Unemployment % — 2021

Top Country
Eswatini
34.15 %
Countries Ranked
186
World Bank data
Data Year
2021
Latest available
Source
World Bank
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Top 20 — Unemployment

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Rank Country Value Bar
1 Eswatini 34.15 %
2 South Africa 34.01 %
3 Djibouti 27.63 %
4 Palestine, State of 26.39 %
5 Botswana 23.11 %
6 Congo 22.00 %
7 Gabon 21.22 %
8 Namibia 20.93 %
9 Saint Lucia 20.51 %
10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20.36 %
11 Jordan 19.84 %
12 Libya 19.78 %
13 Somalia 19.66 %
14 Yemen 18.31 %
15 Lesotho 18.21 %
16 Tunisia 16.63 %
17 Montenegro 16.54 %
18 Iraq 16.17 %
19 North Macedonia 15.80 %
20 Angola 15.80 %
21 Rwanda 15.78 %
22 Armenia 15.47 %
23 Haiti 15.30 %
24 Costa Rica 15.14 %
25 Spain 14.91 %
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.90 %
27 Syrian Arab Republic 14.89 %
28 Greece 14.66 %
29 Guyana 14.58 %
30 South Sudan 13.95 %
31 Cabo Verde 13.93 %
32 Colombia 13.90 %
33 Algeria 13.66 %
34 Virgin Islands, U.S. 13.51 %
35 Brazil 13.16 %
36 Lebanon 12.71 %
37 French Polynesia 12.56 %
38 Nepal 12.24 %
39 Afghanistan 12.01 %
40 Türkiye 11.97 %
41 Georgia 11.79 %
42 New Caledonia 11.57 %
43 Albania 11.47 %
44 Mauritania 11.13 %
45 Sudan 11.09 %
46 Bahamas 11.08 %
47 Barbados 11.02 %
48 Morocco 10.55 %
49 Belize 10.30 %
50 Panama 10.18 %
51 Serbia 9.84 %
52 Ukraine 9.83 %
53 Sao Tome and Principe 9.56 %
54 Zimbabwe 9.54 %
55 Italy 9.50 %
56 Uruguay 9.33 %
57 Iran, Islamic Republic of 9.28 %
58 Chile 9.28 %
59 Equatorial Guinea 8.82 %
60 Sweden 8.80 %
61 Argentina 8.74 %
62 Suriname 8.71 %
63 Honduras 8.51 %
64 Puerto Rico 7.90 %
65 France 7.87 %
66 Mongolia 7.87 %
67 Mauritius 7.72 %
68 Dominican Republic 7.70 %
69 Tajikistan 7.69 %
70 Finland 7.62 %
71 Canada 7.53 %
72 Cyprus 7.51 %
73 Latvia 7.51 %
74 Croatia 7.48 %
75 Egypt 7.44 %
76 Paraguay 7.31 %
77 Lithuania 7.11 %
78 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 7.03 %
79 Slovakia 6.89 %
80 Portugal 6.71 %
81 Central African Republic 6.70 %
82 Samoa 6.66 %
83 Saudi Arabia 6.62 %
84 Eritrea 6.49 %
85 Austria 6.46 %
86 India 6.38 %
87 Ireland 6.36 %
88 Pakistan 6.34 %
89 Belgium 6.25 %
90 Gambia 6.21 %
91 Estonia 6.18 %
92 Nicaragua 6.08 %
93 Azerbaijan 6.04 %
94 Iceland 6.03 %
95 Guam 6 %
96 Guinea 5.82 %
97 Kenya 5.69 %
98 Malawi 5.65 %
99 Romania 5.59 %
100 Luxembourg 5.57 %
101 Kazakhstan 5.57 %
102 Bangladesh 5.46 %
103 Mozambique 5.41 %
104 Nigeria 5.40 %
105 Uzbekistan 5.36 %
106 United States 5.35 %
107 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 5.29 %
108 Fiji 5.22 %
109 Zambia 5.20 %
110 Jamaica 5.19 %
111 Hong Kong 5.17 %
112 Bulgaria 5.17 %
113 Kyrgyzstan 5.15 %
114 Peru 5.10 %
115 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.09 %
116 Denmark 5.07 %
117 Australia 5.02 %
118 Maldives 5.02 %
119 Switzerland 5.01 %
120 Sri Lanka 4.98 %
121 Brunei Darussalam 4.91 %
122 United Kingdom 4.86 %
123 Israel 4.81 %
124 Bhutan 4.80 %
125 Vanuatu 4.78 %
126 Russian Federation 4.75 %
127 Slovenia 4.74 %
128 Malaysia 4.64 %
129 Singapore 4.64 %
130 China 4.55 %
131 Burkina Faso 4.51 %
132 Ecuador 4.50 %
133 Turkmenistan 4.46 %
134 Trinidad and Tobago 4.45 %
135 Comoros 4.39 %
136 Norway 4.36 %
137 Myanmar 4.34 %
138 El Salvador 4.33 %
139 Netherlands 4.21 %
140 Hungary 4.02 %
141 Mexico 4.02 %
142 Mali 4.01 %
143 Cameroon 3.98 %
144 Ethiopia 3.94 %
145 Belarus 3.90 %
146 Liberia 3.84 %
147 Indonesia 3.83 %
148 New Zealand 3.78 %
149 Malta 3.75 %
150 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.69 %
151 Korea, Republic of 3.64 %
152 Germany 3.59 %
153 Sierra Leone 3.55 %
154 Madagascar 3.50 %
155 Senegal 3.44 %
156 Uganda 3.42 %
157 Philippines 3.40 %
158 Poland 3.27 %
159 Ghana 3.20 %
160 United Arab Emirates 3.10 %
161 Papua New Guinea 3.03 %
162 Guinea-Bissau 3.02 %
163 Kuwait 2.97 %
164 Japan 2.81 %
165 Czechia 2.80 %
166 Côte d'Ivoire 2.62 %
167 Viet Nam 2.38 %
168 Timor-Leste 2.34 %
169 Togo 2.34 %
170 Macao 2.22 %
171 Guatemala 2.17 %
172 Tonga 2.11 %
173 Cuba 2.11 %
174 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.08 %
175 Oman 1.90 %
176 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.88 %
177 Benin 1.83 %
178 Bahrain 1.55 %
179 Chad 1.53 %
180 Thailand 1.22 %
181 Burundi 1.12 %
182 Solomon Islands 0.88 %
183 Niger 0.81 %
184 Moldova, Republic of 0.79 %
185 Cambodia 0.40 %
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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