Unemployment Rate 2024 April. The unemployment rate started at 4.0%, fell to 3.5% by february 2020 and rose to 14.8% by april 2020, the highest level. Those unemployed long term made up 19.4 percent of the total unemployed in april 2023, 23.0 percent in april 2022, and 42.9 percent in march 2021 (the recent.

The chart has 1 y axis displaying. In april 2024, the overall unemployment rate was 4.2 per cent.