Unemployment Rate by Country

Ranking of 187 countries by Unemployment Rate (%)

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Rank Country Continent Unemployment Rate Year
1 Qatar flag Qatar Asia 0.1% 2024
2 Cambodia flag Cambodia Asia 0.3% 2024
3 Niger flag Niger Africa 0.4% 2024
4 Thailand flag Thailand Asia 0.8% 2024
5 Burundi flag Burundi Africa 0.9% 2024
6 Chad flag Chad Africa 1.1% 2024
7 Bahrain flag Bahrain Asia 1.1% 2024
8 Lao PDR flag Lao PDR Asia 1.2% 2024
9 Moldova flag Moldova Europe 1.4% 2024
10 Solomon Islands flag Solomon Islands Oceania 1.4% 2024
11 Timor-Leste flag Timor-Leste Asia 1.5% 2024
12 Tanzania flag Tanzania Africa 1.6% 2024
13 Viet Nam flag Viet Nam Asia 1.6% 2024
14 Benin flag Benin Africa 1.6% 2024
15 Cuba flag Cuba North America 1.8% 2024
16 Togo flag Togo Africa 1.9% 2024
17 Tonga flag Tonga Oceania 2.0% 2024
18 Kuwait flag Kuwait Asia 2.2% 2024
19 United Arab Emirates flag United Arab Emirates Asia 2.2% 2024
20 Philippines flag Philippines Asia 2.2% 2024
21 Macao SAR, China flag Macao SAR, China Asia 2.3% 2024
22 Cote d'Ivoire flag Cote d'Ivoire Africa 2.3% 2024
23 Russian Federation flag Russian Federation Europe 2.4% 2024
24 Japan flag Japan Asia 2.5% 2024
25 Czechia flag Czechia Europe 2.6% 2024
26 Guatemala flag Guatemala North America 2.6% 2024
27 Papua New Guinea flag Papua New Guinea Oceania 2.6% 2024
28 Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau Africa 2.6% 2024
29 Mexico flag Mexico North America 2.7% 2024
30 Singapore flag Singapore Asia 2.7% 2024
31 Uganda flag Uganda Africa 2.7% 2024
32 Korea, Rep. flag Korea, Rep. Asia 2.8% 2024
33 Senegal flag Senegal Africa 2.8% 2024
34 Poland flag Poland Europe 2.8% 2024
35 Ghana flag Ghana Africa 2.8% 2024
36 Myanmar flag Myanmar Asia 2.9% 2024
37 Liberia flag Liberia Africa 2.9% 2024
38 Mali flag Mali Africa 2.9% 2024
39 Hong Kong SAR, China flag Hong Kong SAR, China Asia 3.0% 2024
40 Nigeria flag Nigeria Africa 3.0% 2024
41 Madagascar flag Madagascar Africa 3.1% 2024
42 Malta flag Malta Europe 3.1% 2024
43 Sierra Leone flag Sierra Leone Africa 3.1% 2024
44 Jamaica flag Jamaica North America 3.2% 2024
45 Oman flag Oman Asia 3.2% 2024
46 El Salvador flag El Salvador North America 3.3% 2024
47 Bolivia flag Bolivia South America 3.3% 2024
48 Bhutan flag Bhutan Asia 3.3% 2024
49 Indonesia flag Indonesia Asia 3.3% 2024
50 Trinidad and Tobago flag Trinidad and Tobago North America 3.3% 2024
51 Ethiopia flag Ethiopia Africa 3.4% 2024
52 Germany flag Germany Europe 3.4% 2024
53 Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso Africa 3.4% 2024
54 Ecuador flag Ecuador South America 3.5% 2024
55 Belarus flag Belarus Europe 3.5% 2024
56 Kyrgyz Republic flag Kyrgyz Republic Asia 3.5% 2024
57 Taiwan flag Taiwan Asia 3.5% 2023
58 Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia Asia 3.5% 2024
59 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. flag Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Asia 3.5% 2024
60 Israel flag Israel Asia 3.6% 2024
61 Iceland flag Iceland Europe 3.6% 2024
62 Cameroon flag Cameroon Africa 3.6% 2024
