Unemployment % — 2020

Top Country
Eswatini
32.98 %
Countries Ranked
186
World Bank data
Data Year
2020
Latest available
Source
World Bank
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Top 20 — Unemployment

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Rank Country Value Bar
1 Eswatini 32.98 %
2 South Africa 29.22 %
3 Djibouti 27.70 %
4 Palestine, State of 25.89 %
5 Saint Lucia 25.22 %
6 Congo 22.29 %
7 Gabon 21.28 %
8 Botswana 21.02 %
9 Namibia 21.00 %
10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20.64 %
11 Libya 19.65 %
12 Somalia 19.41 %
13 Jordan 19.21 %
14 Lesotho 18.39 %
15 Armenia 18.18 %
16 Yemen 17.96 %
17 Montenegro 17.88 %
18 Tunisia 17.65 %
19 Angola 16.70 %
20 North Macedonia 16.57 %
21 Costa Rica 16.43 %
22 Colombia 15.98 %
23 Greece 15.90 %
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.87 %
25 Iraq 15.77 %
26 Haiti 15.57 %
27 Spain 15.53 %
28 Guyana 15.31 %
29 Syrian Arab Republic 15.18 %
30 Panama 14.66 %
31 Cabo Verde 14.65 %
32 Virgin Islands, U.S. 14.37 %
33 South Sudan 14.25 %
34 Algeria 14.08 %
35 Brazil 13.70 %
36 New Caledonia 13.56 %
37 Lebanon 13.25 %
38 Türkiye 13.15 %
39 Nepal 13.04 %
40 French Polynesia 12.96 %
41 Bahamas 12.02 %
42 Sudan 11.99 %
43 Rwanda 11.83 %
44 Georgia 11.73 %
45 Afghanistan 11.71 %
46 Albania 11.64 %
47 Argentina 11.46 %
48 Morocco 11.19 %
49 Mauritania 11.05 %
50 Honduras 10.98 %
51 Chile 10.93 %
52 Belize 10.76 %
53 Barbados 10.59 %
54 Uruguay 10.41 %
55 Iran, Islamic Republic of 9.69 %
56 Sao Tome and Principe 9.68 %
57 Canada 9.66 %
58 Ukraine 9.47 %
59 Italy 9.19 %
60 Serbia 9.01 %
61 Suriname 8.97 %
62 Puerto Rico 8.89 %
63 Mauritius 8.63 %
64 Equatorial Guinea 8.62 %
65 Zimbabwe 8.62 %
66 Lithuania 8.49 %
67 Sweden 8.29 %
68 Latvia 8.10 %
69 United States 8.05 %
70 France 8.01 %
71 Egypt 7.97 %
72 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.90 %
73 India 7.86 %
74 Finland 7.76 %
75 Cyprus 7.75 %
76 Saudi Arabia 7.66 %
77 Tajikistan 7.58 %
78 Paraguay 7.55 %
79 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 7.53 %
80 Samoa 7.47 %
81 Brunei Darussalam 7.41 %
82 Croatia 7.39 %
83 Azerbaijan 7.24 %
84 Peru 7.18 %
85 Estonia 6.96 %
86 Portugal 6.85 %
87 Luxembourg 6.77 %
88 Slovakia 6.72 %
89 Central African Republic 6.52 %
90 Jamaica 6.50 %
91 Mongolia 6.41 %
92 Australia 6.39 %
93 Eritrea 6.38 %
94 Guam 6.24 %
95 Nicaragua 6.18 %
96 Dominican Republic 6.13 %
97 Ecuador 6.12 %
98 Zambia 6.03 %
99 Guinea 6.01 %
100 Pakistan 5.99 %
101 Kyrgyzstan 5.95 %
102 Gambia 5.84 %
103 Hong Kong 5.81 %
104 Malawi 5.72 %
105 Nigeria 5.71 %
106 Denmark 5.64 %
107 Ireland 5.62 %
108 Russian Federation 5.62 %
109 Kenya 5.61 %
110 Belgium 5.54 %
111 Bangladesh 5.54 %
112 Iceland 5.48 %
113 Maldives 5.42 %
114 Sri Lanka 5.36 %
115 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 5.36 %
116 Uzbekistan 5.29 %
117 Austria 5.20 %
118 Fiji 5.05 %
119 Bulgaria 5.04 %
120 Romania 5.04 %
121 Bhutan 5.03 %
122 Mozambique 5.02 %
123 El Salvador 5.01 %
124 China 5 %
125 Slovenia 4.97 %
126 Kazakhstan 4.89 %
127 Malta 4.86 %
128 Switzerland 4.82 %
129 New Zealand 4.59 %
130 Burkina Faso 4.59 %
131 Malaysia 4.54 %
132 Turkmenistan 4.49 %
133 United Kingdom 4.47 %
134 Comoros 4.47 %
135 Mexico 4.44 %
136 Norway 4.42 %
137 United Arab Emirates 4.29 %
138 Indonesia 4.25 %
139 Hungary 4.25 %
140 Trinidad and Tobago 4.21 %
141 Israel 4.17 %
142 Liberia 4.10 %
143 Singapore 4.10 %
144 Belarus 4.05 %
145 Vanuatu 4.05 %
146 Ethiopia 4.00 %
147 Korea, Republic of 3.93 %
148 Cameroon 3.88 %
149 Germany 3.88 %
150 Netherlands 3.82 %
151 Uganda 3.82 %
152 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.62 %
153 Mali 3.53 %
154 Sierra Leone 3.51 %
155 Kuwait 3.49 %
156 Senegal 3.43 %
157 Madagascar 3.29 %
158 Ghana 3.18 %
159 Poland 3.15 %
160 Guatemala 2.96 %
161 Oman 2.94 %
162 Papua New Guinea 2.90 %
163 Guinea-Bissau 2.89 %
164 Japan 2.81 %
165 Timor-Leste 2.81 %
166 Tonga 2.71 %
167 Côte d'Ivoire 2.59 %
168 Czechia 2.55 %
169 Macao 2.54 %
170 Philippines 2.52 %
171 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.35 %
172 Cuba 2.23 %
173 Togo 2.23 %
174 Viet Nam 2.10 %
175 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.79 %
176 Bahrain 1.76 %
177 Chad 1.70 %
178 Benin 1.52 %
179 Myanmar 1.48 %
180 Moldova, Republic of 1.21 %
181 Thailand 1.10 %
182 Burundi 1.03 %
183 Solomon Islands 0.87 %
184 Niger 0.59 %
185 Cambodia 0.17 %
186 Qatar 0.14 %
About This Indicator

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

Source: World Bank Development Indicators
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