Unemployment Rate by Country

The unemployment rate measures the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment, expressed as a percentage. It is a key indicator of labor market conditions and is closely linked to economic performance, job creation, and the structure of the workforce. Higher rates generally indicate weaker labor markets. The statistics are based on modeled ILO estimates from the World Bank World Development Indicators dataset. The dataset covers 185 countries and territories, with observations from 2020 to 2025.

Countries With the Highest Unemployment Rate in 2025

Eswatini recorded the highest unemployment rate in 2025 at 34.2 percent. South Africa ranked second with 32.4 percent, followed by Djibouti (26.0 percent), Botswana (24.5 percent), and Gabon (20.2 percent). Congo (19.9 percent), Namibia (19.3 percent), Somalia (18.9 percent), Libya (18.8 percent), and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (18.0 percent) complete the top ten.

Unemployment Rate by Country

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#	Country	Latest Data (%)	Year
1	Eswatini SZ	34.2%	2025
2	South Africa ZA	32.4%	2025
3	Djibouti DJ	26%	2025
4	Botswana BW	24.5%	2025
5	Palestine PS	24.4%	2022
6	Gabon GA	20.2%	2025
7	Congo CG	19.9%	2025
8	Namibia NA	19.3%	2025
9	Somalia SO	18.9%	2025
10	Libya LY	18.8%	2025
11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	18%	2025
12	Yemen YE	17.3%	2025
13	Jordan JO	16.5%	2025
14	Lesotho LS	16.3%	2025
15	Iraq IQ	15.5%	2025
16	Tunisia TN	15.1%	2025
17	Haiti HT	14.9%	2025
18	Angola AO	14.1%	2025
19	Montenegro ME	13.6%	2025
20	Syria SY	13.6%	2025
21	Afghanistan AF	13.4%	2025
22	Armenia AM	12.9%	2025
23	South Sudan SS	12.4%	2023
24	North Macedonia MK	12.3%	2025
25	Georgia GE	12.1%	2025
26	Guyana GY	12%	2025
27	Cape Verde CV	11.9%	2025
28	French Polynesia PF	11.7%	2025
29	Algeria DZ	11.6%	2025
30	Rwanda RW	11.4%	2025
31	US Virgin Islands VI	11.4%	2025
32	New Caledonia NC	11.2%	2025
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	11%	2025
34	Lebanon LB	11%	2023
35	Albania AL	10.9%	2025
36	Nepal NP	10.5%	2025
37	Spain ES	10.4%	2025
38	Mauritania MR	10.3%	2025
39	Ukraine UA	9.8%	2021
40	Finland FI	9.5%	2025
41	Saint Lucia LC	9.5%	2025
42	Zimbabwe ZW	9.3%	2025
43	Bahamas BS	9.2%	2025
44	Sao Tome and Principe ST	9.1%	2025
45	Chile CL	9%	2025
46	Morocco MA	9%	2025
47	Belize BZ	8.9%	2025
48	Sweden SE	8.7%	2025
49	Greece GR	8.5%	2025
50	Türkiye TR	8.5%	2025
51	Panama PA	8.4%	2025
52	Colombia CO	8.3%	2025
53	Equatorial Guinea GQ	8.3%	2025
54	Estonia EE	8.3%	2025
55	Iran IR	8.3%	2025
56	Suriname SR	7.8%	2025
57	France FR	7.5%	2025
58	Sudan SD	7.5%	2022
59	Uruguay UY	7.5%	2025
60	Argentina AR	7.1%	2025
61	Serbia RS	7.1%	2025
62	Canada CA	6.9%	2025
63	Tajikistan TJ	6.9%	2025
64	Costa Rica CR	6.8%	2025
65	Egypt EG	6.8%	2025
66	Lithuania LT	6.7%	2025
67	Latvia LV	6.6%	2025
68	Mozambique MZ	6.6%	2025
69	Barbados BB	6.5%	2025
70	Gambia GM	6.5%	2025
