The Swiss unemployment rate ticked up to a non-seasonally adjusted 2.1 percent in December 2022 from 2.0 percent in the prior month, the highest reading since April. The number of unemployed people increased by 5,614, or 6.1 percent, to 96,941. Meanwhile, the youth unemployment rate, measuring job-seekers between 15 and 24 years old, was up to 2.0 percent from 1.9 percent in November, as the number of young unemployed rose by 140, or 1.6 percent, to 8,773. For the full 2022, the jobless rate fell to 2.2% from 3.0% the year before. Adjusted for seasonal factors, the unemployment rate inched lower to 1.9 percent in December from 2.0 percent in November. source: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Unemployment Rate in Switzerland averaged 3.16 percent from 1995 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 5.70 percent in January of 1997 and a record low of 1.50 percent in May of 2001. This page provides - Switzerland Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Switzerland Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2023.
Unemployment Rate in Switzerland is expected to be 2.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations.