Rankings · economy
Countries by unemployment rate
Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment (ILO estimate). 181 countries ranked for 2025 (%).
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| 1 |  Eswatini | 34.2% | +46.2% | ▲ 5 |
| 2 |  South Africa | 32.4% | +29.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 3 |  Djibouti | 26% | -0.4% | = |
| 4 |  Botswana | 24.5% | +29.6% | ▲ 11 |
| 5 |  Gabon | 20.2% | +1.5% | ▲ 7 |
| 6 |  Republic of the Congo | 19.9% | -0.5% | ▲ 5 |
| 7 |  Namibia | 19.3% | -7.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 8 |  Somalia | 18.9% | +2.2% | ▲ 8 |
| 9 |  Libya | 18.8% | -4.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 10 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18% | -5.8% | ▲ 4 |
| 11 |  Yemen | 17.3% | -3.4% | ▲ 7 |
| 12 |  Jordan | 16.5% | +26.0% | ▲ 21 |
| 13 |  Lesotho | 16.3% | +0.6% | ▲ 12 |
| 14 |  Iraq | 15.5% | +42.2% | ▲ 33 |
| 15 |  Tunisia | 15.1% | -0.7% | ▲ 11 |
| 16 |  Haiti | 14.9% | +8.0% | ▲ 14 |
| 17 |  Angola | 14.1% | -14.5% | ▲ 5 |
| 18 |  Montenegro | 13.6% | -22.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 19 |  Syria | 13.6% | -4.2% | ▲ 10 |
| 20 |  Afghanistan | 13.4% | +48.9% | ▲ 42 |
| 21 |  Armenia | 12.9% | -29.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 22 |  North Macedonia | 12.3% | -53.4% | ▼ 20 |
| 23 |  Georgia | 12.1% | -26.7% | = |
| 24 |  Guyana | 12% | -7.7% | ▲ 10 |
| 25 |  Cabo Verde | 11.9% | +0.0% | ▲ 14 |
| 26 |  French Polynesia | 11.7% | -0.8% | ▲ 15 |
| 27 |  Algeria | 11.6% | +3.6% | ▲ 18 |
| 28 |  Rwanda | 11.4% | -3.4% | ▲ 14 |
| 29 |  United States Virgin Islands | 11.4% | -1.7% | ▲ 14 |
| 30 |  New Caledonia | 11.2% | -17.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 31 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11% | -60.3% | ▼ 30 |
| 32 |  Albania | 10.9% | -36.6% | ▼ 11 |
| 33 |  Nepal | 10.5% | -0.9% | ▲ 15 |
| 34 |  Spain | 10.4% | -52.9% | ▼ 26 |
| 35 |  Mauritania | 10.3% | +2.0% | ▲ 17 |
| 36 |  Finland | 9.5% | +1.1% | ▲ 21 |
| 37 |  Saint Lucia | 9.5% | -54.3% | ▼ 28 |
| 38 |  Zimbabwe | 9.3% | +72.2% | ▲ 70 |
| 39 |  The Bahamas | 9.2% | -23.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 40 |  São Tomé and Principe | 9.1% | -14.2% | ▲ 9 |
| 41 |  Chile | 9% | +36.4% | ▲ 50 |
| 42 |  Morocco | 9% | -5.3% | ▲ 14 |
| 43 |  Belize | 8.9% | +17.1% | ▲ 30 |
| 44 |  Sweden | 8.7% | +17.6% | ▲ 35 |
| 45 |  Greece | 8.5% | -66.0% | ▼ 40 |
| 46 |  Turkey | 8.5% | -17.5% | ▲ 5 |
| 47 |  Panama | 8.4% | +95.3% | ▲ 86 |
| 48 |  Colombia | 8.3% | -3.5% | ▲ 18 |
| 49 |  Estonia | 8.3% | +29.7% | ▲ 44 |
| 50 |  Equatorial Guinea | 8.3% | +6.4% | ▲ 20 |
| 51 |  Iran | 8.3% | -25.9% | ▼ 5 |
| 52 |  Suriname | 7.8% | +8.3% | ▲ 29 |
| 53 |  France | 7.5% | -27.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 54 |  Uruguay | 7.5% | +0.0% | ▲ 23 |
| 55 |  Argentina | 7.1% | -6.6% | ▲ 17 |
| 56 |  Republic of Serbia | 7.1% | -59.9% | ▼ 37 |
| 57 |  Canada | 6.9% | +0.0% | ▲ 26 |
| 58 |  Tajikistan | 6.9% | -1.4% | ▲ 24 |
| 59 |  Costa Rica | 6.8% | -19.0% | ▲ 10 |
| 60 |  Egypt | 6.8% | -48.1% | ▼ 28 |