71	Italy IT	6.4%	2025
72	Central African Republic CF	6.3%	2025
73	Luxembourg LU	6.3%	2025
74	Portugal PT	6.2%	2025
75	Brazil BR	6%	2025
76	Eritrea ER	6%	2025
77	Puerto Rico PR	6%	2025
78	Romania RO	6%	2025
79	Belgium BE	5.9%	2025
80	Zambia ZM	5.9%	2025
81	Austria AT	5.6%	2025
82	Guam GU	5.6%	2025
83	Mauritius MU	5.6%	2025
84	Azerbaijan AZ	5.5%	2025
85	Denmark DK	5.5%	2025
86	Kenya KE	5.4%	2025
87	Pakistan PK	5.4%	2025
88	Slovakia SK	5.4%	2025
89	Fiji FJ	5.3%	2025
90	Venezuela VE	5.3%	2025
91	Guinea GN	5.2%	2025
92	Mongolia MN	5.2%	2025
93	Dominican Republic DO	5.1%	2025
94	Malawi MW	5.1%	2025
95	New Zealand NZ	5.1%	2025
96	Peru PE	5.1%	2025
97	Vanuatu VU	5.1%	2025
98	Croatia HR	5%	2025
99	Nicaragua NI	5%	2025
100	Samoa WS	5%	2025
101	Cyprus CY	4.9%	2025
102	Honduras HN	4.9%	2025
103	Switzerland CH	4.9%	2025
104	Kazakhstan KZ	4.8%	2025
105	Paraguay PY	4.8%	2025
106	United Kingdom GB	4.7%	2025
107	China CN	4.6%	2025
108	Ireland IE	4.6%	2025
109	Norway NO	4.6%	2025
110	Uzbekistan UZ	4.6%	2025
111	Hungary HU	4.5%	2025
112	Maldives MV	4.5%	2025
113	DR Congo CD	4.4%	2025
114	Turkmenistan TM	4.3%	2025
115	India IN	4.2%	2025
116	United States US	4.2%	2025
117	Australia AU	4.1%	2025
118	Sri Lanka LK	4%	2025
119	Netherlands NL	3.9%	2025
120	Bangladesh BD	3.8%	2025
121	Comoros KM	3.8%	2025
122	Malaysia MY	3.8%	2025
123	Germany DE	3.7%	2025
124	Cameroon CM	3.6%	2025
125	Iceland IS	3.6%	2025
126	Bulgaria BG	3.5%	2025
127	Burkina Faso BF	3.5%	2025
128	Israel IL	3.5%	2025
129	Kyrgyzstan KG	3.5%	2025
130	North Korea KP	3.5%	2025
131	Belarus BY	3.4%	2025
132	Ecuador EC	3.3%	2025
133	El Salvador SV	3.3%	2025
134	Ethiopia ET	3.3%	2025
135	Jamaica JM	3.3%	2025
136	Oman OM	3.3%	2025
137	Trinidad and Tobago TT	3.3%	2025
138	Bhutan BT	3.2%	2025
139	Indonesia ID	3.2%	2025
140	Slovenia SI	3.2%	2025
141	Nigeria NG	3.1%	2025
142	Sierra Leone SL	3.1%	2025
143	Bolivia BO	3%	2025
144	Ghana GH	3%	2025
145	Madagascar MG	3%	2025
146	Myanmar MM	3%	2025
147	Poland PL	3%	2025
148	Saudi Arabia SA	3%	2025
149	Liberia LR	2.9%	2025
150	Malta MT	2.9%	2025
151	Czech Republic CZ	2.8%	2025
152	Hong Kong HK	2.8%	2025
153	Mali ML	2.8%	2025
154	Singapore SG	2.8%	2025
155	Guinea-Bissau GW	2.7%	2025
156	Mexico MX	2.7%	2025
157	Senegal SN	2.7%	2025
158	South Korea KR	2.7%	2025
159	Uganda UG	2.7%	2025
160	Guatemala GT	2.6%	2025
161	Papua New Guinea PG	2.6%	2025
162	Japan JP	2.5%	2025
163	Ivory Coast CI	2.3%	2025
164	Macau MO	2.3%	2025
165	Kuwait KW	2.2%	2025
166	Philippines PH	2.2%	2025
167	United Arab Emirates AE	2.2%	2025
168	Russia RU	2.1%	2025
169	Togo TG	2%	2025
170	Tonga TO	2%	2025
171	Cuba CU	1.7%	2025
172	Benin BJ	1.6%	2025
173	Tanzania TZ	1.6%	2025
174	Timor-Leste TL	1.6%	2025
175	Moldova MD	1.5%	2025
176	Vietnam VN	1.5%	2025
177	Solomon Islands SB	1.4%	2025
178	Laos LA	1.2%	2025
179	Bahrain BH	1.1%	2025
180	Chad TD	1.1%	2025
181	Burundi BI	0.9%	2025
182	Thailand TH	0.8%	2025
183	Niger NE	0.4%	2025
184	Cambodia KH	0.3%	2025
185	Qatar QA	0.1%	2025

