| The Associated Press analyzed nine economic recoveries since the Great Depression that lasted at least three years. By most measures, the recovery from the Great Recession of 2007-2009 has been the weakest. It has been by far the worst in replacing the jobs lost during a recession. |
| That reflects the huge number of jobs lost from the time employment peaked in January 2008 until it hit bottom in February 2010, eight months after the recession officially ended in June 2009. |
| Here is the percentage of lost jobs that were recovered in the three years and one month after each recession: |
| 1948-1949 293 percent |
| 1953-1954 248 percent |
| 1960-1961 346 percent |
| 1969-1970 731 percent |
| 1973-1975 447 percent |
| 1981-1982 346 percent |
| 1990-1991 327 percent |
| 2001 92 percent |
| 2007-2009 46 percent |