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

As of October 2024, approximately 3.12 million women in the United States were unemployed. This is an increase from the previous month, when the number of unemployed women was 3.07 million. The data has not been seasonally adjusted.

In October 2024, the unadjusted unemployment rate of women in the United States stood at 3.9 percent. This was a no change 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.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Level - 20 Yrs. & over, Women (LNU03000026) from Jan 1948 to Jun 2025 about 20 years +, females, household survey, unemployment, and USA.

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.

The average for 2023 based on 178 countries was 8.37 percent. The highest value was in Swaziland: 39.35 percent and the lowest value was in Cambodia: 0.27 percent. The indicator is available from 1991 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Level - 20 Yrs. & over, Black or African American Women (LNU03000032) from Jan 1972 to Jun 2025 about 20 years +, females, African-American, household survey, unemployment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Level - 20 Yrs. & over, White Women (LNU03000029) from Jan 1954 to Jul 2025 about 20 years +, females, white, household survey, unemployment, and USA.

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 August of 2025.

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

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.

In the first quarter of 2025 the unemployment rate for men in the United Kingdom was 4.4 percent, while for women it was 4.1 percent. The male unemployment rates seen in late 2020 were the highest since 2015, while the rates for women reached heights last seen in 2016. During the provided time period, the unemployment rate for men peaked in Q1 1993 at 12.7 percent, while for women the unemployment rate was highest in Q2 1984 when it was 11.8 percent. Unemployment uptick to continue? The overall unemployment rate for the UK was 4.4 percent in November 2024, which was quite low but, slightly above the record low rates seen in 2022. During that year, there was also a peak in the number of job vacancies in the UK, which reached 1.3 million in May 2022. Since that point, however, the number of vacancies has been falling, and was at its lowest level since May 2021 in January 2024, at 812,000. Current forecasts for unemployment anticipate an annual rate of 4.1 percent for 2025, although this may be revised upwards in the future. Youth unemployment in the UK The unemployment rate for people in the United Kingdom is heavily associated with age. For people aged between 16 and 24 years, for example, the unemployment rate was 14.8 percent in the third quarter of 2024, compared with just 2.3 percent for those aged between 35 and 49. As with the overall unemployment rate, young men had a higher unemployment rate at 17.7 percent, compared with 11.9 percent for young women in the third quarter of 2024.

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 July of 2025.

As of the first quarter of 2025, there were approximately 863,000 unemployed men in the United Kingdom and 751,000 unemployed women, compared with the previous quarter when there were 840,000 unemployed men and 712,000 unemployed women.

Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in Turkey was reported at 11.39 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Turkey - Unemployment, female - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Syria: Unemployment rate for females: The latest value from 2023 is 25.25 percent, a decline from 25.7 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 8.37 percent, based on data from 178 countries. Historically, the average for Syria from 1991 to 2023 is 21.12 percent. The minimum value, 6.43 percent, was reached in 1993 while the maximum of 27.17 percent was recorded in 2020.

The average for 2023 based on 52 countries was 11.11 percent. The highest value was in Swaziland: 39.35 percent and the lowest value was in Niger: 0.47 percent. The indicator is available from 1991 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in Indonesia was reported at 3.073 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Indonesia - Unemployment, female - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - 60-64 Yrs., Women (LNU04000352) from Jun 1976 to Jun 2025 about 60 to 64 years, females, unemployment, rate, and USA.