High unemployment rates are particularly common in parts of Africa, especially in southern Africa. Among the 180 countries and territories with 2025 data, 5 record an unemployment rate of 20 percent or more, and 35 record a rate of 10 percent or more. At the other end of the ranking, Qatar records the lowest unemployment rate at 0.1 percent, followed by Cambodia (0.3 percent), Niger (0.4 percent), and Thailand (0.8 percent).

Among selected major economies, Spain records the highest unemployment rate at 10.4 percent, above France (7.5 percent), Canada (6.9 percent), and Italy (6.4 percent). Japan (2.5 percent) and South Korea (2.7 percent) record the lowest rates among major economies, while Germany records 3.7 percent, the United States 4.2 percent, China 4.6 percent, and India 4.2 percent.

Unemployment Rate Around the World

In Europe, Spain (10.4 percent) records the highest rate, followed by Finland (9.5 percent), Sweden (8.7 percent), Greece (8.5 percent), and Türkiye (8.5 percent). The lowest rates in the region are recorded in Russia (2.1 percent), the Czech Republic (2.8 percent), Malta (2.9 percent), Poland (3.0 percent), and Slovenia (3.2 percent).

In Asia, Cambodia (0.3 percent), Thailand (0.8 percent), Vietnam (1.5 percent), and the Philippines (2.2 percent) record the lowest rates, while Nepal records the highest at 10.5 percent. Japan (2.5 percent) and South Korea (2.7 percent) record very low rates among the region's major economies.

In the Americas, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (18.0 percent) records the highest rate, followed by Chile (9.0 percent), Panama (8.4 percent), and Colombia (8.3 percent). Canada (6.9 percent) records a higher rate than the United States (4.2 percent), while Mexico records one of the lowest rates at 2.7 percent.

In Africa, unemployment rates are the highest in the world in southern Africa: Eswatini (34.2 percent), South Africa (32.4 percent), Botswana (24.5 percent), and Namibia (19.3 percent) all record rates above 19 percent, while Niger (0.4 percent), Burundi (0.9 percent), and Chad (1.1 percent) record some of the lowest rates in Africa.

In the Middle East and North Africa, Qatar (0.1 percent) and Bahrain (1.1 percent) record the lowest rates in the region, while Yemen (17.3 percent), Jordan (16.5 percent), Iraq (15.5 percent), and Tunisia (15.1 percent) record the highest rates, reflecting differences in labor-market conditions and workforce structure.

Largest Changes in Unemployment Rate, 2020–2025

Saint Lucia recorded the largest decline in the unemployment rate between 2020 and 2025, falling from 25.2 percent to 9.5 percent, down 15.7 percentage points. Costa Rica recorded the second largest decline (16.4 to 6.8 percent, down 9.6 points), followed by Brazil (13.7 to 6.0 percent, down 7.7 points) and Colombia (16.0 to 8.3 percent, down 7.7 points). Greece also recorded a large decline, from 15.9 percent to 8.5 percent, down 7.4 percentage points.

Botswana recorded the largest increase, rising from 21.0 percent to 24.5 percent, up 3.5 percentage points, followed by South Africa (29.2 to 32.4 percent, up 3.2 points), Afghanistan (11.7 to 13.4 percent, up 1.7 points), and Finland (7.8 to 9.5 percent, up 1.7 points).