63 Bangladesh flag Bangladesh Asia 3.6% 2024
64 Netherlands flag Netherlands Europe 3.7% 2024
65 Slovenia flag Slovenia Europe 3.7% 2024
66 Comoros flag Comoros Africa 3.8% 2024
67 Malaysia flag Malaysia Asia 3.8% 2024
68 Australia flag Australia Oceania 3.9% 2024
69 Norway flag Norway Europe 4.0% 2024
70 Turkmenistan flag Turkmenistan Asia 4.0% 2024
71 United States flag United States North America 4.0% 2024
72 India flag India Asia 4.2% 2024
73 Bulgaria flag Bulgaria Europe 4.2% 2024
74 Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka Asia 4.2% 2024
75 Maldives flag Maldives Asia 4.3% 2024
76 Ireland flag Ireland Europe 4.3% 2024
77 Switzerland flag Switzerland Europe 4.3% 2024
78 United Kingdom flag United Kingdom Europe 4.4% 2024
79 Congo, Dem. Rep. flag Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa 4.4% 2024
80 Uzbekistan flag Uzbekistan Asia 4.4% 2024
81 Hungary flag Hungary Europe 4.5% 2024
82 China flag China Asia 4.6% 2024
83 New Zealand flag New Zealand Oceania 4.7% 2024
84 Kazakhstan flag Kazakhstan Asia 4.8% 2024
85 Samoa flag Samoa Oceania 4.9% 2024
86 Cyprus flag Cyprus Asia 4.9% 2024
87 Honduras flag Honduras North America 4.9% 2024
88 Nicaragua flag Nicaragua North America 5.0% 2024
89 Vanuatu flag Vanuatu Oceania 5.0% 2024
90 Croatia flag Croatia Europe 5.0% 2024
91 Malawi flag Malawi Africa 5.1% 2024
92 Guinea flag Guinea Africa 5.1% 2024
93 Mongolia flag Mongolia Asia 5.2% 2024
94 Brunei Darussalam flag Brunei Darussalam Asia 5.2% 2024
95 Peru flag Peru South America 5.2% 2024
96 Austria flag Austria Europe 5.2% 2024
97 Guam flag Guam Oceania 5.3% 2024
98 Slovak Republic flag Slovak Republic Europe 5.3% 2024
99 Dominican Republic flag Dominican Republic North America 5.3% 2024
100 Venezuela, RB flag Venezuela, RB South America 5.3% 2024
101 Denmark flag Denmark Europe 5.4% 2024
102 Fiji flag Fiji Oceania 5.4% 2024
103 Romania flag Romania Europe 5.4% 2024
104 Kenya flag Kenya Africa 5.5% 2024
105 Pakistan flag Pakistan Asia 5.5% 2024
106 Mauritius flag Mauritius Africa 5.5% 2024
107 Puerto Rico (US) flag Puerto Rico (US) North America 5.6% 2024
108 Azerbaijan flag Azerbaijan Asia 5.6% 2024
109 Paraguay flag Paraguay South America 5.7% 2024
110 Belgium flag Belgium Europe 5.7% 2024
111 Zambia flag Zambia Africa 5.9% 2024
112 Eritrea flag Eritrea Africa 5.9% 2024
113 Central African Republic flag Central African Republic Africa 6.3% 2024
114 Canada flag Canada North America 6.4% 2024
115 Luxembourg flag Luxembourg Europe 6.4% 2024
116 Barbados flag Barbados North America 6.4% 2024
117 Gambia, The flag Gambia, The Africa 6.5% 2024
118 Italy flag Italy Europe 6.5% 2024
119 Portugal flag Portugal Europe 6.5% 2024
120 Mozambique flag Mozambique Africa 6.7% 2024
121 Brazil flag Brazil South America 6.8% 2024
122 Egypt, Arab Rep. flag Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa 6.8% 2024
123 Lithuania flag Lithuania Europe 6.9% 2024
124 Latvia flag Latvia Europe 6.9% 2024
125 Costa Rica flag Costa Rica North America 6.9% 2024
126 Tajikistan flag Tajikistan Asia 7.0% 2024
127 Argentina flag Argentina South America 7.2% 2024
