Global Rankings: Unemployment % (2024)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Eswatini	34.40
2	South Africa	33.17
3	Djibouti	25.88
4	Botswana	23.14
5	Gabon	20.06
6	Congo	19.69
7	Namibia	19.15
8	Somalia	18.86
9	Libya	18.61
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.06
11	Jordan	18.00
12	Yemen	17.09
13	Tunisia	16.20
14	Lesotho	16.15
15	Iraq	15.52
16	Haiti	15.06
17	Angola	14.46
18	Montenegro	14.10
19	North Macedonia	13.42
20	Armenia	13.33
21	Afghanistan	13.29
22	Syrian Arab Republic	12.96
23	Virgin Islands, U.S.	12.01
24	Rwanda	11.99
25	Cabo Verde	11.88
26	French Polynesia	11.75
27	Tajikistan	11.63
28	Georgia	11.48
29	Algeria	11.43
30	Spain	11.39
31	New Caledonia	11.15
32	Saint Lucia	10.93
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.72
34	Nepal	10.71
35	Mauritania	10.37
36	Albania	10.25
37	Guyana	10.16
38	Greece	10.13
39	Colombia	9.61
40	Iran, Islamic Republic of	9.19
41	Sao Tome and Principe	9.17
42	Chile	9.06
43	Morocco	8.94
44	Zimbabwe	8.55
45	Sweden	8.53
46	Bahamas	8.46
47	Türkiye	8.45
48	Uruguay	8.40
49	Finland	8.26
50	Argentina	7.88
51	Costa Rica	7.85
52	Estonia	7.83
53	Equatorial Guinea	7.82
54	Brazil	7.63
55	Barbados	7.53
56	Lithuania	7.50
57	Serbia	7.39
58	France	7.37
59	Suriname	7.33
60	Egypt	7.20
61	Belize	7
62	Italy	6.78
63	Latvia	6.72
64	Panama	6.52
65	Gambia	6.50
66	Canada	6.45
67	Portugal	6.38
68	Paraguay	6.09
69	Honduras	6.06
70	Zambia	5.96
71	Luxembourg	5.93
72	Central African Republic	5.90
73	Cyprus	5.60
74	Azerbaijan	5.59
75	Denmark	5.59
76	Guam	5.59
77	Eritrea	5.55
78	Belgium	5.49
79	Mauritius	5.48
80	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	5.47
81	Dominican Republic	5.47
82	Pakistan	5.47
83	Puerto Rico	5.47
84	Austria	5.44
85	Kenya	5.43
86	Mongolia	5.42
87	Romania	5.38
88	Croatia	5.24
89	Slovakia	5.23
90	Guinea	5.23
91	Burkina Faso	5.17
92	Brunei Darussalam	5.14
93	Vanuatu	5.06
94	Malawi	5.04
95	Sri Lanka	5.00
96	Jamaica	4.88
97	New Zealand	4.87
98	Peru	4.83
99	Kazakhstan	4.79
100	Ecuador	4.77
101	Bangladesh	4.68
102	Maldives	4.64
103	Nicaragua	4.57
104	China	4.57
105	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	4.56
106	Samoa	4.55
107	Trinidad and Tobago	4.55
108	Uzbekistan	4.49
109	Hungary	4.43
110	Ireland	4.37
111	Fiji	4.31
112	Turkmenistan	4.30
113	India	4.20
114	United Kingdom	4.11
115	Switzerland	4.11
116	United States	4.11
117	Bulgaria	4.10
118	Australia	4.07
119	Norway	3.97
120	Saudi Arabia	3.90
121	Comoros	3.88
122	Malaysia	3.83
123	Netherlands	3.60
124	Mozambique	3.53
125	Cameroon	3.52
126	Germany	3.41
127	Ethiopia	3.40
128	Belarus	3.36
129	Slovenia	3.36
130	Indonesia	3.30
131	Kyrgyzstan	3.29
132	Singapore	3.18
133	Oman	3.16
134	Israel	3.15
135	Sierra Leone	3.13
136	Iceland	3.11
137	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.09
138	Mali	3.06
139	Myanmar	3.03
140	Madagascar	3.01
141	Ghana	3.01
142	Senegal	2.99
143	Nigeria	2.99
144	Uganda	2.94
145	Liberia	2.88
146	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	2.86
147	Bhutan	2.86
148	El Salvador	2.84
149	Hong Kong	2.79
150	Papua New Guinea	2.74
151	Mexico	2.71
152	Malta	2.70
153	Guinea-Bissau	2.62
154	Korea, Republic of	2.60
155	Tanzania, United Republic of	2.58
156	Japan	2.56
157	Russian Federation	2.53
158	Czechia	2.51
159	Poland	2.47
160	Macao	2.44
161	Côte d'Ivoire	2.29
162	Guatemala	2.22
163	Tonga	2.19
164	Philippines	2.15
165	Kuwait	2.14
166	United Arab Emirates	2.13
167	Togo	1.94
168	Benin	1.72
169	Timor-Leste	1.60
170	Cuba	1.53
171	Solomon Islands	1.47
172	Moldova, Republic of	1.43
173	Viet Nam	1.43
174	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.22
175	Bahrain	1.10
176	Chad	1.09
177	Burundi	0.90
178	Thailand	0.69
179	Niger	0.35
180	Cambodia	0.27
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.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators