| Table 1 | |||
| Year | Urban Unemployment (10,000) | Youth | Unemployment Rate(%) |
| 1978 | 530 | 249.1 | 5.3 |
| 1980 | 541.5 | 382.5 | 4.9 |
| 1985 | 238.5 | 196.9 | 1.8 |
| 1986 | 264.4 | 209.3 | 2 |
| 1987 | 276.6 | 235.1 | 2 |
| 1988 | 296.2 | 245.3 | 2 |
| 1989 | 377.9 | 309 | 2.6 |
| 1990 | 383.2 | 312.7 | 2.5 |
| 1991 | 352.2 | 288.4 | 2.3 |
| 1992 | 363.9 | 299.8 | 2.3 |
| 1993 | 420.1 | 331.9 | 2.6 |
| 1994 | 476.4 | 301 | 2.8 |
| 1995 | 519.6 | 310.2 | 2.9 |
| 1996 | 553 | ||
| 1997 | 570 | 3.1 | |
| Table 2 | |||
| Unemployment by Region in 1995 | |||
| Region | Urban Unemployment (10,000) | Youth | Unemployment Rate(%) |
| Anhui | 19.9 | 11.9 | 3.1 |
| Beijing | 2.2 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Fujian | 11 | 4.8 | 2.6 |
| Gansu | 16.4 | 8.4 | 5.5 |
| Guangdong | 30 | 14.1 | 2.6 |
| Guangxi | 15.6 | 8 | 3.6 |
| Guizhou | 16.6 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
| Hainan | 5.8 | 2.6 | |
| Hebei | 17.5 | 11.4 | 2.2 |
| Heilongjiang | 28.5 | 19 | 2.9 |
| Henan | 24.1 | 17.5 | 2.6 |
| Hubei | 28.6 | 16.1 | 3.1 |
| Hunan | 29.3 | 23.4 | 3.8 |
| Inner Mongolia | 17.2 | 12.3 | 3.8 |
| Jiangsu | 21.2 | 14.7 | 2.1 |
| Jiangxi | 10.8 | 7.5 | 2.1 |
| Jilin | 12.7 | 6.6 | 2 |
| Liaoning | 32.9 | 24.2 | 2.7 |
| Ningxia | 5.5 | 4.3 | 6.4 |
| Qinghai | 5.9 | 1.4 | 7.4 |
| Shandong | 34.8 | 22.2 | 3.2 |
| Shanghai | 14.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Shanxi | 7.4 | 2.4 | 1.4 |
| Shanxi | 16.4 | 6.9 | 3.5 |
| Sichuan | 43.9 | 32.5 | 3.7 |
| Tianjin | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1 |
| Tibet | |||
| Xinjiang | 12.8 | 6.8 | 3.5 |
| Yunnan | 10.6 | 6.7 | 2.9 |
| Zhejiang | 20.2 | 11.9 | 3.2 |
Last Updated on 10/23/98
By China Data Center