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Figures as of November 14, 2026, from each chart's current data.
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The chart's answer: In 2025, 4.2% of workers in the United States were unemployed, against 4.8% worldwide; the highest rate was 34.2% in Eswatini, and the lowest 0.1%, in Qatar. Search 182 countries and territories. These are the International Labour Organization's estimates, which count people without work who are looking for it and fill gaps where a country runs no regular survey, so they can differ from a country's own figures.
Is the United States above or below the world rate, and by about how many percentage points?
A country can have low unemployment while many people earn very little. How is that possible?
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Why would someone who has given up looking for work not count as unemployed? Does that make the number more or less useful?
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) (CC BY 4.0 (credit the World Bank)) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025 · chart.ly/charts/unemployment-rate-by-country
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