Unemployment Rate by Country

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#	Country	2020 (%)	2021 (%)	2022 (%)	2023 (%)	2024 (%)	2025 (%)
1	Eswatini	33%	34.2%	36.5%	34.6%	34.6%	34.2%
2	South Africa	29.2%	34%	33.3%	32.1%	32.3%	32.4%
3	Djibouti	27.7%	27.6%	26.3%	26.1%	26%	26%
4	Palestine	25.9%	26.4%	24.4%	-	-	-
5	Saint Lucia	25.2%	20.5%	15.9%	12.1%	10.2%	9.5%
6	Congo	22.3%	22%	20.1%	19.9%	19.9%	19.9%
7	Gabon	21.3%	21.2%	20.3%	20.2%	20.1%	20.2%
8	Botswana	21%	23.1%	23.6%	23.4%	23.8%	24.5%
9	Namibia	21%	20.9%	19.6%	19.2%	19.2%	19.3%
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20.6%	20.4%	19.3%	18.3%	18.1%	18%
11	Libya	19.7%	19.8%	19.2%	18.7%	19.1%	18.8%
12	Somalia	19.4%	19.7%	19.1%	19%	18.9%	18.9%
13	Jordan	19.2%	19.8%	18.2%	16.6%	16.7%	16.5%
14	Lesotho	18.4%	18.2%	16.6%	16.3%	16.3%	16.3%
15	Armenia	18.2%	15.5%	13.5%	12.4%	12.4%	12.9%
16	Yemen	18%	18.3%	17.2%	16.9%	17%	17.3%
17	Montenegro	17.9%	16.5%	14.9%	13.1%	13.2%	13.6%
18	Tunisia	17.7%	16.6%	15.3%	15.1%	15.3%	15.1%
19	Angola	16.7%	15.8%	14.1%	14.1%	14%	14.1%
20	North Macedonia	16.6%	15.8%	14.5%	13.2%	12.3%	12.3%
21	Costa Rica	16.4%	15.1%	11.3%	8.3%	6.9%	6.8%
22	Colombia	16%	13.9%	10.5%	9.6%	9.6%	8.3%
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15.9%	14.9%	12.7%	10.7%	10.7%	11%
24	Greece	15.9%	14.7%	12.4%	11%	10%	8.5%
25	Iraq	15.8%	16.2%	15.4%	15.2%	15.3%	15.5%
26	Haiti	15.6%	15.3%	14.5%	14.5%	14.6%	14.9%
27	Spain	15.5%	14.9%	13%	12.2%	11.4%	10.4%
28	Guyana	15.3%	14.6%	11.9%	11.9%	11.9%	12%
29	Syria	15.2%	14.9%	13.2%	13.3%	13.4%	13.6%
30	Cape Verde	14.7%	13.9%	12.2%	11.9%	11.9%	11.9%
31	Panama	14.7%	10.2%	8.1%	6.5%	8.5%	8.4%
32	US Virgin Islands	14.4%	13.5%	12.1%	11.4%	11.4%	11.4%
33	South Sudan	14.2%	13.9%	12.5%	12.4%	-	-
34	Algeria	14.1%	13.7%	12.4%	11.6%	11.7%	11.6%
35	Brazil	13.7%	13.2%	9.2%	7.9%	6.8%	6%
36	New Caledonia	13.6%	11.6%	10.7%	10.9%	11%	11.2%
37	Lebanon	13.3%	12.7%	11.1%	11%	-	-
38	Türkiye	13.1%	12%	10.5%	9.4%	8.8%	8.5%
39	French Polynesia	13%	12.6%	11.8%	11.6%	11.6%	11.7%
40	Nepal	13%	12.2%	10.7%	10.4%	10.5%	10.5%
41	Bahamas	12%	11.1%	9.2%	8.6%	9%	9.2%
42	Sudan	12%	11.1%	7.5%	-	-	-
43	Rwanda	11.8%	15.8%	15.1%	12.4%	11.3%	11.4%
44	Afghanistan	11.7%	12%	14.1%	14%	13.7%	13.4%
45	Georgia	11.7%	11.8%	11.6%	11.5%	11.6%	12.1%
46	Albania	11.6%	11.5%	10.8%	10.7%	10.7%	10.9%
47	Argentina	11.5%	8.7%	6.8%	6.1%	7.2%	7.1%
