Unemployment % — 2025

Top Country
Eswatini
34.20 %
Countries Ranked
181
World Bank data
Data Year
2025
Latest available
Source
World Bank
Open Data API

Top 20 — Unemployment

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Rank Country Value Bar
1 Eswatini 34.20 %
2 South Africa 32.39 %
3 Djibouti 26.02 %
4 Botswana 24.48 %
5 Gabon 20.15 %
6 Congo 19.88 %
7 Namibia 19.29 %
8 Somalia 18.95 %
9 Libya 18.76 %
10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.00 %
11 Yemen 17.32 %
12 Jordan 16.54 %
13 Lesotho 16.32 %
14 Iraq 15.48 %
15 Tunisia 15.11 %
16 Haiti 14.94 %
17 Angola 14.11 %
18 Montenegro 13.57 %
19 Syrian Arab Republic 13.57 %
20 Afghanistan 13.35 %
21 Armenia 12.87 %
22 North Macedonia 12.26 %
23 Georgia 12.10 %
24 Guyana 11.96 %
25 Cabo Verde 11.94 %
26 French Polynesia 11.66 %
27 Algeria 11.63 %
28 Virgin Islands, U.S. 11.44 %
29 Rwanda 11.36 %
30 New Caledonia 11.17 %
31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.04 %
32 Albania 10.93 %
33 Nepal 10.46 %
34 Spain 10.38 %
35 Mauritania 10.32 %
36 Finland 9.46 %
37 Saint Lucia 9.45 %
38 Zimbabwe 9.29 %
39 Bahamas 9.21 %
40 Sao Tome and Principe 9.13 %
41 Morocco 9 %
42 Chile 8.97 %
43 Belize 8.86 %
44 Sweden 8.69 %
45 Greece 8.54 %
46 Türkiye 8.52 %
47 Panama 8.36 %
48 Equatorial Guinea 8.34 %
49 Estonia 8.31 %
50 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.30 %
51 Colombia 8.29 %
52 Suriname 7.83 %
53 France 7.54 %
54 Uruguay 7.52 %
55 Argentina 7.14 %
56 Serbia 7.12 %
57 Tajikistan 6.93 %
58 Canada 6.91 %
59 Costa Rica 6.84 %
60 Egypt 6.78 %
61 Lithuania 6.73 %
62 Mozambique 6.63 %
63 Latvia 6.57 %
64 Barbados 6.52 %
65 Gambia 6.52 %
66 Italy 6.39 %
67 Luxembourg 6.34 %
68 Central African Republic 6.25 %
69 Portugal 6.16 %
70 Romania 5.99 %
71 Puerto Rico 5.99 %
72 Eritrea 5.98 %
73 Brazil 5.97 %
74 Zambia 5.92 %
75 Belgium 5.91 %
76 Mauritius 5.63 %
77 Austria 5.58 %
78 Guam 5.57 %
79 Denmark 5.53 %
80 Azerbaijan 5.46 %
81 Kenya 5.45 %
82 Pakistan 5.42 %
83 Slovakia 5.36 %
84 Fiji 5.35 %
85 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.31 %
86 Brunei Darussalam 5.28 %
87 Mongolia 5.23 %
88 Guinea 5.16 %
89 Peru 5.12 %
90 Dominican Republic 5.09 %
91 New Zealand 5.08 %
92 Vanuatu 5.07 %
93 Malawi 5.07 %
94 Nicaragua 5.04 %
95 Croatia 5.00 %
96 Samoa 5.00 %
97 Cyprus 4.92 %
98 Honduras 4.92 %
99 Switzerland 4.87 %
100 Paraguay 4.80 %
101 Kazakhstan 4.77 %
102 United Kingdom 4.75 %
103 Norway 4.64 %
104 Ireland 4.63 %
105 Uzbekistan 4.62 %
106 China 4.62 %
107 Hungary 4.52 %
108 Maldives 4.51 %
109 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 4.43 %
110 Turkmenistan 4.27 %
111 India 4.22 %
112 United States 4.20 %
113 Australia 4.09 %
114 Sri Lanka 4.00 %
115 Netherlands 3.87 %
116 Comoros 3.82 %
117 Bangladesh 3.78 %
118 Malaysia 3.76 %
119 Germany 3.71 %
120 Iceland 3.62 %
121 Cameroon 3.60 %
122 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.54 %
123 Bulgaria 3.54 %
124 Kyrgyzstan 3.53 %
125 Israel 3.49 %
126 Burkina Faso 3.48 %
127 Belarus 3.38 %
128 Trinidad and Tobago 3.33 %
129 Ethiopia 3.32 %
130 Ecuador 3.31 %
131 El Salvador 3.30 %
132 Jamaica 3.29 %
133 Oman 3.25 %
134 Indonesia 3.24 %
135 Bhutan 3.23 %
136 Slovenia 3.17 %
137 Sierra Leone 3.15 %
138 Nigeria 3.06 %
139 Myanmar 3.05 %
140 Madagascar 3.04 %
141 Saudi Arabia 3.04 %
142 Ghana 2.98 %
143 Poland 2.98 %
144 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.97 %
145 Malta 2.90 %
146 Liberia 2.88 %
147 Mali 2.83 %
148 Czechia 2.83 %
149 Singapore 2.82 %
150 Hong Kong 2.80 %
151 Uganda 2.75 %
152 Senegal 2.73 %
153 Korea, Republic of 2.68 %
154 Guinea-Bissau 2.67 %
155 Mexico 2.67 %
156 Guatemala 2.60 %
157 Papua New Guinea 2.57 %
158 Japan 2.45 %
159 Macao 2.35 %
160 Côte d'Ivoire 2.32 %
161 Philippines 2.23 %
162 Kuwait 2.18 %
163 United Arab Emirates 2.17 %
164 Russian Federation 2.13 %
165 Tonga 2.01 %
166 Togo 2.00 %
167 Cuba 1.75 %
168 Timor-Leste 1.59 %
169 Benin 1.59 %
170 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.57 %
171 Viet Nam 1.52 %
172 Moldova, Republic of 1.50 %
173 Solomon Islands 1.43 %
174 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.19 %
175 Bahrain 1.10 %
176 Chad 1.06 %
177 Burundi 0.92 %
178 Thailand 0.78 %
179 Niger 0.39 %
180 Cambodia 0.26 %
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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