Unemployment Rate by Country

% of labor force · World Bank 2023 · 186 countries ranked

Percentage of workforce that is unemployed

Full world ranking

186 countries

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