Unemployment % — 2022

Top Country
Eswatini
36.47 %
Countries Ranked
185
World Bank data
Data Year
2022
Latest available
Source
World Bank
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Top 20 — Unemployment

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Rank Country Value Bar
1 Eswatini 36.47 %
2 South Africa 33.27 %
3 Djibouti 26.27 %
4 Palestine, State of 24.42 %
5 Botswana 23.61 %
6 Gabon 20.32 %
7 Congo 20.13 %
8 Namibia 19.61 %
9 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19.28 %
10 Libya 19.24 %
11 Somalia 19.11 %
12 Jordan 18.20 %
13 Yemen 17.22 %
14 Lesotho 16.62 %
15 Saint Lucia 15.93 %
16 Iraq 15.41 %
17 Tunisia 15.30 %
18 Rwanda 15.08 %
19 Montenegro 14.85 %
20 Haiti 14.54 %
21 North Macedonia 14.48 %
22 Angola 14.12 %
23 Afghanistan 14.10 %
24 Armenia 13.45 %
25 Syrian Arab Republic 13.24 %
26 Spain 13.03 %
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.66 %
28 South Sudan 12.47 %
29 Greece 12.43 %
30 Algeria 12.38 %
31 Cabo Verde 12.24 %
32 Virgin Islands, U.S. 12.09 %
33 Guyana 11.91 %
34 French Polynesia 11.79 %
35 Georgia 11.62 %
36 Costa Rica 11.32 %
37 Lebanon 11.11 %
38 Albania 10.79 %
39 New Caledonia 10.71 %
40 Nepal 10.66 %
41 Colombia 10.54 %
42 Mauritania 10.52 %
43 Türkiye 10.46 %
44 Zimbabwe 10.09 %
45 Morocco 9.41 %
46 Bahamas 9.25 %
47 Brazil 9.23 %
48 Iran, Islamic Republic of 9.09 %
49 Sao Tome and Principe 8.96 %
50 Honduras 8.77 %
51 Belize 8.68 %
52 Serbia 8.44 %
53 Equatorial Guinea 8.33 %
54 Chile 8.25 %
55 Panama 8.09 %
56 Italy 8.07 %
57 Suriname 7.97 %
58 Uruguay 7.88 %
59 Sudan 7.53 %
60 Sweden 7.42 %
61 France 7.30 %
62 Barbados 7.26 %
63 Tajikistan 7.05 %
64 Latvia 6.82 %
65 Croatia 6.81 %
66 Cyprus 6.81 %
67 Argentina 6.80 %
68 Mozambique 6.79 %
69 Paraguay 6.75 %
70 Finland 6.72 %
71 Egypt 6.55 %
72 Mauritius 6.32 %
73 Central African Republic 6.29 %
74 Slovakia 6.14 %
75 Portugal 6.14 %
76 Gambia 6.07 %
77 Eritrea 6.03 %
78 Puerto Rico 6 %
79 Zambia 5.99 %
80 Lithuania 5.96 %
81 Mongolia 5.95 %
82 Bhutan 5.95 %
83 Azerbaijan 5.65 %
84 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.65 %
85 Romania 5.61 %
86 Saudi Arabia 5.59 %
87 Estonia 5.57 %
88 Belgium 5.57 %
89 Kenya 5.57 %
90 Dominican Republic 5.50 %
91 Fiji 5.40 %
92 Guam 5.38 %
93 Pakistan 5.29 %
94 Canada 5.28 %
95 Brunei Darussalam 5.19 %
96 Guinea 5.17 %
97 Vanuatu 5.08 %
98 Samoa 5.05 %
99 Malawi 5.02 %
100 Austria 4.99 %
101 China 4.98 %
102 Nicaragua 4.97 %
103 Kazakhstan 4.86 %
104 India 4.82 %
105 Kyrgyzstan 4.77 %
106 Bangladesh 4.59 %
107 Luxembourg 4.59 %
108 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 4.54 %
109 Sri Lanka 4.53 %
110 Ireland 4.46 %
111 Uzbekistan 4.46 %
112 Denmark 4.43 %
113 Trinidad and Tobago 4.38 %
114 Hong Kong 4.32 %
115 Maldives 4.30 %
116 Peru 4.29 %
117 Bulgaria 4.15 %
118 Switzerland 4.12 %
119 Jamaica 4.08 %
120 Turkmenistan 4.02 %
121 Slovenia 4.01 %
122 Malaysia 3.93 %
123 Comoros 3.88 %
124 Russian Federation 3.87 %
125 Burkina Faso 3.83 %
126 Nigeria 3.83 %
127 Iceland 3.79 %
128 United Kingdom 3.77 %
129 Australia 3.73 %
130 Ecuador 3.71 %
131 Israel 3.69 %
132 United States 3.65 %
133 Cameroon 3.65 %
134 Singapore 3.59 %
135 Hungary 3.58 %
136 Belarus 3.57 %
137 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.55 %
138 Netherlands 3.53 %
139 Malta 3.47 %
140 Indonesia 3.46 %
141 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.46 %
142 Ethiopia 3.39 %
143 Oman 3.30 %
144 New Zealand 3.30 %
145 Mexico 3.26 %
146 Norway 3.23 %
147 Madagascar 3.19 %
148 Germany 3.14 %
149 Sierra Leone 3.14 %
150 Myanmar 3.06 %
151 Guatemala 3.05 %
152 El Salvador 3.00 %
153 Liberia 2.96 %
154 Uganda 2.88 %
155 United Arab Emirates 2.87 %
156 Ghana 2.87 %
157 Korea, Republic of 2.86 %
158 Senegal 2.84 %
159 Poland 2.81 %
160 Papua New Guinea 2.69 %
161 Guinea-Bissau 2.67 %
162 Japan 2.61 %
163 Philippines 2.60 %
164 Macao 2.45 %
165 Mali 2.39 %
166 Côte d'Ivoire 2.31 %
167 Czechia 2.22 %
168 Kuwait 2.13 %
169 Tonga 2.00 %
170 Togo 1.97 %
171 Cuba 1.83 %
172 Benin 1.69 %
173 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.57 %
174 Viet Nam 1.57 %
175 Timor-Leste 1.54 %
176 Solomon Islands 1.48 %
177 Bahrain 1.26 %
178 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.21 %
179 Chad 1.08 %
180 Thailand 0.94 %
181 Burundi 0.91 %
182 Moldova, Republic of 0.91 %
183 Niger 0.40 %
184 Cambodia 0.24 %
185 Qatar 0.13 %
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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