Unemployment Rate 2025 China 2025. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2 percent, from 4.1 percent in october, as fewer people were able to find work. China’s surveyed unemployment rate fell to 5% in october 2025, compared to market estimates and september’s reading of 5.1%.

China unemployment rate is updated quarterly, available from mar 2017 to sep 2025, with an average rate of 5.12%. Beijing — china’s youth unemployment rate soared above 17% in july to the highest.