Unemployment % — 2024

Top Country
Eswatini
34.64 %
Countries Ranked
181
World Bank data
Data Year
2024
Latest available
Source
World Bank
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Top 20 — Unemployment

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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 Morocco 9.10 %
41 Sao Tome and Principe 9.06 %
42 Bahamas 9.05 %
43 Türkiye 8.80 %
44 Chile 8.72 %
45 Belize 8.70 %
46 Panama 8.45 %
47 Finland 8.40 %
48 Sweden 8.40 %
49 Equatorial Guinea 8.29 %
50 Uruguay 8.21 %
51 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.15 %
52 Suriname 7.62 %
53 Estonia 7.60 %
54 France 7.40 %
55 Serbia 7.24 %
56 Argentina 7.15 %
57 Tajikistan 7.04 %
58 Costa Rica 6.94 %
59 Latvia 6.90 %
60 Lithuania 6.85 %
61 Egypt 6.82 %
62 Brazil 6.80 %
63 Mozambique 6.67 %
64 Italy 6.50 %
65 Portugal 6.50 %
66 Gambia 6.48 %
67 Barbados 6.45 %
68 Luxembourg 6.40 %
69 Canada 6.35 %
70 Central African Republic 6.25 %
71 Eritrea 5.95 %
72 Zambia 5.90 %
73 Belgium 5.70 %
74 Paraguay 5.69 %
75 Azerbaijan 5.65 %
76 Puerto Rico 5.64 %
77 Mauritius 5.55 %
78 Pakistan 5.49 %
79 Kenya 5.49 %
80 Romania 5.40 %
81 Fiji 5.36 %
82 Denmark 5.36 %
83 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.32 %
84 Dominican Republic 5.31 %
85 Slovakia 5.30 %
86 Guam 5.25 %
87 Austria 5.20 %
88 Peru 5.20 %
89 Brunei Darussalam 5.18 %
90 Mongolia 5.16 %
91 Guinea 5.13 %
92 Malawi 5.05 %
93 Croatia 5 %
94 Vanuatu 4.99 %
95 Nicaragua 4.98 %
96 Honduras 4.91 %
97 Cyprus 4.90 %
98 Samoa 4.86 %
99 Kazakhstan 4.83 %
100 New Zealand 4.72 %
101 China 4.59 %
102 Hungary 4.50 %
103 Uzbekistan 4.44 %
104 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 4.42 %
105 United Kingdom 4.36 %
106 Switzerland 4.34 %
107 Ireland 4.30 %
108 Maldives 4.28 %
109 Sri Lanka 4.24 %
110 Bulgaria 4.20 %
111 India 4.17 %
112 United States 4.02 %
113 Turkmenistan 4.02 %
114 Norway 4 %
115 Australia 3.94 %
116 Malaysia 3.85 %
117 Comoros 3.81 %
118 Netherlands 3.70 %
119 Slovenia 3.70 %
120 Bangladesh 3.63 %
121 Cameroon 3.60 %
122 Iceland 3.60 %
123 Israel 3.60 %
124 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.54 %
125 Saudi Arabia 3.52 %
126 Kyrgyzstan 3.49 %
127 Belarus 3.46 %
128 Ecuador 3.45 %
129 Burkina Faso 3.44 %
130 Germany 3.40 %
131 Ethiopia 3.36 %
132 Trinidad and Tobago 3.32 %
133 Indonesia 3.30 %
134 Bhutan 3.28 %
135 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.27 %
136 El Salvador 3.26 %
137 Oman 3.20 %
138 Jamaica 3.15 %
139 Sierra Leone 3.10 %
140 Malta 3.10 %
141 Madagascar 3.05 %
142 Nigeria 3.04 %
143 Hong Kong 2.99 %
144 Mali 2.92 %
145 Liberia 2.91 %
146 Myanmar 2.89 %
147 Ghana 2.82 %
148 Poland 2.81 %
149 Senegal 2.79 %
150 Korea, Republic of 2.78 %
151 Uganda 2.74 %
152 Singapore 2.74 %
153 Mexico 2.68 %
154 Guinea-Bissau 2.65 %
155 Papua New Guinea 2.62 %
156 Guatemala 2.61 %
157 Czechia 2.60 %
158 Japan 2.50 %
159 Russian Federation 2.43 %
160 Côte d'Ivoire 2.27 %
161 Macao 2.26 %
162 Philippines 2.20 %
163 United Arab Emirates 2.16 %
164 Kuwait 2.15 %
165 Tonga 1.97 %
166 Togo 1.95 %
167 Cuba 1.75 %
168 Benin 1.64 %
169 Viet Nam 1.60 %
170 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.56 %
171 Timor-Leste 1.52 %
172 Solomon Islands 1.44 %
173 Moldova, Republic of 1.43 %
174 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.17 %
175 Bahrain 1.08 %
176 Chad 1.05 %
177 Burundi 0.92 %
178 Thailand 0.78 %
179 Niger 0.38 %
180 Cambodia 0.25 %
181 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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