Unemployment Rate
Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed and actively seeking work.
Global Distribution
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Highest Unemployment Rate
Eswatini
34.4
%Lowest Unemployment Rate
Qatar
0.13
%Country Rankings by Unemployment Rate
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Eswatini
|
34.4 % | 2024 |
| 2 |
South Africa
|
33.17 % | 2024 |
| 3 |
Djibouti
|
25.88 % | 2024 |
| 4 |
West Bank and Gaza
|
24.42 % | 2022 |
| 5 |
Botswana
|
23.14 % | 2024 |
| 6 |
Gabon
|
20.06 % | 2024 |
| 7 |
Congo, Rep.
|
19.69 % | 2024 |
| 8 |
Namibia
|
19.15 % | 2024 |
| 9 |
Somalia
|
18.86 % | 2024 |
| 10 |
Libya
|
18.61 % | 2024 |
| 11 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
18.06 % | 2024 |
| 12 |
Jordan
|
18.0 % | 2024 |
| 13 |
Yemen, Rep.
|
17.09 % | 2024 |
| 14 |
Tunisia
|
16.2 % | 2024 |
| 15 |
Lesotho
|
16.15 % | 2024 |
| 16 |
Iraq
|
15.52 % | 2024 |
| 17 |
Haiti
|
15.06 % | 2024 |
| 18 |
Angola
|
14.46 % | 2024 |
| 19 |
Montenegro
|
14.1 % | 2024 |
| 20 |
North Macedonia
|
13.42 % | 2024 |
| 21 |
Armenia
|
13.33 % | 2024 |
| 22 |
Afghanistan
|
13.29 % | 2024 |
| 23 |
Syrian Arab Republic
|
12.96 % | 2024 |
| 24 |
South Sudan
|
12.48 % | 2023 |
| 25 |
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
|
12.01 % | 2024 |
| 26 |
Rwanda
|
11.99 % | 2024 |
| 27 |
Cabo Verde
|
11.88 % | 2024 |
| 28 |
French Polynesia
|
11.75 % | 2024 |
| 29 |
Tajikistan
|
11.63 % | 2024 |
| 30 |
Lebanon
|
11.54 % | 2023 |
| 31 |
Georgia
|
11.48 % | 2024 |
| 32 |
Algeria
|
11.43 % | 2024 |
| 33 |
Spain
|
11.39 % | 2024 |
| 34 |
New Caledonia
|
11.15 % | 2024 |
| 35 |
St. Lucia
|
10.93 % | 2024 |
| 36 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
10.72 % | 2024 |
| 37 |
Nepal
|
10.71 % | 2024 |
| 38 |
Mauritania
|
10.37 % | 2024 |
| 39 |
Albania
|
10.25 % | 2024 |
| 40 |
Guyana
|
10.16 % | 2024 |
| 41 |
Greece
|
10.13 % | 2024 |
| 42 |
Ukraine
|
9.83 % | 2021 |
| 43 |
Colombia
|
9.61 % | 2024 |
| 44 |
Iran, Islamic Rep.
|
9.19 % | 2024 |
| 45 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
9.17 % | 2024 |
| 46 |
Chile
|
9.06 % | 2024 |
| 47 |
Morocco
|
8.94 % | 2024 |
| 48 |
Zimbabwe
|
8.55 % | 2024 |
| 49 |
Sweden
|
8.53 % | 2024 |
| 50 |
Bahamas, The
|
8.46 % | 2024 |
| 51 |
Turkiye
|
8.45 % | 2024 |
| 52 |
Uruguay
|
8.4 % | 2024 |
| 53 |
Finland
|
8.26 % | 2024 |
| 54 |
Argentina
|
7.88 % | 2024 |
| 55 |
Costa Rica
|
7.85 % | 2024 |
| 56 |
Estonia
|
7.83 % | 2024 |
| 57 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
7.82 % | 2024 |
| 58 |
Brazil
|
7.63 % | 2024 |
| 59 |
Sudan
|
7.53 % | 2022 |
| 60 |
Barbados
|
7.53 % | 2024 |
| 61 |
Lithuania
|
7.5 % | 2024 |
| 62 |
Serbia
|
7.39 % | 2024 |
| 63 |
France
|
7.37 % | 2024 |
| 64 |
Suriname
|
7.33 % | 2024 |
| 65 |
Egypt, Arab Rep.