| 61 |  Lithuania | 6.7% | -26.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 62 |  Latvia | 6.6% | -33.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 63 |  Mozambique | 6.6% | +94.1% | ▲ 85 |
| 64 |  Barbados | 6.5% | -33.7% | ▼ 9 |
| 65 |  Gambia | 6.5% | -9.7% | ▲ 15 |
| 66 |  Italy | 6.4% | -46.2% | ▼ 26 |
| 67 |  Central African Republic | 6.3% | +8.6% | ▲ 34 |
| 68 |  Luxembourg | 6.3% | -7.4% | ▲ 20 |
| 69 |  Portugal | 6.2% | -50.0% | ▼ 33 |
| 70 |  Brazil | 6% | -29.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 71 |  Eritrea | 6% | +3.4% | ▲ 31 |
| 72 |  Puerto Rico | 6% | -50.0% | ▼ 34 |
| 73 |  Romania | 6% | -11.8% | ▲ 16 |
| 74 |  Belgium | 5.9% | -30.6% | ▼ 7 |
| 75 |  Zambia | 5.9% | -1.7% | ▲ 23 |
| 76 |  Austria | 5.6% | -3.4% | ▲ 24 |
| 77 |  Guam | 5.6% | -18.8% | ▲ 7 |
| 78 |  Mauritius | 5.6% | -24.3% | = |
| 79 |  Azerbaijan | 5.5% | +10.0% | ▲ 35 |
| 80 |  Denmark | 5.5% | -12.7% | ▲ 14 |
| 81 |  Kenya | 5.4% | +92.9% | ▲ 75 |
| 82 |  Pakistan | 5.4% | +50.0% | ▲ 61 |
| 83 |  Slovakia | 5.4% | -53.0% | ▼ 39 |
| 84 |  Brunei | 5.3% | -31.2% | ▼ 13 |
| 85 |  Fiji | 5.3% | +23.3% | ▲ 45 |
| 86 |  Venezuela | 5.3% | -13.1% | ▲ 11 |
| 87 |  Guinea | 5.2% | +0.0% | ▲ 23 |
| 88 |  Mongolia | 5.2% | +6.1% | ▲ 30 |
| 89 |  Dominican Republic | 5.1% | -32.9% | ▼ 15 |
| 90 |  Malawi | 5.1% | +2.0% | ▲ 26 |
| 91 |  New Zealand | 5.1% | -5.6% | ▲ 16 |
| 92 |  Peru | 5.1% | +54.5% | ▲ 59 |
| 93 |  Vanuatu | 5.1% | -1.9% | ▲ 20 |
| 94 |  Croatia | 5% | -69.1% | ▼ 70 |
| 95 |  Nicaragua | 5% | +6.4% | ▲ 26 |
| 96 |  Samoa | 5% | -43.8% | ▼ 32 |
| 97 |  Switzerland | 4.9% | +2.1% | ▲ 22 |
| 98 |  Cyprus | 4.9% | -67.3% | ▼ 71 |
| 99 |  Honduras | 4.9% | -19.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 100 |  Kazakhstan | 4.8% | -2.0% | ▲ 17 |
| 101 |  Paraguay | 4.8% | +4.3% | ▲ 22 |
| 102 |  United Kingdom | 4.7% | -16.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 103 |  China | 4.6% | -2.1% | ▲ 17 |
| 104 |  Ireland | 4.6% | -53.5% | ▼ 51 |
| 105 |  Norway | 4.6% | +7.0% | ▲ 27 |
| 106 |  Uzbekistan | 4.6% | -11.5% | ▲ 6 |
| 107 |  Hungary | 4.5% | -33.8% | ▼ 20 |
| 108 |  Maldives | 4.5% | -31.8% | ▼ 16 |
| 109 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.4% | +0.0% | ▲ 20 |
| 110 |  Turkmenistan | 4.3% | +7.5% | ▲ 29 |
| 111 |  India | 4.2% | -44.7% | ▼ 36 |
| 112 |  United States | 4.2% | -20.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 113 |  Australia | 4.1% | -32.8% | ▼ 18 |
| 114 |  Sri Lanka | 4% | -11.1% | ▲ 12 |
| 115 |  Netherlands | 3.9% | -43.5% | ▼ 30 |
| 116 |  Bangladesh | 3.8% | -13.6% | ▲ 12 |
| 117 |  Comoros | 3.8% | -5.0% | ▲ 19 |
| 118 |  Malaysia | 3.8% | +22.6% | ▲ 36 |
| 119 |  Germany | 3.7% | -19.6% | ▲ 3 |
| 120 |  Cameroon | 3.6% | +2.9% | ▲ 24 |
| 121 |  Iceland | 3.6% | -10.0% | ▲ 16 |
| 122 |  Burkina Faso | 3.5% | -22.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 123 |  Bulgaria | 3.5% | -61.5% | ▼ 64 |
| 124 |  Israel | 3.5% | -32.7% | ▼ 13 |
| 125 |  Kyrgyzstan | 3.5% | -14.6% | ▲ 9 |
| 126 |  North Korea | 3.5% | +0.0% | ▲ 20 |
| 127 |  Belarus | 3.4% | -42.4% | ▼ 28 |
