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Unemployment Rate by Country

Percentage of workforce that is unemployed

Source: World Bank (2023) · 187 countries ranked

Lower is better — ranked lowest first

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Qatar

0.1%

#1 worldwide

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Cambodia

0.3%

#2 worldwide

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Niger

0.4%

#3 worldwide

Full World Ranking

Rank	Country	Unemployment Rate
1	🇶🇦Qatar	0.1%
2	🇰🇭Cambodia	0.3%
3	🇳🇪Niger	0.4%
4	🇹🇭Thailand	0.7%
5	🇧🇮Burundi	0.9%
6	🇧🇭Bahrain	1.0%
7	🇹🇩Chad	1.1%
8	🇱🇦Laos	1.2%
9	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	1.4%
10	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	1.5%
11	🇹🇿Tanzania	1.6%
12	🇲🇩Moldova	1.6%
13	🇧🇯Benin	1.6%
14	🇻🇳Vietnam	1.6%
15	🇹🇴Tonga	1.7%
16	🇨🇺Cuba	1.7%
17	🇹🇬Togo	1.9%
18	🇰🇼Kuwait	2.1%
19	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	2.2%
20	🇵🇭Philippines	2.2%
21	🇲🇴Macau	2.2%
22	🇨🇮Ivory Coast	2.3%
23	🇬🇹Guatemala	2.3%
24	🇨🇿Czechia	2.6%
25	🇯🇵Japan	2.6%
26	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	2.6%
27	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	2.6%
28	🇰🇷South Korea	2.7%
29	🇵🇱Poland	2.7%
30	🇺🇬Uganda	2.8%
31	🇲🇽Mexico	2.8%
32	🇸🇳Senegal	2.8%
33	🇬🇭Ghana	2.8%
34	🇱🇷Liberia	2.9%
35	🇲🇱Mali	2.9%
36	🇭🇰Hong Kong	2.9%
37	🇲🇲Myanmar	3.0%
38	🇸🇻El Salvador	3.0%
39	🇯🇲Jamaica	3.0%
40	🇧🇴Bolivia	3.0%
41	🇲🇬Madagascar	3.0%
42	🇩🇪Germany	3.1%
43	🇳🇬Nigeria	3.1%
44	🇷🇺Russia	3.1%
45	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	3.1%
46	🇧🇹Bhutan	3.1%
47	🇴🇲Oman	3.2%
48	🇮🇩Indonesia	3.3%
49	🇧🇩Bangladesh	3.4%
50	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	3.4%
51	🇮🇱Israel	3.4%
52	🇪🇹Ethiopia	3.4%
53	🇸🇬Singapore	3.4%
54	🇧🇾Belarus	3.5%
55	🇰🇵North Korea	3.5%
56	🇲🇹Malta	3.5%
57	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	3.5%
58	🇹🇼Taiwan	3.5%
59	🇪🇨Ecuador	3.5%
60	🇮🇸Iceland	3.5%
61	🇳🇱Netherlands	3.5%
62	🇳🇴Norway	3.6%
63	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	3.6%
64	🇨🇲Cameroon	3.6%
65	🇺🇸United States	3.6%
66	🇸🇮Slovenia	3.7%
67	🇦🇺Australia	3.7%
68	🇳🇿New Zealand	3.7%
69	🇰🇲Comoros	3.8%
70	🇲🇾Malaysia	3.9%
71	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	4.0%
72	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	4.0%
73	🇲🇻Maldives	4.0%
74	🇬🇧United Kingdom	4.0%
75	🇨🇭Switzerland	4.0%
76	🇭🇺Hungary	4.1%
77	🇮🇳India	4.2%
78	🇮🇪Ireland	4.2%
79	🇧🇬Bulgaria	4.3%
80	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	4.4%
81	🇨🇩DR Congo	4.5%
82	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	4.5%
83	🇨🇳China	4.7%
84	🇳🇮Nicaragua	4.7%