|
7.2 % | 2024 |
| 66 |
Belize
|
7.0 % | 2024 |
| 67 |
Italy
|
6.78 % | 2024 |
| 68 |
Latvia
|
6.72 % | 2024 |
| 69 |
Panama
|
6.52 % | 2024 |
| 70 |
Gambia, The
|
6.5 % | 2024 |
| 71 |
Canada
|
6.45 % | 2024 |
| 72 |
Portugal
|
6.38 % | 2024 |
| 73 |
Channel Islands
|
6.26 % | 2024 |
| 74 |
Paraguay
|
6.09 % | 2024 |
| 75 |
Honduras
|
6.06 % | 2024 |
| 76 |
Zambia
|
5.96 % | 2024 |
| 77 |
Luxembourg
|
5.93 % | 2024 |
| 78 |
Central African Republic
|
5.9 % | 2024 |
| 79 |
Cyprus
|
5.6 % | 2024 |
| 80 |
Azerbaijan
|
5.59 % | 2024 |
| 81 |
Denmark
|
5.59 % | 2024 |
| 82 |
Guam
|
5.59 % | 2024 |
| 83 |
Eritrea
|
5.55 % | 2024 |
| 84 |
Belgium
|
5.49 % | 2024 |
| 85 |
Mauritius
|
5.48 % | 2024 |
| 86 |
Venezuela, RB
|
5.47 % | 2024 |
| 87 |
Dominican Republic
|
5.47 % | 2024 |
| 88 |
Pakistan
|
5.47 % | 2024 |
| 89 |
Puerto Rico
|
5.47 % | 2024 |
| 90 |
Austria
|
5.44 % | 2024 |
| 91 |
Kenya
|
5.43 % | 2024 |
| 92 |
Mongolia
|
5.42 % | 2024 |
| 93 |
Romania
|
5.38 % | 2024 |
| 94 |
Croatia
|
5.24 % | 2024 |
| 95 |
Slovak Republic
|
5.23 % | 2024 |
| 96 |
Guinea
|
5.23 % | 2024 |
| 97 |
Burkina Faso
|
5.17 % | 2024 |
| 98 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
5.14 % | 2024 |
| 99 |
Vanuatu
|
5.06 % | 2024 |
| 100 |
Malawi
|
5.04 % | 2024 |
| 101 |
Sri Lanka
|
5.0 % | 2024 |
| 102 |
Jamaica
|
4.88 % | 2024 |
| 103 |
New Zealand
|
4.87 % | 2024 |
| 104 |
Peru
|
4.83 % | 2024 |
| 105 |
Kazakhstan
|
4.79 % | 2024 |
| 106 |
Ecuador
|
4.77 % | 2024 |
| 107 |
Bangladesh
|
4.68 % | 2024 |
| 108 |
Maldives
|
4.64 % | 2024 |
| 109 |
Nicaragua
|
4.57 % | 2024 |
| 110 |
China
|
4.57 % | 2024 |
| 111 |
Congo, Dem. Rep.