| 128 |  Ecuador | 3.3% | -8.3% | ▲ 14 |
| 129 |  Ethiopia | 3.3% | +37.5% | ▲ 35 |
| 130 |  Jamaica | 3.3% | -62.5% | ▼ 65 |
| 131 |  Oman | 3.3% | -2.9% | ▲ 18 |
| 132 |  El Salvador | 3.3% | -17.5% | ▲ 6 |
| 133 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 3.3% | +37.5% | ▲ 32 |
| 134 |  Bhutan | 3.2% | +28.0% | ▲ 26 |
| 135 |  Indonesia | 3.2% | -28.9% | ▼ 10 |
| 136 |  Sierra Leone | 3.2% | -28.9% | ▼ 9 |
| 137 |  Slovenia | 3.2% | -64.4% | ▼ 74 |
| 138 |  Nigeria | 3.1% | -24.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 139 |  Bolivia | 3% | -3.2% | ▲ 14 |
| 140 |  Ghana | 3% | -55.9% | ▼ 54 |
| 141 |  Madagascar | 3% | +66.7% | ▲ 34 |
| 142 |  Myanmar | 3% | +275.0% | ▲ 39 |
| 143 |  Poland | 3% | -60.0% | ▼ 67 |
| 144 |  Saudi Arabia | 3% | -46.4% | ▼ 39 |
| 145 |  Liberia | 2.9% | +11.5% | ▲ 14 |
| 146 |  Malta | 2.9% | -46.3% | ▼ 40 |
| 147 |  Czechia | 2.8% | -44.0% | ▼ 32 |
| 148 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 2.8% | -15.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 149 |  Mali | 2.8% | +100.0% | ▲ 29 |
| 150 |  Singapore | 2.8% | -26.3% | ▼ 10 |
| 151 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.7% | -15.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 152 |  South Korea | 2.7% | -22.9% | ▼ 7 |
| 153 |  Mexico | 2.7% | -37.2% | ▼ 22 |
| 154 |  Senegal | 2.7% | -60.3% | ▼ 64 |
| 155 |  Uganda | 2.7% | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 156 |  Guatemala | 2.6% | +4.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 157 |  Papua New Guinea | 2.6% | +4.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 158 |  Japan | 2.5% | -26.5% | ▼ 11 |
| 159 |  Ivory Coast | 2.3% | -11.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 160 |  Macao S.A.R | 2.3% | +27.8% | ▲ 13 |
| 161 |  United Arab Emirates | 2.2% | +22.2% | ▲ 11 |
| 162 |  Kuwait | 2.2% | +0.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 163 |  Philippines | 2.2% | -29.0% | ▼ 8 |
| 164 |  Russia | 2.1% | -62.5% | ▼ 60 |
| 165 |  Togo | 2% | -9.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 166 |  Tonga | 2% | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 167 |  Cuba | 1.7% | -29.2% | ▼ 4 |
| 168 |  Benin | 1.6% | -15.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 169 |  Timor-Leste | 1.6% | -56.8% | ▼ 28 |
| 170 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 1.6% | -20.0% | = |
| 171 |  Moldova | 1.5% | -16.7% | ▲ 3 |
| 172 |  Vietnam | 1.5% | -16.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 173 |  Solomon Islands | 1.4% | +100.0% | ▲ 9 |
| 174 |  Laos | 1.2% | -40.0% | ▼ 6 |
| 175 |  Bahrain | 1.1% | -8.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 176 |  Chad | 1.1% | +10.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 177 |  Burundi | 0.9% | -35.7% | = |
| 178 |  Thailand | 0.8% | +33.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 179 |  Niger | 0.4% | -33.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 180 |  Cambodia | 0.3% | -25.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 181 |  Qatar | 0.1% | -50.0% | ▲ 5 |
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