What was the highest rate of unemployment during the great depression?

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Livia Burnett

22 October, 23:26

What was the highest rate of unemployment during the great depression?

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Saniya Ramsey · Answer 1

The highest unemployment rate during the Great Depression was 24.9 %.

Eleanor Mclaughlin · Answer 2

24.9%

Explanation:

The highest rate of U. S. unemployment was 24.9% in 1933, during the Great Depression. 1 Unemployment remained above 14% from 1931 to 1940. It remained in the single digits until September 1982 when it reached 10.1%.2 During the Great Recession, unemployment reached 10% in October 2009.