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Countries by Unemployment Rate

Share of the labour force without work but available for and seeking employment.

186 of 240 countries and territories have a published value for this indicator.

#1 Qatar
0.1%
Asia
World Bank, 2025
#2 Cambodia
0.3%
Asia
World Bank, 2025
#3 Niger
0.4%
Africa
World Bank, 2025
Median country
5.2%
Across 186 ranked countries

Full Ranking (186 Countries)

Countries with no published value are excluded rather than ranked last. Sort any column, filter by continent, or export as CSV.

186 countries
Values are the most recent published observation per country, so the year varies. The trend column shows each country's population from 1950 to 2025 (top 25 rows only, to keep the page light) — it is context, not the ranked measure.
1Qatar0.1%
2Cambodia0.3%
3Niger0.4%
4Thailand0.8%
5Burundi0.9%
6Chad1.1%
7Bahrain1.1%
8Laos1.2%
9Solomon Islands1.4%
10Moldova1.5%
11Vietnam1.5%
12Tanzania1.6%
13Benin1.6%
14Timor-Leste1.6%
15Cuba1.7%
16Togo2.0%
17Tonga2.0%
18Russia2.1%
19United Arab Emirates2.2%
20Kuwait2.2%
21Philippines2.2%
22Ivory Coast2.3%
23Macao2.3%
24Japan2.5%
25Papua New Guinea2.6%
26Guatemala2.6%
27Mexico2.7%
27Guinea-Bissau2.7%
29South Korea2.7%
30Senegal2.7%
31Uganda2.7%
32Hong Kong2.8%
33Singapore2.8%
34Czech Republic2.8%
35Mali2.8%
36Liberia2.9%
37Malta2.9%
38Bolivia3.0%
39Poland3.0%
40Ghana3.0%
41Saudi Arabia3.0%
42Madagascar3.0%
43Myanmar3.0%
44Nigeria3.1%
45Sierra Leone3.2%
46Slovenia3.2%
47Bhutan3.2%
48Indonesia3.2%
49Oman3.3%
50Jamaica3.3%
51El Salvador3.3%
52Ecuador3.3%
53Ethiopia3.3%
54Trinidad and Tobago3.3%
55Belarus3.4%
56Burkina Faso3.5%
57Israel3.5%
58Kyrgyzstan3.5%
59Bulgaria3.5%
60North Korea3.5%
61Cameroon3.6%
62Iceland3.6%
63Germany3.7%
64Malaysia3.8%
65Bangladesh3.8%
66Comoros3.8%
67Netherlands3.9%
68Sri Lanka4.0%
69Australia4.1%
70United States4.2%
71India4.2%
72Turkmenistan4.3%
73DR Congo4.4%
74Maldives4.5%
75Hungary4.5%
76China4.6%
77Uzbekistan4.6%
78Ireland4.6%
79Norway4.6%
80United Kingdom4.7%
81Kazakhstan4.8%
82Paraguay4.8%
83Switzerland4.9%
84Honduras4.9%
85Cyprus4.9%
86Samoa5.0%
87Croatia5.0%
88Nicaragua5.0%
89Malawi5.1%
90Vanuatu5.1%
91New Zealand5.1%
92Dominican Republic5.1%
93Peru5.1%
94Guinea5.2%
95Mongolia5.2%
96Brunei5.3%
97Venezuela5.3%
98Fiji5.3%
99Slovakia5.4%
100Pakistan5.4%
101Kenya5.4%
102Azerbaijan5.5%
103Denmark5.5%
104Guam5.6%
105Austria5.6%
106Mauritius5.6%
107Belgium5.9%
108Zambia5.9%
109Brazil6.0%
110Eritrea6.0%
111Puerto Rico6.0%
112Romania6.0%
113Portugal6.2%
114Central African Republic6.3%
115Luxembourg6.3%
116Italy6.4%
117Gambia6.5%
118Barbados6.5%
119Latvia6.6%
120Mozambique6.6%
121Lithuania6.7%
122Egypt6.8%
123Costa Rica6.8%
124Canada6.9%
125Tajikistan6.9%
126Serbia7.1%
127Argentina7.1%
128Uruguay7.5%
129Sudan7.5%
130France7.5%
131Suriname7.8%
132Colombia8.3%
133Iran8.3%
134Estonia8.3%
135Equatorial Guinea8.3%
136Panama8.4%
137Turkey8.5%
138Greece8.5%
139Sweden8.7%
140Belize8.9%
141Chile9.0%
142Morocco9.0%
143Sao Tome and Principe9.1%
144Bahamas9.2%
145Zimbabwe9.3%
146Saint Lucia9.5%
147Finland9.5%
148Ukraine9.8%
149Mauritania10.3%
150Spain10.4%
151Nepal10.5%
152Albania10.9%
153Lebanon11.0%
154Bosnia and Herzegovina11.0%
155New Caledonia11.2%
156Rwanda11.4%
157U.S. Virgin Islands11.4%
158Algeria11.6%
159French Polynesia11.7%
160Cape Verde11.9%
161Guyana12.0%
162Georgia12.1%
163North Macedonia12.3%
164South Sudan12.4%
165Armenia12.9%
166Afghanistan13.4%
167Syria13.6%
168Montenegro13.6%
169Angola14.1%
170Haiti14.9%
171Tunisia15.1%
172Iraq15.5%
173Lesotho16.3%
174Jordan16.5%
175Yemen17.3%
176Saint Vincent18.0%
177Libya18.8%
178Somalia18.9%
179Namibia19.3%
180Congo19.9%
181Gabon20.2%
182State of Palestine24.4%
183Botswana24.5%
184Djibouti26.0%
185South Africa32.4%
186Eswatini34.2%

Top 10

The ten highest-ranked countries by unemployment rate.

  1. Qatar0.1%
  2. Cambodia0.3%
  3. Niger0.4%
  4. Thailand0.8%
  5. Burundi0.9%
  6. Chad1.1%
  7. Bahrain1.1%
  8. Laos1.2%
  9. Solomon Islands1.4%
  10. Moldova1.5%
Top ten countries by unemployment rate
NameUnemployment Rate
Qatar0.1%
Cambodia0.3%
Niger0.4%
Thailand0.8%
Burundi0.9%
Chad1.1%
Bahrain1.1%
Laos1.2%
Solomon Islands1.4%
Moldova1.5%

By Continent

Mean of country values within each continent — an unweighted average, so a small country counts the same as a large one.

Average unemployment rate by continent
NameValueShare
Africa9.022.6%
North America6.817.2%
South America6.616.7%
Europe6.115.5%
Asia5.814.6%
Oceania5.413.5%

Average by continent

About This Data

Definition

Share of the labour force without work but available for and seeking employment.

Coverage and vintage

186 of 240 countries and territories report this indicator. Each value is the latest published observation for that country — the year column shows which. The leading value is World Bank, 2025.