women in the United States in 2023. In 2022, this figure stood at 2.78 million unemployed women. The unemployment rate of the U.S. states can be accessed here.

Russia Unemployment Rate: Female data was reported at 2.800 % in Feb 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.900 % for Jan 2024. Russia Unemployment Rate: Female data is updated monthly, averaging 5.000 % from Aug 2009 (Median) to Feb 2024, with 175 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.400 % in Jan 2010 and a record low of 2.800 % in Feb 2024. Russia Unemployment Rate: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal State Statistics Service. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Demographic and Labour Market – Table RU.GB007: Unemployment Rate.

The average for 2023 based on 51 countries was 10.59 percent. The highest value was in Swaziland: 36.7 percent and the lowest value was in Niger: 0.3 percent. The indicator is available from 1991 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Level - Married Women (LNS13000315) from Jan 1955 to Aug 2025 about married, females, 16 years +, household survey, unemployment, and USA.

United States - Labor Force Flows Unemployed to Unemployed, Women was 1434.00000 Thous. of Persons in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Labor Force Flows Unemployed to Unemployed, Women reached a record high of 5928.00000 in May of 2020 and a record low of 969.00000 in June of 2000. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Labor Force Flows Unemployed to Unemployed, Women - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - 20 Yrs. & over, Black or African American Women (LNS14000032) from Jan 1972 to Aug 2025 about 20 years +, African-American, females, household survey, unemployment, rate, and USA.

Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in India was reported at 4.376 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. India - Unemployment, female - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

United States Unemployment Rate: Female data was reported at 3.400 % in Dec 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.500 % for Nov 2018. United States Unemployment Rate: Female data is updated monthly, averaging 5.850 % from Jan 1948 (Median) to Dec 2018, with 852 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.400 % in Jun 1983 and a record low of 2.600 % in May 1953. United States Unemployment Rate: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G018: Current Population Survey: Unemployment Rate.

Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nigeria was reported at 4 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Nigeria - Unemployment, female - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

As of the second quarter of 2025, there were approximately 886,000 unemployed men in the United Kingdom and 787,000 unemployed women, compared with the previous quarter when there were 863,000 unemployed men and 751,000 unemployed women.