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Unemployment by country

% of labour force · 2024 · World Bank · 174 countries

Highest
34.6%
Eswatini
Median
5.0%
of 174 countries
Lowest
0.1%
Qatar
Unemployment by country, % of labour force, 2024
# Flag Country % of labour force
1 Eswatini 34.6%
2 South Africa 32.3%
3 Djibouti 26.0%
4 Botswana 23.8%
5 Gabon 20.1%
6 Republic of the Congo 19.9%
7 Namibia 19.2%
8 Libya 19.1%
9 Somalia 18.9%
10 St. Vincent & Grenadines 18.1%
11 Yemen 17.0%
12 Jordan 16.7%
13 Lesotho 16.3%
14 Tunisia 15.3%
15 Iraq 15.3%
16 Haiti 14.6%
17 Angola 14.0%
18 Afghanistan 13.7%
19 Syria 13.4%
20 Montenegro 13.2%
21 Armenia 12.4%
22 North Macedonia 12.3%
23 Cabo Verde 11.9%
24 Guyana 11.9%
25 Algeria 11.7%
26 Georgia 11.6%
27 Spain 11.4%
28 Rwanda 11.3%
29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.7%
30 Albania 10.7%
31 Nepal 10.5%
32 Mauritania 10.3%
33 Saint Lucia 10.2%
34 Greece 10.0%
35 Colombia 9.6%
36 Zimbabwe 9.4%
37 Morocco 9.1%
38 Sao Tome and Principe 9.1%
39 Bahamas 9.0%
40 Turkey 8.8%
41 Chile 8.7%
42 Belize 8.7%
43 Panama 8.5%
44 Finland 8.4%
45 Sweden 8.4%
46 Equatorial Guinea 8.3%
47 Uruguay 8.2%
48 Iran 8.1%
49 Suriname 7.6%
50 Estonia 7.6%
51 France 7.4%
52 Serbia 7.2%
53 Argentina 7.2%
54 Tajikistan 7.0%
55 Costa Rica 6.9%
56 Latvia 6.9%
57 Lithuania 6.9%
58 Egypt 6.8%
59 Brazil 6.8%
60 Mozambique 6.7%
61 Italy 6.5%
62 Portugal 6.5%
63 Gambia 6.5%
64 Barbados 6.4%
65 Luxembourg 6.4%
66 Canada 6.4%
67 Central African Republic 6.3%
68 Eritrea 5.9%
69 Zambia 5.9%
70 Belgium 5.7%
71 Paraguay 5.7%
72 Azerbaijan 5.6%
73 Mauritius 5.5%
74 Pakistan 5.5%
75 Kenya 5.5%
76 Romania 5.4%
77 Fiji 5.4%
78 Denmark 5.4%
79 Venezuela 5.3%
80 Dominican Republic 5.3%
81 Slovakia 5.3%
82 Austria 5.2%
83 Peru 5.2%
84 Brunei 5.2%
85 Mongolia 5.2%
86 Guinea 5.1%
87 Malawi 5.1%
88 Croatia 5.0%
89 Vanuatu 5.0%
90 Nicaragua 5.0%
91 Honduras 4.9%
92 Cyprus 4.9%
93 Samoa 4.9%
94 Kazakhstan 4.8%
95 New Zealand 4.7%
96 China 4.6%
97 Hungary 4.5%
98 Uzbekistan 4.4%
99 DR Congo 4.4%
100 United Kingdom 4.4%
101 Switzerland 4.3%
102 Ireland 4.3%
103 Maldives 4.3%
104 Sri Lanka 4.2%
105 Bulgaria 4.2%
106 India 4.2%
107 United States 4.0%
108 Turkmenistan 4.0%
109 Norway 4.0%
110 Australia 3.9%
111 Malaysia 3.8%
112 Comoros 3.8%
113 Netherlands 3.7%
114 Slovenia 3.7%
115 Bangladesh 3.6%
116 Cameroon 3.6%
117 Iceland 3.6%
118 Israel 3.6%
119 North Korea 3.5%
120 Saudi Arabia 3.5%
121 Kyrgyzstan 3.5%
122 Belarus 3.5%
123 Ecuador 3.5%
124 Burkina Faso 3.4%
125 Germany 3.4%
126 Ethiopia 3.4%
127 Trinidad and Tobago 3.3%
128 Indonesia 3.3%
129 Bhutan 3.3%
130 Bolivia 3.3%
131 El Salvador 3.3%
132 Oman 3.2%
133 Jamaica 3.2%
134 Sierra Leone 3.1%
135 Malta 3.1%
136 Madagascar 3.1%
137 Nigeria 3.0%
138 Mali 2.9%
139 Liberia 2.9%
140 Myanmar 2.9%
141 Ghana 2.8%
142 Poland 2.8%
143 Senegal 2.8%
144 South Korea 2.8%
145 Uganda 2.7%
146 Singapore 2.7%
147 Mexico 2.7%
148 Guinea-Bissau 2.6%
149 Papua New Guinea 2.6%
150 Guatemala 2.6%
151 Czechia 2.6%
152 Japan 2.5%
153 Russia 2.4%
154 Ivory Coast 2.3%
155 Philippines 2.2%
156 United Arab Emirates 2.2%
157 Kuwait 2.2%
158 Tonga 2.0%
159 Togo 1.9%
160 Cuba 1.8%
161 Benin 1.6%
162 Vietnam 1.6%
163 Tanzania 1.6%
164 Timor-Leste 1.5%
165 Solomon Islands 1.4%
166 Moldova 1.4%
167 Laos 1.2%
168 Bahrain 1.1%
169 Chad 1.1%
170 Burundi 0.9%
171 Thailand 0.8%
172 Niger 0.4%
173 Cambodia 0.3%
174 Qatar 0.1%

About this data

  • Figures are for 2024. Each ranking uses the most recent year with wide country coverage, so the year differs between rankings.
  • 174 of the 193 UN member states have a value for 2024. The rest are not listed.
  • Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Definitions and method are the publisher's.
  • Only the 193 UN member states are ranked. Territories and non-members are not included.

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