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Official Unemployment Rate by Country — National Statistics Offices (US, UK, Canada, Australia)

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate as published by the national statistics office: US (BLS, CPS), UK (ONS, 16+, rolling three months ending in the month shown), Canada (Statistics Canada LFS, 15+), Australia (ABS LFS). Monthly history. Options for country: US (United States, unemployment rate (BLS LNS14000000)), GB (United Kingdom, unemployment rate 16+ (ONS MGSX, 3-month average ending in the month)), CA (Canada, unemployment rate 15+ (Statistics Canada LFS)), AU (Australia, unemployment rate (ABS Labour Force)).

Call it (no API key)

GET https://api.agentdatahub.de/api/v1/call/official-unemployment-rate?country=US&compact=1

Full metadata: without compact=1 · Markdown: format=llm · Only some fields: add &fields=a,b.c · MCP: tool call_api with {"apiId":"official-unemployment-rate"}

Parameters

countryCountry (ISO-2 code or name) (required): US, GB, CA, AU
fromOptional start YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
toOptional end YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
lastNumber of most recent periods when no from/to is given, 1-500 (default: 13)

Example response (live, compact)

{
  "apiId": "official-unemployment-rate",
  "data_freshness": "cached",
  "data": {
    "country": "US",
    "series": "United States, unemployment rate (BLS LNS14000000)",
    "unit": "%",
    "frequency": "M",
    "latest": {
      "period": "2026-09",
      "value": 4.2
    },
    "history": [
      {
        "period": "2025-08",
        "value": 4.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-09",
        "value": 4.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-11",
        "value": 4.5
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-12",
        "value": 4.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-01",
        "value": 4.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-02",
        "value": 4.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-03",
        "value": 4.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-04",
        "value": 4.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-05",
        "value": 4.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-06",
        "value": 4.2
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-07",
        "value": 4.1
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-08",
        "value": 4.1
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-09",
        "value": 4.2
      }
    ],
    "available": {
      "from": "2000-01",
      "to": "2026-09",
      "points": 320
    },
    "verification": {
      "checked_at": "2026-10-29T14:59:29.313Z",
      "checks": [
        {
          "period": "2026-09",
          "field": "value",
          "expected": 4.2,
          "ok": true,
          "evidence": "BLS Employment Situation, September 2026: 4.2 %"
        }
      ]
    },
    "source": {
      "publisher": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "licence": "Public domain (U.S. Government work)",
      "licence_url": "https://www.bls.gov/bls/linksite.htm"
    },
    "attribution": "Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics"
  },
  "source": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Office for National Statistics (UK); Statistics Canada; Australian Bureau of Statistics",
  "license": "Public domain (U.S. Government work); Open Government Licence v3.0; Statistics Canada Open Licence; CC BY 4.0"
}

Recorded history available: /api/v1/history/official-unemployment-rate?country=US

Source & license

SourceU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Office for National Statistics (UK); Statistics Canada; Australian Bureau of Statistics
LicensePublic domain (U.S. Government work); Open Government Licence v3.0; Statistics Canada Open Licence; CC BY 4.0
Source URLhttps://www.bls.gov/bls/linksite.htm
Termshttps://www.bls.gov/bls/linksite.htm
CategoryFinance & Markets › Official National Statistics (US, UK, Canada, Australia)