World Bank · Annual
World Development Indicators · Unemployment
Share of the labor force without work who are available for and seeking employment, from the ILO modeled estimates series.
Available series
National annual observations with source notes and missing values preserved.
What the data measures
Share of the labor force without work who are available for and seeking employment, from the ILO modeled estimates series.
ILO modeled estimates combine nationally reported observations with modeled values and projections to provide consistent series coverage. The labor force includes employed and unemployed people.
Coverage & limitations
United States and Canada · 2000–2025 (available years vary by series)
- This is the modeled ILO series, not the national headline unemployment release.
- People outside the labor force are excluded from the denominator.
- WDI does not identify every imputed observation in this response. Cross-country ranking and comparison are disabled because ILO warns against comparing imputed observations.
- Differences between rates are measured in percentage points.
Field dictionary
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| period | Annual observation year; separate from acquisition date |
| value | % of the labor force (modeled ILO estimate); missing and suppressed values remain null |
| status | Present, missing or suppressed; a zero is a present value |
| revision_id | Stable identity for this sourced observation revision |
| source_note | Footnotes supplied by the publisher, including preliminary estimates |
| release_id | The exact immutable public snapshot |