48	Morocco	11.2%	10.6%	9.4%	8.9%	9.1%	9%
49	Mauritania	11.1%	11.1%	10.5%	10.4%	10.3%	10.3%
50	Honduras	11%	8.5%	8.8%	6.1%	4.9%	4.9%
51	Chile	10.9%	9.3%	8.2%	9%	8.7%	9%
52	Belize	10.8%	10.3%	8.7%	8.3%	8.7%	8.9%
53	Barbados	10.6%	11%	7.3%	6.5%	6.4%	6.5%
54	Uruguay	10.4%	9.3%	7.9%	8.4%	8.2%	7.5%
55	Canada	9.7%	7.5%	5.3%	5.4%	6.4%	6.9%
56	Iran	9.7%	9.3%	9.1%	8.1%	8.1%	8.3%
57	Sao Tome and Principe	9.7%	9.6%	9%	9%	9.1%	9.1%
58	Ukraine	9.5%	9.8%	-	-	-	-
59	Italy	9.2%	9.5%	8.1%	7.6%	6.5%	6.4%
60	Serbia	9%	9.8%	8.4%	8.3%	7.2%	7.1%
61	Suriname	9%	8.7%	8%	7.7%	7.6%	7.8%
62	Puerto Rico	8.9%	7.9%	6%	5.7%	5.6%	6%
63	Equatorial Guinea	8.6%	8.8%	8.3%	8.2%	8.3%	8.3%
64	Mauritius	8.6%	7.7%	6.3%	5.6%	5.5%	5.6%
65	Zimbabwe	8.6%	9.5%	10.1%	9.3%	9.4%	9.3%
66	Lithuania	8.5%	7.1%	6%	6.8%	6.9%	6.7%
67	Sweden	8.3%	8.8%	7.4%	7.6%	8.4%	8.7%
68	Latvia	8.1%	7.5%	6.8%	6.5%	6.9%	6.6%
69	United States	8.1%	5.3%	3.6%	3.6%	4%	4.2%
70	Egypt	8%	7.4%	6.5%	6.8%	6.8%	6.8%
71	France	8%	7.9%	7.3%	7.3%	7.4%	7.5%
72	Bolivia	7.9%	5.1%	3.6%	3%	3.3%	3%
73	India	7.9%	6.4%	4.8%	4.2%	4.2%	4.2%
74	Cyprus	7.8%	7.5%	6.8%	5.8%	4.9%	4.9%
75	Finland	7.8%	7.6%	6.7%	7.1%	8.4%	9.5%
76	Saudi Arabia	7.7%	6.6%	5.6%	4%	3.5%	3%
77	Tajikistan	7.6%	7.7%	7.1%	7%	7%	6.9%
78	Paraguay	7.5%	7.3%	6.8%	5.8%	5.7%	4.8%
79	Samoa	7.5%	6.7%	5%	4.9%	4.9%	5%
80	Venezuela	7.5%	7%	5.6%	5.4%	5.3%	5.3%
81	Croatia	7.4%	7.5%	6.8%	6.1%	5%	5%
82	Azerbaijan	7.2%	6%	5.7%	5.6%	5.6%	5.5%
83	Peru	7.2%	5.1%	4.3%	4.9%	5.2%	5.1%
84	Estonia	7%	6.2%	5.6%	6.4%	7.6%	8.3%
85	Luxembourg	6.8%	5.6%	4.6%	5.2%	6.4%	6.3%
86	Portugal	6.8%	6.7%	6.1%	6.5%	6.5%	6.2%
87	Slovakia	6.7%	6.9%	6.1%	5.8%	5.3%	5.4%
88	Central African Republic	6.5%	6.7%	6.3%	6.2%	6.3%	6.3%
89	Jamaica	6.5%	5.2%	4.1%	3%	3.2%	3.3%
90	Australia	6.4%	5%	3.7%	3.7%	3.9%	4.1%
91	Eritrea	6.4%	6.5%	6%	5.9%	5.9%	6%
92	Mongolia	6.4%	7.9%	6%	5.2%	5.2%	5.2%
93	Guam	6.2%	6%	5.4%	5.3%	5.3%	5.6%
94	Nicaragua	6.2%	6.1%	5%	4.7%	5%	5%
95	Dominican Republic	6.1%	7.7%	5.5%	5.6%	5.3%	5.1%
96	Ecuador	6.1%	4.5%	3.7%	3.5%	3.5%	3.3%
97	Guinea	6%	5.8%	5.2%	5.1%	5.1%	5.2%
98	Pakistan	6%	6.3%	5.3%	5.2%	5.5%	5.4%
99	Zambia	6%	5.2%	6%	5.9%	5.9%	5.9%
100	Kyrgyzstan	5.9%	5.1%	4.8%	3.5%	3.5%	3.5%
101	Gambia	5.8%	6.2%	6.1%	6.5%	6.5%	6.5%
102	Hong Kong	5.8%	5.2%	4.3%	2.9%	3%	2.8%
103	Malawi	5.7%	5.7%	5%	5%	5.1%	5.1%
104	Nigeria	5.7%	5.4%	3.8%	3.1%	3%	3.1%
