What is the unemployment rate in each country?

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.

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Measure: Unemployment rate, % of labor force. Written from the data below.

  • Eswatini has the highest figure, 34.2%, followed by South Africa (32.4%) and Djibouti (26%).
  • Qatar has the lowest figure, 0.1%, followed by Cambodia (0.3%) and Niger (0.4%).
  • The highest is 342 times the lowest.
  • World: 4.8%. Of the 182 compared, 100 are above it, 80 below, and 2 the same.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
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Country Unemployment rate, % of labor force
Eswatini 34.2
South Africa 32.4
Djibouti 26
Botswana 24.5
Gabon 20.2
Congo (Republic) 19.9
Namibia 19.3
Somalia 18.9
Libya 18.8
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 18
Yemen 17.3
Jordan 16.5
Lesotho 16.3
Iraq 15.5
Tunisia 15.1
Haiti 14.9
Angola 14.1
Montenegro 13.6
Syria 13.6
Afghanistan 13.4
Armenia 12.9
North Macedonia 12.3
Georgia 12.1
Guyana 12
Cabo Verde 11.9
French Polynesia 11.7
Algeria 11.6
Rwanda 11.4
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 11.4
New Caledonia 11.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 11
Albania 10.9
Nepal 10.5
Spain 10.4
Mauritania 10.3
Finland 9.5
St. Lucia 9.5
Zimbabwe 9.3
The Bahamas 9.2
Sao Tome and Principe 9.1
Chile 9
Morocco 9
Belize 8.9
Sweden 8.7
Greece 8.5
Türkiye 8.5
Panama 8.4
Colombia 8.3
Equatorial Guinea 8.3
Estonia 8.3
Iran 8.3
Suriname 7.8
France 7.5
Uruguay 7.5
Argentina 7.1
Serbia 7.1
Canada 6.9
Tajikistan 6.9
Costa Rica 6.8
Egypt 6.8
Lithuania 6.7
Latvia 6.6
Mozambique 6.6
Barbados 6.5
The Gambia 6.5
Italy 6.4
Central African Republic 6.3
Luxembourg 6.3
Channel Islands 6.2
Portugal 6.2
Brazil 6
Eritrea 6
Puerto Rico 6
Romania 6
Belgium 5.9
Zambia 5.9
Austria 5.6
Guam 5.6
Mauritius 5.6
Azerbaijan 5.5
Denmark 5.5
Kenya 5.4
Pakistan 5.4
Slovakia 5.4
Brunei 5.3
Fiji 5.3
Venezuela 5.3
Guinea 5.2
Mongolia 5.2
Dominican Republic 5.1
Malawi 5.1
New Zealand 5.1
Peru 5.1
Vanuatu 5.1
Croatia 5
Nicaragua 5
Samoa 5
Cyprus 4.9
Honduras 4.9
Switzerland 4.9
Kazakhstan 4.8
Paraguay 4.8
United Kingdom 4.7
China 4.6
Ireland 4.6
Norway 4.6
Uzbekistan 4.6
Hungary 4.5
Maldives 4.5
Congo (Democratic Republic) 4.4
Turkmenistan 4.3
India 4.2
United States 4.2
Australia 4.1
Sri Lanka 4
Netherlands 3.9
Bangladesh 3.8
Comoros 3.8
Malaysia 3.8
Germany 3.7
Cameroon 3.6
Iceland 3.6
Bulgaria 3.5
Burkina Faso 3.5
Israel 3.5
Kyrgyzstan 3.5
North Korea 3.5
Belarus 3.4
Ecuador 3.3
El Salvador 3.3
Ethiopia 3.3
Jamaica 3.3
Oman 3.3
Trinidad and Tobago 3.3
Bhutan 3.2
Indonesia 3.2
Sierra Leone 3.2
Slovenia 3.2
Nigeria 3.1
Bolivia 3
Ghana 3
Madagascar 3
Myanmar 3
Poland 3
Saudi Arabia 3
Liberia 2.9
Malta 2.9
Czechia 2.8
Hong Kong 2.8
Mali 2.8
Singapore 2.8
Guinea-Bissau 2.7
Mexico 2.7
Senegal 2.7
South Korea 2.7
Uganda 2.7
Guatemala 2.6
Papua New Guinea 2.6
Japan 2.5
Côte d'Ivoire 2.3
Macao 2.3
Kuwait 2.2
Philippines 2.2
United Arab Emirates 2.2
Russia 2.1
Togo 2
Tonga 2
Cuba 1.7
Benin 1.6
Tanzania 1.6
Timor-Leste 1.6
Moldova 1.5
Vietnam 1.5
Solomon Islands 1.4
Laos 1.2
Bahrain 1.1
Chad 1.1
Burundi 0.9
Thailand 0.8
Niger 0.4
Cambodia 0.3
Qatar 0.1
World 4.8

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