Countries · ranking · 2025

Unemployment rate by country, 2025

The share of the labor force without work and looking for it, from ILO modeled estimates that make countries comparable. Highest: Eswatini at 34.2%; median: 5.1%.

Highest

34.2%

Eswatini · 2025

Lowest

0.1%

Qatar · 2025

Median

5.1%

of 184 economies

#	Economy	Region	Unemployment 2025
1	Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	34.2%
2	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	32.4%
3	Djibouti	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	26.0%
4	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	24.5%
5	Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	20.2%
6	Republic of the Congo	Sub-Saharan Africa	19.9%
7	Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	19.3%
8	Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	18.9%
9	Libya	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	18.8%
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Latin America & Caribbean	18.0%
11	Yemen	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	17.3%
12	Jordan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	16.5%
13	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	16.3%
14	Iraq	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	15.5%
15	Tunisia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	15.1%
16	Haiti	Latin America & Caribbean	14.9%
17	Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	14.1%
18	Montenegro	Europe & Central Asia	13.6%
19	Syria	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	13.6%
20	Afghanistan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	13.4%
21	Armenia	Europe & Central Asia	12.9%
22	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	12.4% 2023
23	North Macedonia	Europe & Central Asia	12.3%
24	Georgia	Europe & Central Asia	12.1%
25	Guyana	Latin America & Caribbean	12.0%
26	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	11.9%
27	French Polynesia	East Asia & Pacific	11.7%
28	Algeria	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	11.6%
29	U.S. Virgin Islands	Latin America & Caribbean	11.4%
30	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	11.4%
31	New Caledonia	East Asia & Pacific	11.2%
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe & Central Asia	11.0%
33	Lebanon	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	11.0% 2023
34	Albania	Europe & Central Asia	10.9%
35	Nepal	South Asia	10.5%
36	Spain	Europe & Central Asia	10.4%
37	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	10.3%
38	Finland	Europe & Central Asia	9.5%
39	Saint Lucia	Latin America & Caribbean	9.5%
40	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	9.3%
41	Bahamas	Latin America & Caribbean	9.2%
42	São Tomé and Príncipe	Sub-Saharan Africa	9.1%
43	Morocco	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	9.0%
44	Chile	Latin America & Caribbean	9.0%
45	Belize	Latin America & Caribbean	8.9%
46	Sweden	Europe & Central Asia	8.7%
47	Greece	Europe & Central Asia	8.5%
48	Türkiye	Europe & Central Asia	8.5%
49	Panama	Latin America & Caribbean	8.4%
50	Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	8.3%
51	Estonia	Europe & Central Asia	8.3%
52	Iran	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	8.3%
53	Colombia	Latin America & Caribbean	8.3%
54	Suriname	Latin America & Caribbean	7.8%
55	France	Europe & Central Asia	7.5%
56	Uruguay	Latin America & Caribbean	7.5%
57	Argentina	Latin America & Caribbean	7.1%
58	Serbia	Europe & Central Asia	7.1%
59	Tajikistan	Europe & Central Asia	6.9%
60	Canada	North America	6.9%
61	Costa Rica	Latin America & Caribbean	6.8%
62	Egypt	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	6.8%
63	Lithuania	Europe & Central Asia	6.7%
64	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.6%
65	Latvia	Europe & Central Asia	6.6%
66	Barbados	Latin America & Caribbean	6.5%
67	Gambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.5%
68	Italy	Europe & Central Asia	6.4%
69	Luxembourg	Europe & Central Asia	6.3%
70	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.3%
71	Channel Islands	Europe & Central Asia	6.2%
72	Portugal	Europe & Central Asia	6.2%
73	Romania	Europe & Central Asia	6.0%
74	Puerto Rico	Latin America & Caribbean	6.0%
75	Eritrea	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.0%
76	Brazil	Latin America & Caribbean	6.0%
77	Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.9%
78	Belgium	Europe & Central Asia	5.9%
79	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.6%
80	Austria	Europe & Central Asia	5.6%
81	Guam	East Asia & Pacific	5.6%
82	Denmark	Europe & Central Asia	5.5%
83	Azerbaijan	Europe & Central Asia	5.5%
84	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.4%
85	Pakistan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	5.4%
86	Slovakia	Europe & Central Asia	5.4%
87	Fiji	East Asia & Pacific	5.3%
88	Venezuela	Latin America & Caribbean	5.3%
89	Brunei	East Asia & Pacific	5.3%
90	Mongolia	East Asia & Pacific	5.2%
91	Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.2%
92	Peru	Latin America & Caribbean	5.1%
93	Dominican Republic	Latin America & Caribbean	5.1%