105	Denmark	5.6%	5.1%	4.4%	5.1%	5.4%	5.5%
106	Ireland	5.6%	6.4%	4.5%	4.2%	4.3%	4.6%
107	Kenya	5.6%	5.7%	5.6%	5.4%	5.5%	5.4%
108	Russia	5.6%	4.7%	3.9%	3.1%	2.4%	2.1%
109	Bangladesh	5.5%	5.5%	4.6%	3.4%	3.6%	3.8%
110	Belgium	5.5%	6.2%	5.6%	5.5%	5.7%	5.9%
111	Iceland	5.5%	6%	3.8%	3.5%	3.6%	3.6%
112	DR Congo	5.4%	5.3%	4.5%	4.5%	4.4%	4.4%
113	Maldives	5.4%	5%	4.3%	4%	4.3%	4.5%
114	Sri Lanka	5.4%	5%	4.5%	4.5%	4.2%	4%
115	Uzbekistan	5.3%	5.4%	4.5%	4.4%	4.4%	4.6%
116	Austria	5.2%	6.5%	5%	5.3%	5.2%	5.6%
117	Fiji	5.1%	5.2%	5.4%	5.3%	5.4%	5.3%
118	Bhutan	5%	4.8%	5.9%	3.1%	3.3%	3.2%
119	Bulgaria	5%	5.2%	4.1%	4.3%	4.2%	3.5%
120	China	5%	4.5%	5%	4.7%	4.6%	4.6%
121	El Salvador	5%	4.3%	3%	3%	3.3%	3.3%
122	Mozambique	5%	5.4%	6.8%	6.7%	6.7%	6.6%
123	Romania	5%	5.6%	5.6%	5.6%	5.4%	6%
124	Slovenia	5%	4.7%	4%	3.7%	3.7%	3.2%
125	Kazakhstan	4.9%	5.6%	4.9%	4.8%	4.8%	4.8%
126	Malta	4.9%	3.8%	3.5%	3.5%	3.1%	2.9%
127	Switzerland	4.8%	5%	4.1%	4%	4.3%	4.9%
128	Burkina Faso	4.6%	4.5%	3.8%	3.6%	3.4%	3.5%
129	New Zealand	4.6%	3.8%	3.3%	3.7%	4.7%	5.1%
130	Comoros	4.5%	4.4%	3.9%	3.8%	3.8%	3.8%
131	Malaysia	4.5%	4.6%	3.9%	3.9%	3.8%	3.8%
132	Turkmenistan	4.5%	4.5%	4%	4%	4%	4.3%
133	United Kingdom	4.5%	4.9%	3.8%	4%	4.4%	4.7%
134	Mexico	4.4%	4%	3.3%	2.8%	2.7%	2.7%
135	Norway	4.4%	4.4%	3.2%	3.6%	4%	4.6%
136	Indonesia	4.3%	3.8%	3.5%	3.3%	3.3%	3.2%
137	United Arab Emirates	4.3%	3.1%	2.9%	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%
138	Hungary	4.2%	4%	3.6%	4.1%	4.5%	4.5%
139	Israel	4.2%	4.8%	3.7%	3.4%	3.6%	3.5%
140	Trinidad and Tobago	4.2%	4.4%	4.4%	3.4%	3.3%	3.3%
141	Liberia	4.1%	3.8%	3%	2.9%	2.9%	2.9%
142	Singapore	4.1%	4.6%	3.6%	3.4%	2.7%	2.8%
143	Belarus	4%	3.9%	3.6%	3.5%	3.5%	3.4%
144	Ethiopia	4%	3.9%	3.4%	3.4%	3.4%	3.3%
145	Vanuatu	4%	4.8%	5.1%	5%	5%	5.1%
146	Cameroon	3.9%	4%	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%
147	Germany	3.9%	3.6%	3.1%	3.1%	3.4%	3.7%
148	South Korea	3.9%	3.6%	2.9%	2.7%	2.8%	2.7%
149	Netherlands	3.8%	4.2%	3.5%	3.5%	3.7%	3.9%
150	Uganda	3.8%	3.4%	2.9%	2.8%	2.7%	2.7%
151	North Korea	3.6%	3.7%	3.5%	3.5%	3.5%	3.5%
152	Kuwait	3.5%	3%	2.1%	2.1%	2.2%	2.2%
153	Mali	3.5%	4%	2.4%	2.9%	2.9%	2.8%
154	Sierra Leone	3.5%	3.6%	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%
155	Senegal	3.4%	3.4%	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	2.7%
156	Madagascar	3.3%	3.5%	3.2%	3%	3.1%	3%