85	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	4.8%
86	🇵🇪Peru	4.9%
87	🇼🇸Samoa	4.9%
88	🇲🇼Malawi	5.0%
89	🇻🇺Vanuatu	5.0%
90	🇩🇰Denmark	5.1%
91	🇬🇳Guinea	5.1%
92	🇲🇳Mongolia	5.2%
93	🇱🇺Luxembourg	5.2%
94	🇵🇰Pakistan	5.2%
95	🇬🇺Guam	5.3%
96	🇦🇹Austria	5.3%
97	🇧🇳Brunei	5.3%
98	🇫🇯Fiji	5.3%
99	🇻🇪Venezuela	5.4%
100	🇰🇪Kenya	5.4%
101	🇨🇦Canada	5.4%
102	🇧🇪Belgium	5.5%
103	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	5.6%
104	🇲🇺Mauritius	5.6%
105	🇷🇴Romania	5.6%
106	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	5.6%
107	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	5.7%
108	🇵🇾Paraguay	5.8%
109	🇨🇾Cyprus	5.8%
110	🇸🇰Slovakia	5.8%
111	🇿🇲Zambia	5.9%
112	🇪🇷Eritrea	5.9%
113	🇭🇳Honduras	6.1%
114	🇭🇷Croatia	6.1%
115	🇦🇷Argentina	6.1%
116	🇨🇫Central African Republic	6.2%
117	🇪🇪Estonia	6.4%
118	🇱🇻Latvia	6.5%
119	🇬🇲Gambia	6.5%
120	🇵🇹Portugal	6.5%
121	🇧🇧Barbados	6.5%
122	🇵🇦Panama	6.5%
123	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.7%
124	🇪🇬Egypt	6.8%
125	🇱🇹Lithuania	6.8%
126	🇹🇯Tajikistan	7.0%
127	🇫🇮Finland	7.1%
128	🇫🇷France	7.3%
129	🇸🇩Sudan	7.5%
130	🇸🇪Sweden	7.6%
131	🇮🇹Italy	7.6%
132	🇸🇷Suriname	7.7%
133	🇧🇷Brazil	7.9%
134	🇮🇷Iran	8.1%
135	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	8.2%
136	🇷🇸Serbia	8.3%
137	🇧🇿Belize	8.3%
138	🇨🇷Costa Rica	8.3%
139	🇺🇾Uruguay	8.4%
140	🇧🇸Bahamas	8.6%
141	🇲🇦Morocco	8.9%
142	🇨🇱Chile	9.0%
143	🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe	9.0%
144	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	9.3%
145	🇹🇷Turkey	9.4%
146	🇨🇴Colombia	9.6%
147	🇺🇦Ukraine	9.8%
148	🇲🇷Mauritania	10.4%
149	🇳🇵Nepal	10.4%
150	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.7%
151	🇦🇱Albania	10.7%
152	🇳🇨New Caledonia	10.9%
153	🇱🇧Lebanon	11.0%
154	🇬🇷Greece	11.0%
155	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	11.4%
156	🇬🇪Georgia	11.5%
157	🇵🇫French Polynesia	11.6%
158	🇩🇿Algeria	11.6%
159	🇨🇻Cape Verde	11.9%
160	🇬🇾Guyana	11.9%
161	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	12.1%
162	🇪🇸Spain	12.2%
163	🇷🇼Rwanda	12.4%
164	🇸🇸South Sudan	12.4%
165	🇦🇲Armenia	12.4%
166	🇲🇪Montenegro	13.1%
167	🇲🇰North Macedonia	13.2%
168	🇸🇾Syria	13.3%
169	🇦🇫Afghanistan	14.0%
170	🇦🇴Angola	14.1%
171	🇭🇹Haiti	14.5%
172	🇹🇳Tunisia	15.1%
173	🇮🇶Iraq	15.2%
174	🇱🇸Lesotho	16.3%
175	🇯🇴Jordan	16.6%
176	🇾🇪Yemen	16.9%
177	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.3%
178	🇱🇾Libya	18.7%
179	🇸🇴Somalia	19.0%
180	🇳🇦Namibia	19.2%
181	🇨🇬Republic of the Congo	19.9%
182	🇬🇦Gabon	20.2%
183	🇧🇼Botswana	23.4%
184	🇵🇸Palestine	24.4%
185	🇩🇯Djibouti	26.1%
186	🇿🇦South Africa	32.1%
187	🇸🇿Eswatini	34.6%

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