128 Serbia flag Serbia Europe 7.2% 2024
129 France flag France Europe 7.4% 2024
130 Sudan flag Sudan Africa 7.5% 2022
131 Estonia flag Estonia Europe 7.6% 2024
132 Suriname flag Suriname South America 7.6% 2024
133 Iran, Islamic Rep. flag Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia 8.1% 2024
134 Uruguay flag Uruguay South America 8.2% 2024
135 Equatorial Guinea flag Equatorial Guinea Africa 8.3% 2024
136 Finland flag Finland Europe 8.4% 2024
137 Sweden flag Sweden Europe 8.4% 2024
138 Panama flag Panama North America 8.5% 2024
139 Belize flag Belize North America 8.7% 2024
140 Chile flag Chile South America 8.7% 2024
141 Turkiye flag Turkiye Asia 8.8% 2024
142 Bahamas, The flag Bahamas, The North America 9.0% 2024
143 Sao Tome and Principe flag Sao Tome and Principe Africa 9.1% 2024
144 Morocco flag Morocco Africa 9.1% 2024
145 Zimbabwe flag Zimbabwe Africa 9.4% 2024
146 Colombia flag Colombia South America 9.6% 2024
147 Ukraine flag Ukraine Europe 9.8% 2021
148 Greece flag Greece Europe 10.0% 2024
149 St. Lucia flag St. Lucia North America 10.2% 2024
150 Mauritania flag Mauritania Africa 10.3% 2024
151 Nepal flag Nepal Asia 10.5% 2024
152 Albania flag Albania Europe 10.7% 2024
153 Bosnia and Herzegovina flag Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 10.7% 2024
154 Lebanon flag Lebanon Asia 11.0% 2023
155 New Caledonia flag New Caledonia Oceania 11.0% 2024
156 Rwanda flag Rwanda Africa 11.3% 2024
157 Spain flag Spain Europe 11.4% 2024
158 Virgin Islands (U.S.) flag Virgin Islands (U.S.) North America 11.4% 2024
159 Georgia flag Georgia Asia 11.6% 2024
160 French Polynesia flag French Polynesia Oceania 11.6% 2024
161 Algeria flag Algeria Africa 11.7% 2024
162 Guyana flag Guyana South America 11.9% 2024
163 Cabo Verde flag Cabo Verde Africa 11.9% 2024
164 North Macedonia flag North Macedonia Europe 12.3% 2024
165 South Sudan flag South Sudan Africa 12.4% 2023
166 Armenia flag Armenia Asia 12.4% 2024
167 Montenegro flag Montenegro Europe 13.2% 2024
168 Syrian Arab Republic flag Syrian Arab Republic Asia 13.4% 2024
169 Afghanistan flag Afghanistan Asia 13.7% 2024
170 Angola flag Angola Africa 14.0% 2024
171 Haiti flag Haiti North America 14.6% 2024
172 Iraq flag Iraq Asia 15.3% 2024
173 Tunisia flag Tunisia Africa 15.3% 2024
174 Lesotho flag Lesotho Africa 16.3% 2024
175 Jordan flag Jordan Asia 16.7% 2024
176 Yemen, Rep. flag Yemen, Rep. Asia 17.0% 2024
177 St. Vincent and the Grenadines flag St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America 18.1% 2024
178 Somalia, Fed. Rep. flag Somalia, Fed. Rep. Africa 18.9% 2024
179 Libya flag Libya Africa 19.1% 2024
180 Namibia flag Namibia Africa 19.2% 2024
181 Congo, Rep. flag Congo, Rep. Africa 19.9% 2024
182 Gabon flag Gabon Africa 20.1% 2024
183 Botswana flag Botswana Africa 23.8% 2024
184 West Bank and Gaza flag West Bank and Gaza Asia 24.4% 2022
185 Djibouti flag Djibouti Africa 26.0% 2024
186 South Africa flag South Africa Africa 32.3% 2024
187 Eswatini flag Eswatini Africa 34.6% 2024
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