Unemployment Rate by Country

World Bank 2023 · 179 countries

About this statistic

Percentage of workforce that is unemployed

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179 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	Georgia	11.5%
32	Greece	11.0%
33	Lebanon	11.0%
34	Albania	10.7%
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.7%
36	Nepal	10.4%
37	Mauritania	10.4%
38	Ukraine	9.8%
39	Colombia	9.6%
40	Turkey	9.4%
41	Zimbabwe	9.3%
42	São Tomé and Príncipe	9.0%
43	Chile	9.0%
44	Morocco	8.9%
45	Bahamas	8.6%
46	Uruguay	8.4%
47	Costa Rica	8.3%
48	Belize	8.3%
49	Serbia	8.3%
50	Equatorial Guinea	8.2%
51	Iran	8.1%
52	Brazil	7.9%
53	Suriname	7.7%
54	Italy	7.6%
55	Sweden	7.6%
56	Sudan	7.5%
57	France	7.3%
58	Finland	7.1%
59	Tajikistan	7.0%
60	Lithuania	6.8%
61	Egypt	6.8%
62	Mozambique	6.7%
63	Panama	6.5%
64	Barbados	6.5%
65	Portugal	6.5%
66	Gambia	6.5%
67	Latvia	6.5%
68	Estonia	6.4%
69	Central African Republic	6.2%
70	Argentina	6.1%
71	Croatia	6.1%
72	Honduras	6.1%
73	Eritrea	5.9%
74	Zambia	5.9%
75	Slovakia	5.8%
76	Cyprus	5.8%
77	Paraguay	5.8%
78	Azerbaijan	5.6%
79	Romania	5.6%
80	Mauritius	5.6%
81	Dominican Republic	5.6%
82	Belgium	5.5%
83	Canada	5.4%
84	Kenya	5.4%
85	Venezuela	5.4%
86	Fiji	5.3%
87	Brunei	5.3%
88	Austria	5.3%
89	Pakistan	5.2%
90	Luxembourg	5.2%
91	Mongolia	5.2%
92	Guinea	5.1%
93	Denmark	5.1%
94	Vanuatu	5.0%
95	Malawi	5.0%
96	Samoa	4.9%
97	Peru	4.9%
98	Kazakhstan	4.8%
99	Nicaragua	4.7%
100	China	4.7%
101	Sri Lanka	4.5%
102	DR Congo	4.5%
103	Uzbekistan	4.4%
104	Bulgaria	4.3%
105	Ireland	4.2%
106	India	4.2%
107	Hungary	4.1%
108	Switzerland	4.0%
109	United Kingdom	4.0%
110	Maldives	4.0%
111	Saudi Arabia	4.0%
112	Turkmenistan	4.0%
113	Malaysia	3.9%
114	Comoros	3.8%
115	New Zealand	3.7%
116	Australia	3.7%
117	Slovenia	3.7%
118	United States	3.6%
119	Cameroon	3.6%
120	Burkina Faso	3.6%
121	Norway	3.6%
122	Netherlands	3.5%
123	Iceland	3.5%
124	Ecuador	3.5%
125	Kyrgyzstan	3.5%
126	Malta	3.5%
127	North Korea	3.5%
128	Belarus	3.5%
129	Singapore	3.4%
130	Ethiopia	3.4%
131	Israel	3.4%
132	Trinidad and Tobago	3.4%
133	Bangladesh	3.4%
134	Indonesia	3.3%
135	Oman	3.2%
136	Bhutan	3.1%
137	Sierra Leone	3.1%
138	Russia	3.1%
139	Nigeria	3.1%
140	Germany	3.1%
141	Madagascar	3.0%
142	Bolivia	3.0%
143	Jamaica	3.0%
144	El Salvador	3.0%
145	Myanmar	3.0%
146	Mali	2.9%
147	Liberia	2.9%
148	Ghana	2.8%
149	Senegal	2.8%
150	Mexico	2.8%
151	Uganda	2.8%
152	Poland	2.7%
153	South Korea	2.7%
154	Papua New Guinea	2.6%
155	Guinea-Bissau	2.6%
156	Japan	2.6%
157	Czechia	2.6%
158	Guatemala	2.3%
159	Ivory Coast	2.3%
160	Philippines	2.2%
161	United Arab Emirates	2.2%
162	Kuwait	2.1%
163	Togo	1.9%
164	Cuba	1.7%
165	Tonga	1.7%
166	Vietnam	1.6%
167	Benin	1.6%
168	Moldova	1.6%
169	Tanzania	1.6%
170	Timor-Leste	1.5%
171	Solomon Islands	1.4%
172	Laos	1.2%
173	Chad	1.1%
174	Bahrain	1.0%
175	Burundi	0.9%
176	Thailand	0.7%
177	Niger	0.4%
178	Cambodia	0.3%
179	Qatar	0.1%

34.6%1st · Eswatini 32.1%2nd · South Africa 26.1%3rd · Djibouti

Source

World Bank · 2023 · 179/195 countries

Surprising positions

Thailand ranks 176 of 179 for unemployment rate, and 20 of 195 for population.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 11 of 179 for unemployment rate, and 183 of 195 for population.

Vietnam ranks 166 of 179 for unemployment rate, and 16 of 195 for population.

Method

The three largest gaps in relative ranking position, compared with population. Only sovereign countries with both values count. This describes position, not whether a country is better.

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