What was the overall unemployment rate during the great depresion

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In 1929 at the beginning of the Great Depression unemployment was 3.2%. Unemployment peaked in 1933 at 24.9%. ChaCha!

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Source: Timeline of the Great Depression | www.huppi.com

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During the Great Depression 1930 to 1939,the unemployment rate went from 9% all the way to 25%,about 15 million jobless people.

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