Unemployment % — 2024

Top Country
Eswatini
34.64 %
Countries Ranked
225
World Bank data
Data Year
2024
Latest available
Source
World Bank
Open Data API

Top 20 — Unemployment

Full Rankings Table

Rank Country Value Bar
1 Eswatini 34.64 %
2 South Africa 32.28 %
3 Djibouti 26.01 %
4 Botswana 23.81 %
5 Gabon 20.09 %
6 Congo 19.89 %
7 Namibia 19.16 %
8 Libya 19.09 %
9 Somalia 18.95 %
10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.09 %
11 Yemen 16.97 %
12 Jordan 16.69 %
13 Lesotho 16.34 %
14 Tunisia 15.34 %
15 Iraq 15.29 %
16 Haiti 14.61 %
17 Angola 14.02 %
18 Afghanistan 13.69 %
19 Syrian Arab Republic 13.36 %
20 Montenegro 13.21 %
21 Armenia 12.40 %
22 North Macedonia 12.27 %
23 Cabo Verde 11.88 %
24 Guyana 11.87 %
25 Algeria 11.65 %
26 French Polynesia 11.61 %
27 Georgia 11.56 %
28 Virgin Islands, U.S. 11.42 %
29 Spain 11.40 %
30 Rwanda 11.33 %
31 New Caledonia 10.99 %
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.69 %
33 Albania 10.69 %
34 Nepal 10.50 %
35 Mauritania 10.26 %
36 Saint Lucia 10.20 %
37 Greece 10.02 %
38 Colombia 9.62 %
39 Zimbabwe 9.44 %
40 ARB 9.27 %
41 Morocco 9.10 %
42 Sao Tome and Principe 9.06 %
43 Bahamas 9.05 %
44 Türkiye 8.80 %
45 Chile 8.72 %
46 MNA 8.71 %
47 TMN 8.71 %
48 Belize 8.70 %
49 OSS 8.49 %
50 Panama 8.45 %
51 Finland 8.40 %
52 Sweden 8.40 %
53 Equatorial Guinea 8.29 %
54 Uruguay 8.21 %
55 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.15 %
56 MEA 7.84 %
57 SST 7.68 %
58 Suriname 7.62 %
59 Estonia 7.60 %
60 AFE 7.57 %
61 CSS 7.49 %
62 France 7.40 %
63 Serbia 7.24 %
64 Argentina 7.15 %
65 Tajikistan 7.04 %
66 Costa Rica 6.94 %
67 ECA 6.91 %
68 Latvia 6.90 %
69 Lithuania 6.85 %
70 Egypt 6.82 %
71 Brazil 6.80 %
72 Mozambique 6.67 %
73 Italy 6.50 %
74 Portugal 6.50 %
75 Gambia 6.48 %
76 Barbados 6.45 %
77 Luxembourg 6.40 %
78 Canada 6.35 %
79 EMU 6.35 %
80 Central African Republic 6.25 %
81 CHI 6.03 %
82 Eritrea 5.95 %
83 TLA 5.93 %
84 EUU 5.92 %
85 Zambia 5.90 %
86 LCN 5.87 %
87 LAC 5.73 %
88 Belgium 5.70 %
89 Paraguay 5.69 %
90 SSF 5.67 %
91 SSA 5.67 %
92 TSS 5.67 %
93 Azerbaijan 5.65 %
94 Puerto Rico 5.64 %
95 Mauritius 5.55 %
96 Pakistan 5.49 %
97 Kenya 5.49 %
98 Romania 5.40 %
99 ECS 5.37 %
100 Fiji 5.36 %
101 Denmark 5.36 %
102 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.32 %
103 Dominican Republic 5.31 %
104 Slovakia 5.30 %
105 Guam 5.25 %
106 Austria 5.20 %
107 Peru 5.20 %
108 Brunei Darussalam 5.18 %
109 Mongolia 5.16 %
110 EAR 5.14 %
111 Guinea 5.13 %
112 Malawi 5.05 %
113 IBD 5.02 %
114 Croatia 5 %
115 Vanuatu 4.99 %
116 Nicaragua 4.98 %
117 MIC 4.92 %
118 LMY 4.91 %
119 Honduras 4.91 %
120 OED 4.91 %
121 Cyprus 4.90 %
122 IBT 4.87 %
123 Samoa 4.86 %
124 Kazakhstan 4.83 %
125 WLD 4.81 %
126 New Zealand 4.72 %
127 TEC 4.72 %
128 LDC 4.63 %
129 PST 4.61 %
130 LTE 4.60 %
131 China 4.59 %
132 PRE 4.54 %
133 Hungary 4.50 %
134 IDB 4.44 %
135 Uzbekistan 4.44 %
136 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 4.42 %
137 IDA 4.41 %
138 IDX 4.40 %
139 United Kingdom 4.36 %
140 Switzerland 4.34 %
141 Ireland 4.30 %
142 NAC 4.29 %
143 Maldives 4.28 %
144 Sri Lanka 4.24 %
145 Bulgaria 4.20 %
146 SAS 4.19 %
147 TSA 4.19 %
148 India 4.17 %
149 HPC 4.15 %
150 United States 4.02 %
151 Turkmenistan 4.02 %
152 CEB 4.00 %
153 Norway 4 %
154 Australia 3.94 %
155 TEA 3.92 %
156 EAP 3.91 %
157 Malaysia 3.85 %
158 Comoros 3.81 %
159 EAS 3.81 %
160 Netherlands 3.70 %
161 Slovenia 3.70 %
162 Bangladesh 3.63 %
163 Cameroon 3.60 %
164 Iceland 3.60 %
165 Israel 3.60 %
166 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.54 %
167 PSS 3.53 %
168 Saudi Arabia 3.52 %
169 Kyrgyzstan 3.49 %
170 Belarus 3.46 %
171 Ecuador 3.45 %
172 Burkina Faso 3.44 %
173 Germany 3.40 %
174 Ethiopia 3.36 %
175 Trinidad and Tobago 3.32 %
176 Indonesia 3.30 %
177 Bhutan 3.28 %
178 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.27 %
179 El Salvador 3.26 %
180 Oman 3.20 %
181 AFW 3.17 %
182 Jamaica 3.15 %
183 Sierra Leone 3.10 %
184 Malta 3.10 %
185 Madagascar 3.05 %
186 Nigeria 3.04 %
187 Hong Kong 2.99 %
188 Mali 2.92 %
189 Liberia 2.91 %
190 Myanmar 2.89 %
191 Ghana 2.82 %
192 Poland 2.81 %
193 Senegal 2.79 %
194 Korea, Republic of 2.78 %
195 Uganda 2.74 %
196 Singapore 2.74 %
197 Mexico 2.68 %
198 Guinea-Bissau 2.65 %
199 Papua New Guinea 2.62 %
200 Guatemala 2.61 %
201 Czechia 2.60 %
202 Japan 2.50 %
203 Russian Federation 2.43 %
204 Côte d'Ivoire 2.27 %
205 Macao 2.26 %
206 Philippines 2.20 %
207 United Arab Emirates 2.16 %
208 Kuwait 2.15 %
209 Tonga 1.97 %
210 Togo 1.95 %
211 Cuba 1.75 %
212 Benin 1.64 %
213 Viet Nam 1.60 %
214 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.56 %
215 Timor-Leste 1.52 %
216 Solomon Islands 1.44 %
217 Moldova, Republic of 1.43 %
218 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.17 %
219 Bahrain 1.08 %
220 Chad 1.05 %
221 Burundi 0.92 %
222 Thailand 0.78 %
223 Niger 0.38 %
224 Cambodia 0.25 %
225 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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