# China Unemployment Rate

China Unemployment Rate was 5.2% in September 2026, down 0.10 percentage points from August 2026 and unchanged from a year earlier.
Among the 53 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 25th highest.
Over the past available history it has ranged from 5.0% (Oct 2023) to 5.4% (Mar 2026), averaging 5.1%.

- Source agency: National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS)
- Makrognosis code: `CN.UNEMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2023-10-01 to 2026-09-01 (30 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/china/unemployment-rate

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 5.2% |
| August 2026 | 5.3% |
| July 2026 | 5.2% |
| June 2026 | 5.0% |
| May 2026 | 5.1% |
| April 2026 | 5.2% |
| March 2026 | 5.4% |
| December 2025 | 5.1% |
| November 2025 | 5.1% |
| October 2025 | 5.1% |
| September 2025 | 5.2% |
| August 2025 | 5.3% |
| July 2025 | 5.2% |
| June 2025 | 5.0% |
| May 2025 | 5.0% |
| April 2025 | 5.1% |
| March 2025 | 5.2% |
| December 2024 | 5.1% |
| November 2024 | 5.0% |
| October 2024 | 5.0% |
| September 2024 | 5.1% |
| August 2024 | 5.3% |
| July 2024 | 5.2% |
| June 2024 | 5.0% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CN.UNEMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CN.UNEMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```