EU 6.25
· European ranking
21 / 34
Up 3 positions compared with previous year
Switzerland: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
4.90% of labour force
EU 6.25 · -1.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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Regional map
· 2025 · 7 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+59.18
7.80
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2+34.69
6.60
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3-6.12
4.60
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3-6.12
4.60
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5-8.16
4.50
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6-32.65
3.30
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7-38.78
3.00
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Switzerland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Unemployment rate is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.9% versus 6.3% in 2025, with a gap of 1.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Switzerland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 4.80% in 2020 to 4.90% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 4.40% in 2024 to 4.90% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Regional differences in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Unemployment rate shows noticeable regional variation. Across 7 comparable regions, Lake Geneva Region records the highest value (7.8%) and Central Switzerland the lowest (3%), a gap of 4.8 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Switzerland, the evidence for Employment & Economic Security leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.