Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
Feb 2025
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
5.70 % on Feb 28, 1997
Lowest
1.50 % on Aug 31, 2001
About Switzerland unemployment rate
In Switzerland, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate Switzerland unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Switzerland unemployment rate is 1.50%.
The highest figure Switzerland unemployment rate has ever reached is 5.70%.
Last month Switzerland unemployment rate was 2.90%, and the month before it reached 3.00%.