{
 "id": "cn-unemp",
 "name": "Urban surveyed unemployment rate",
 "region": "china",
 "layer": "cycle",
 "unit": "%",
 "cadence": "monthly",
 "state": "normal",
 "qualifier": "0.2 pp below",
 "threshold": {
  "label": "\u003e 12-month low + 0.5 pp",
  "op": "gt",
  "value": 5.5
 },
 "distance": 0.2,
 "score": 62.5,
 "latest": {
  "period": "2026-08-01",
  "value": 5.3
 },
 "stale": false,
 "trend": "rising",
 "publisher": "National Bureau of Statistics of China",
 "series_code": "National economy release, urban surveyed unemployment rate",
 "licence": "NBS site terms: reuse with attribution",
 "description": "The National Bureau of Statistics' surveyed unemployment rate for urban areas, published monthly since 2018 in the national economy release and read from its text. The threshold is the Sahm construction used for the euro area: the monthly rate half a point above its low of the past twelve months. Added in September 2026 after an outside review; until then the site said China published no comparable monthly rate, which was wrong.",
 "points": [
  {
   "period": "2024-05-01",
   "value": 5
  },
  {
   "period": "2024-07-01",
   "value": 5.2
  },
  {
   "period": "2024-08-01",
   "value": 5.3
  },
  {
   "period": "2024-09-01",
   "value": 5.1
  },
  {
   "period": "2024-10-01",
   "value": 5
  },
  {
   "period": "2024-11-01",
   "value": 5
  },
  {
   "period": "2024-12-01",
   "value": 5.1
  },
  {
   "period": "2025-02-01",
   "value": 5.4
  },
  {
   "period": "2025-04-01",
   "value": 5.1
  },
  {
   "period": "2025-05-01",
   "value": 5
  },
  {
   "period": "2025-06-01",
   "value": 5
  },
  {
   "period": "2025-07-01",
   "value": 5.2
  },
  {
   "period": "2025-08-01",
   "value": 5.3
  },
  {
   "period": "2025-09-01",
   "value": 5.2
  },
  {
   "period": "2025-10-01",
   "value": 5.1
  },
  {
   "period": "2025-11-01",
   "value": 5.1
  },
  {
   "period": "2025-12-01",
   "value": 5.1
  },
  {
   "period": "2026-02-01",
   "value": 5.3
  },
  {
   "period": "2026-03-01",
   "value": 5.4
  },
  {
   "period": "2026-04-01",
   "value": 5.2
  },
  {
   "period": "2026-05-01",
   "value": 5.1
  },
  {
   "period": "2026-06-01",
   "value": 5
  },
  {
   "period": "2026-07-01",
   "value": 5.2
  },
  {
   "period": "2026-08-01",
   "value": 5.3
  }
 ],
 "url": "https://worldstat.us/indicator/cn-unemp"
}