The data displays the number of unemployed people in urban China from 2007 to 2017. In 2017, approx. 9.7 million people in urban China had been unemployed.
Employment and labor force in China – additional information
According to the graph at hand, absolute unemployment in China has gradually risen over the past decade. Although this increase suggests rising unemployment levels, a glance at the unemployment rate in China shows that national unemployment levels have remained stable at around 4% in recent years and even saw a slight decline from 4.
