Unemployment % — 2023

Top Country
Eswatini
34.61 %
Countries Ranked
183
World Bank data
Data Year
2023
Latest available
Source
World Bank
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Top 20 — Unemployment

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Rank Country Value Bar
1 Eswatini 34.61 %
2 South Africa 32.10 %
3 Djibouti 26.07 %
4 Botswana 23.38 %
5 Gabon 20.16 %
6 Congo 19.92 %
7 Namibia 19.15 %
8 Somalia 18.96 %
9 Libya 18.71 %
10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.35 %
11 Yemen 16.94 %
12 Jordan 16.62 %
13 Lesotho 16.35 %
14 Iraq 15.24 %
15 Tunisia 15.11 %
16 Haiti 14.46 %
17 Angola 14.05 %
18 Afghanistan 14.01 %
19 Syrian Arab Republic 13.27 %
20 North Macedonia 13.17 %
21 Montenegro 13.15 %
22 Armenia 12.40 %
23 South Sudan 12.37 %
24 Rwanda 12.35 %
25 Spain 12.18 %
26 Saint Lucia 12.09 %
27 Guyana 11.92 %
28 Cabo Verde 11.88 %
29 Algeria 11.64 %
30 French Polynesia 11.61 %
31 Georgia 11.55 %
32 Virgin Islands, U.S. 11.36 %
33 Greece 11.02 %
34 Lebanon 10.98 %
35 New Caledonia 10.92 %
36 Albania 10.67 %
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.67 %
38 Nepal 10.44 %
39 Mauritania 10.37 %
40 Colombia 9.59 %
41 Türkiye 9.39 %
42 Zimbabwe 9.35 %
43 Sao Tome and Principe 9.03 %
44 Chile 9.01 %
45 Morocco 8.90 %
46 Bahamas 8.64 %
47 Uruguay 8.36 %
48 Costa Rica 8.32 %
49 Belize 8.28 %
50 Serbia 8.27 %
51 Equatorial Guinea 8.22 %
52 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.13 %
53 Brazil 7.95 %
54 Suriname 7.70 %
55 Italy 7.63 %
56 Sweden 7.61 %
57 France 7.33 %
58 Finland 7.15 %
59 Tajikistan 7.04 %
60 Lithuania 6.84 %
61 Egypt 6.75 %
62 Mozambique 6.66 %
63 Panama 6.54 %
64 Barbados 6.54 %
65 Portugal 6.50 %
66 Gambia 6.48 %
67 Latvia 6.46 %
68 Estonia 6.38 %
69 Central African Republic 6.18 %
70 Argentina 6.14 %
71 Croatia 6.12 %
72 Honduras 6.07 %
73 Eritrea 5.91 %
74 Zambia 5.86 %
75 Slovakia 5.84 %
76 Cyprus 5.83 %
77 Paraguay 5.79 %
78 Puerto Rico 5.72 %
79 Azerbaijan 5.64 %
80 Romania 5.59 %
81 Mauritius 5.57 %
82 Dominican Republic 5.55 %
83 Belgium 5.55 %
84 Canada 5.42 %
85 Kenya 5.41 %
86 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.41 %
87 Fiji 5.32 %
88 Brunei Darussalam 5.30 %
89 Austria 5.26 %
90 Guam 5.26 %
91 Pakistan 5.24 %
92 Luxembourg 5.18 %
93 Mongolia 5.18 %
94 Guinea 5.14 %
95 Denmark 5.09 %
96 Vanuatu 5.01 %
97 Malawi 5.01 %
98 Samoa 4.92 %
99 Peru 4.90 %
100 Kazakhstan 4.83 %
101 Nicaragua 4.70 %
102 China 4.67 %
103 Sri Lanka 4.53 %
104 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 4.47 %
105 Uzbekistan 4.43 %
106 Bulgaria 4.32 %
107 Ireland 4.24 %
108 India 4.17 %
109 Hungary 4.10 %
110 Switzerland 4.04 %
111 United Kingdom 4.03 %
112 Maldives 4.02 %
113 Saudi Arabia 4.01 %
114 Turkmenistan 4.01 %
115 Malaysia 3.86 %
116 Comoros 3.83 %
117 New Zealand 3.73 %
118 Australia 3.67 %
119 Slovenia 3.65 %
120 United States 3.64 %
121 Cameroon 3.61 %
122 Burkina Faso 3.60 %
123 Norway 3.57 %
124 Netherlands 3.54 %
125 Iceland 3.52 %
126 Ecuador 3.51 %
127 Kyrgyzstan 3.50 %
128 Malta 3.48 %
129 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.46 %
130 Belarus 3.46 %
131 Singapore 3.44 %
132 Ethiopia 3.38 %
133 Israel 3.37 %
134 Trinidad and Tobago 3.36 %
135 Bangladesh 3.35 %
136 Indonesia 3.31 %
137 Oman 3.18 %
138 Bhutan 3.13 %
139 Sierra Leone 3.09 %
140 Russian Federation 3.08 %
141 Nigeria 3.07 %
142 Germany 3.07 %
143 Madagascar 3.04 %
144 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.02 %
145 Jamaica 3.02 %
146 El Salvador 2.99 %
147 Myanmar 2.98 %
148 Hong Kong 2.95 %
149 Mali 2.95 %
150 Liberia 2.90 %
151 Ghana 2.83 %
152 Senegal 2.78 %
153 Mexico 2.77 %
154 Uganda 2.75 %
155 Poland 2.74 %
156 Korea, Republic of 2.67 %
157 Papua New Guinea 2.65 %
158 Guinea-Bissau 2.63 %
159 Japan 2.60 %
160 Czechia 2.58 %
161 Guatemala 2.34 %
162 Côte d'Ivoire 2.26 %
163 Macao 2.21 %
164 Philippines 2.20 %
165 United Arab Emirates 2.15 %
166 Kuwait 2.08 %
167 Togo 1.94 %
168 Cuba 1.73 %
169 Tonga 1.65 %
170 Viet Nam 1.65 %
171 Benin 1.64 %
172 Moldova, Republic of 1.57 %
173 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.56 %
174 Timor-Leste 1.52 %
175 Solomon Islands 1.44 %
176 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.19 %
177 Chad 1.06 %
178 Bahrain 1.05 %
179 Burundi 0.91 %
180 Thailand 0.73 %
181 Niger 0.41 %
182 Cambodia 0.26 %
183 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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