94	New Zealand	East Asia & Pacific	5.1%
95	Vanuatu	East Asia & Pacific	5.1%
96	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.1%
97	Nicaragua	Latin America & Caribbean	5.0%
98	Croatia	Europe & Central Asia	5.0%
99	Samoa	East Asia & Pacific	5.0%
100	Cyprus	Europe & Central Asia	4.9%
101	Honduras	Latin America & Caribbean	4.9%
102	Switzerland	Europe & Central Asia	4.9%
103	Paraguay	Latin America & Caribbean	4.8%
104	Kazakhstan	Europe & Central Asia	4.8%
105	United Kingdom	Europe & Central Asia	4.7%
106	Norway	Europe & Central Asia	4.6%
107	Ireland	Europe & Central Asia	4.6%
108	Uzbekistan	Europe & Central Asia	4.6%
109	China	East Asia & Pacific	4.6%
110	Hungary	Europe & Central Asia	4.5%
111	Maldives	South Asia	4.5%
112	DR Congo	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.4%
113	Turkmenistan	Europe & Central Asia	4.3%
114	India	South Asia	4.2%
115	United States	North America	4.2%
116	Australia	East Asia & Pacific	4.1%
117	Sri Lanka	South Asia	4.0%
118	Netherlands	Europe & Central Asia	3.9%
119	Comoros	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.8%
120	Bangladesh	South Asia	3.8%
121	Malaysia	East Asia & Pacific	3.8%
122	Germany	Europe & Central Asia	3.7%
123	Iceland	Europe & Central Asia	3.6%
124	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.6%
125	North Korea	East Asia & Pacific	3.5%
126	Bulgaria	Europe & Central Asia	3.5%
127	Kyrgyzstan	Europe & Central Asia	3.5%
128	Israel	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	3.5%
129	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.5%
130	Belarus	Europe & Central Asia	3.4%
131	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America & Caribbean	3.3%
132	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.3%
133	Ecuador	Latin America & Caribbean	3.3%
134	El Salvador	Latin America & Caribbean	3.3%
135	Jamaica	Latin America & Caribbean	3.3%
136	Oman	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	3.3%
137	Indonesia	East Asia & Pacific	3.2%
138	Bhutan	South Asia	3.2%
139	Slovenia	Europe & Central Asia	3.2%
140	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.1%
141	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.1%
142	Myanmar	East Asia & Pacific	3.0%
143	Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.0%
144	Saudi Arabia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	3.0%
145	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.0%
146	Poland	Europe & Central Asia	3.0%
147	Bolivia	Latin America & Caribbean	3.0%
148	Malta	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.9%
149	Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.9%
150	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.8%
151	Czechia	Europe & Central Asia	2.8%
152	Singapore	East Asia & Pacific	2.8%
153	Hong Kong	East Asia & Pacific	2.8%
154	Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.7%
155	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.7%
156	South Korea	East Asia & Pacific	2.7%
157	Guinea-Bissau	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.7%
158	Mexico	Latin America & Caribbean	2.7%
159	Guatemala	Latin America & Caribbean	2.6%
160	Papua New Guinea	East Asia & Pacific	2.6%
161	Japan	East Asia & Pacific	2.5%
162	Macao	East Asia & Pacific	2.3%
163	Côte d’Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.3%
164	Philippines	East Asia & Pacific	2.2%
165	Kuwait	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.2%
166	United Arab Emirates	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.2%
167	Russia	Europe & Central Asia	2.1%
168	Tonga	East Asia & Pacific	2.0%
169	Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.0%
170	Cuba	Latin America & Caribbean	1.7%
171	Timor-Leste	East Asia & Pacific	1.6%
172	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.6%
173	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.6%
174	Vietnam	East Asia & Pacific	1.5%
175	Moldova	Europe & Central Asia	1.5%
176	Solomon Islands	East Asia & Pacific	1.4%
177	Laos	East Asia & Pacific	1.2%
178	Bahrain	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.1%
179	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.1%
180	Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.9%
181	Thailand	East Asia & Pacific	0.8%
182	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.4%
183	Cambodia	East Asia & Pacific	0.3%
184	Qatar	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.1%
—	West Bank and Gaza	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	24.4% 2022
—	Ukraine	Europe & Central Asia	9.8% 2021
—	Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	7.5% 2022

Latest actual values; a small year marks a value older than the main year. Click a column heading to sort, or pick a region. Economies whose latest data are older than 2023 (3) are listed at the end, without a rank.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

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Data and methods

Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Latest actual: each economy's most recent year with actual (not estimated or forecast) data; a small year next to a value marks data older than the column's year.