157	Ghana	3.2%	3.2%	2.9%	2.8%	2.8%	3%
158	Poland	3.2%	3.3%	2.8%	2.7%	2.8%	3%
159	Guatemala	3%	2.2%	3.1%	2.3%	2.6%	2.6%
160	Guinea-Bissau	2.9%	3%	2.7%	2.6%	2.6%	2.7%
161	Oman	2.9%	1.9%	3.3%	3.2%	3.2%	3.3%
162	Papua New Guinea	2.9%	3%	2.7%	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%
163	Japan	2.8%	2.8%	2.6%	2.6%	2.5%	2.5%
164	Timor-Leste	2.8%	2.3%	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%	1.6%
165	Tonga	2.7%	2.1%	2%	1.7%	2%	2%
166	Ivory Coast	2.6%	2.6%	2.3%	2.3%	2.3%	2.3%
167	Czech Republic	2.5%	2.8%	2.2%	2.6%	2.6%	2.8%
168	Macau	2.5%	2.2%	2.4%	2.2%	2.3%	2.3%
169	Philippines	2.5%	3.4%	2.6%	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%
170	Laos	2.3%	2.1%	1.2%	1.2%	1.2%	1.2%
171	Cuba	2.2%	2.1%	1.8%	1.7%	1.8%	1.7%
172	Togo	2.2%	2.3%	2%	1.9%	1.9%	2%
173	Vietnam	2.1%	2.4%	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%	1.5%
174	Bahrain	1.8%	1.5%	1.3%	1%	1.1%	1.1%
175	Tanzania	1.8%	1.9%	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%
176	Chad	1.7%	1.5%	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%
177	Benin	1.5%	1.8%	1.7%	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%
178	Myanmar	1.5%	4.3%	3.1%	3%	2.9%	3%
179	Moldova	1.2%	0.8%	0.9%	1.6%	1.4%	1.5%
180	Thailand	1.1%	1.2%	0.9%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%
181	Burundi	1%	1.1%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%
182	Solomon Islands	0.9%	0.9%	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%
183	Niger	0.6%	0.8%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%
184	Cambodia	0.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
185	Qatar	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%

Methodology

The statistics are based on modeled ILO estimates from the World Bank World Development Indicators dataset, indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS (Unemployment, total, percent of total labor force, modeled ILO estimate). The main comparison uses 2025 data where available, covering 180 of the 185 countries and territories in the dataset. For countries without a 2025 observation, the latest available year is noted where relevant, but earlier years are not substituted for missing 2025 values in the ranking. Values are expressed as a percentage of the total labor force. Missing observations are treated as missing, not as zero.