|
4.56 % | 2024 |
| 112 |
Samoa
|
4.55 % | 2024 |
| 113 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
4.55 % | 2024 |
| 114 |
Uzbekistan
|
4.49 % | 2024 |
| 115 |
Hungary
|
4.43 % | 2024 |
| 116 |
Ireland
|
4.37 % | 2024 |
| 117 |
Fiji
|
4.31 % | 2024 |
| 118 |
Turkmenistan
|
4.3 % | 2024 |
| 119 |
India
|
4.2 % | 2024 |
| 120 |
United Kingdom
|
4.11 % | 2024 |
| 121 |
Switzerland
|
4.11 % | 2024 |
| 122 |
United States
|
4.11 % | 2024 |
| 123 |
Bulgaria
|
4.1 % | 2024 |
| 124 |
Australia
|
4.07 % | 2024 |
| 125 |
Norway
|
3.97 % | 2024 |
| 126 |
Saudi Arabia
|
3.9 % | 2024 |
| 127 |
Comoros
|
3.88 % | 2024 |
| 128 |
Malaysia
|
3.83 % | 2024 |
| 129 |
Netherlands
|
3.6 % | 2024 |
| 130 |
Mozambique
|
3.53 % | 2024 |
| 131 |
Cameroon
|
3.52 % | 2024 |
| 132 |
Germany
|
3.41 % | 2024 |
| 133 |
Ethiopia
|
3.4 % | 2024 |
| 134 |
Belarus
|
3.36 % | 2024 |
| 135 |
Slovenia
|
3.36 % | 2024 |
| 136 |
Indonesia
|
3.3 % | 2024 |
| 137 |
Kyrgyz Republic
|
3.29 % | 2024 |
| 138 |
Singapore
|
3.18 % | 2024 |
| 139 |
Oman
|
3.16 % | 2024 |
| 140 |
Israel
|
3.15 % | 2024 |
| 141 |
Sierra Leone
|
3.13 % | 2024 |
| 142 |
Iceland
|
3.11 % | 2024 |
| 143 |
Bolivia
|
3.09 % | 2024 |
| 144 |
Mali
|
3.06 % | 2024 |
| 145 |
Myanmar
|
3.03 % | 2024 |
| 146 |
Madagascar
|
3.01 % | 2024 |
| 147 |
Ghana
|
3.01 % | 2024 |
| 148 |
Senegal
|
2.99 % | 2024 |
| 149 |
Nigeria
|
2.99 % | 2024 |
| 150 |
Uganda
|
2.94 % | 2024 |
| 151 |
Liberia
|
2.88 % | 2024 |
| 152 |
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
|
2.86 % | 2024 |
| 153 |
Bhutan
|
2.86 % | 2024 |
| 154 |
El Salvador
|
2.84 % | 2024 |
| 155 |
Hong Kong SAR, China
|
2.79 % | 2024 |
| 156 |
Papua New Guinea
|
2.74 % | 2024 |
| 157 |
Mexico
|
2.71 % | 2024 |
| 158 |
Malta
|
2.7 % | 2024 |
| 159 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
2.62 % | 2024 |
| 160 |
Korea, Rep.
|
2.6 % | 2024 |
| 161 |
Tanzania
|
2.58 % | 2024 |
| 162 |
Japan
|
2.56 % | 2024 |
| 163 |
Russian Federation
|
2.53 % | 2024 |
| 164 |
Czechia
|
2.51 % | 2024 |
| 165 |
Poland
|
2.47 % | 2024 |
| 166 |
Macao SAR, China
|
2.44 % | 2024 |
| 167 |
Cote d'Ivoire
|
2.29 % | 2024 |
| 168 |
Guatemala
|
2.22 % | 2024 |
| 169 |
Tonga
|
2.19 % | 2024 |
| 170 |
Philippines
|
2.15 % | 2024 |
| 171 |
Kuwait
|
2.14 % | 2024 |
| 172 |
United Arab Emirates
|
2.13 % | 2024 |
| 173 |
Togo
|
1.94 % | 2024 |
| 174 |
Benin
|
1.72 % | 2024 |
| 175 |
Timor-Leste
|
1.6 % | 2024 |
| 176 |
Cuba
|
1.53 % | 2024 |
| 177 |
Solomon Islands
|
1.47 % | 2024 |
| 178 |
Moldova
|
1.43 % | 2024 |
| 179 |
Viet Nam
|
1.43 % | 2024 |
| 180 |
Lao PDR
|
1.22 % | 2024 |
| 181 |
Bahrain
|
1.1 % | 2024 |
| 182 |
Chad
|
1.09 % | 2024 |
| 183 |
Burundi
|
0.9 % | 2024 |
| 184 |
Thailand
|
0.69 % | 2024 |
| 185 |
Niger
|
0.35 % | 2024 |
| 186 |
Cambodia
|
0.27 % | 2024 |
| 187 |
Qatar
|
0.13 % | 2024 |
Regional Analysis
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Data Sources
- World Bank Open Data
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- United Nations Statistical Division
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Calculation Method
The indicator values are calculated using standardized methodologies recommended by international statistical organizations. Annual data is aggregated from quarterly or monthly reports where available. Regional averages are weighted by each country's contribution to the regional total.
Note: Data may be subject to revisions by source organizations. Missing values are interpolated when appropriate methodology exists.