Unemployment % — 2025

Top Country
Eswatini
34.20 %
Countries Ranked
139
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 Djibouti 26.02 %
3 Botswana 24.48 %
4 Gabon 20.15 %
5 Congo 19.88 %
6 Namibia 19.29 %
7 Libya 18.76 %
8 Yemen 17.32 %
9 Jordan 16.54 %
10 Lesotho 16.32 %
11 Iraq 15.48 %
12 Haiti 14.94 %
13 Angola 14.11 %
14 Montenegro 13.57 %
15 Afghanistan 13.35 %
16 Armenia 12.87 %
17 North Macedonia 12.26 %
18 Georgia 12.10 %
19 Guyana 11.96 %
20 Cabo Verde 11.94 %
21 French Polynesia 11.66 %
22 Algeria 11.63 %
23 Virgin Islands, U.S. 11.44 %
24 New Caledonia 11.17 %
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.04 %
26 Albania 10.93 %
27 Nepal 10.46 %
28 Mauritania 10.32 %
29 Finland 9.46 %
30 Zimbabwe 9.29 %
31 Bahamas 9.21 %
32 Morocco 9 %
33 Chile 8.97 %
34 Belize 8.86 %
35 Greece 8.54 %
36 Equatorial Guinea 8.34 %
37 Estonia 8.31 %
38 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.30 %
39 Colombia 8.29 %
40 France 7.54 %
41 Uruguay 7.52 %
42 Argentina 7.14 %
43 Canada 6.91 %
44 Costa Rica 6.84 %
45 Egypt 6.78 %
46 Lithuania 6.73 %
47 Mozambique 6.63 %
48 Latvia 6.57 %
49 Barbados 6.52 %
50 Gambia 6.52 %
51 Italy 6.39 %
52 Luxembourg 6.34 %
53 Central African Republic 6.25 %
54 Eritrea 5.98 %
55 Brazil 5.97 %
56 Zambia 5.92 %
57 Belgium 5.91 %
58 Mauritius 5.63 %
59 Austria 5.58 %
60 Guam 5.57 %
61 Denmark 5.53 %
62 Azerbaijan 5.46 %
63 Kenya 5.45 %
64 Pakistan 5.42 %
65 Fiji 5.35 %
66 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.31 %
67 Brunei Darussalam 5.28 %
68 Mongolia 5.23 %
69 Guinea 5.16 %
70 Dominican Republic 5.09 %
71 New Zealand 5.08 %
72 Vanuatu 5.07 %
73 Malawi 5.07 %
74 Nicaragua 5.04 %
75 Croatia 5.00 %
76 Cyprus 4.92 %
77 Honduras 4.92 %
78 Kazakhstan 4.77 %
79 United Kingdom 4.75 %
80 Norway 4.64 %
81 Ireland 4.63 %
82 Uzbekistan 4.62 %
83 China 4.62 %
84 Hungary 4.52 %
85 Maldives 4.51 %
86 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 4.43 %
87 India 4.22 %
88 United States 4.20 %
89 Australia 4.09 %
90 Netherlands 3.87 %
91 Comoros 3.82 %
92 Bangladesh 3.78 %
93 Malaysia 3.76 %
94 Germany 3.71 %
95 Iceland 3.62 %
96 Cameroon 3.60 %
97 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.54 %
98 Bulgaria 3.54 %
99 Kyrgyzstan 3.53 %
100 Israel 3.49 %
101 Burkina Faso 3.48 %
102 Belarus 3.38 %
103 Ethiopia 3.32 %
104 Ecuador 3.31 %
105 El Salvador 3.30 %
106 Jamaica 3.29 %
107 Oman 3.25 %
108 Indonesia 3.24 %
109 Bhutan 3.23 %
110 Nigeria 3.06 %
111 Myanmar 3.05 %
112 Madagascar 3.04 %
113 Ghana 2.98 %
114 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.97 %
115 Malta 2.90 %
116 Liberia 2.88 %
117 Mali 2.83 %
118 Czechia 2.83 %
119 Hong Kong 2.80 %
120 Uganda 2.75 %
121 Korea, Republic of 2.68 %
122 Guinea-Bissau 2.67 %
123 Mexico 2.67 %
124 Guatemala 2.60 %
125 Japan 2.45 %
126 Macao 2.35 %
127 Côte d'Ivoire 2.32 %
128 Kuwait 2.18 %
129 United Arab Emirates 2.17 %
130 Cuba 1.75 %
131 Benin 1.59 %
132 Viet Nam 1.52 %
133 Moldova, Republic of 1.50 %
134 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.19 %
135 Bahrain 1.10 %
136 Chad 1.06 %
137 Burundi 0.92 %
138 Niger 0.39 %
139 Cambodia 0.26 %
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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