Global Rankings: Unemployment % (2025)

Rank	Country	Value
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.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators