Unemployment Rate by Country (2024)

World rankings for Unemployment Rate. Lower values rank higher. Based on latest available data.

# Country Value CAGR 1Y
1 Qatar 0.1% -5.6% 0.0% 2 Cambodia 0.3% -3.3% -0.8% 3 Thailand 0.8% -3.6% 6.6% 4 Burundi 0.9% -3.7% 0.4% 5 Chad 1.1% 1.4% -0.6% 6 Bahrain 1.1% 0.1% 3.3% 7 Laos 1.2% -2.3% -1.0% 8 Moldova 1.4% -0.9% -9.1% 9 Solomon Islands 1.4% -0.9% 0.1% 10 Timor-Leste 1.5% -2.4% -0.1% 11 Tanzania 1.6% -2.5% -0.5% 12 Vietnam 1.6% -0.9% -2.6% 13 Benin 1.6% 0.0% -0.2% 14 Cuba 1.8% -4.6% 1.5% 15 Togo 1.9% -2.2% 0.3% 16 Tonga 2.0% 1.1% 19.0% 17 Kuwait 2.2% 2.7% 3.4% 18 United Arab Emirates 2.2% 0.9% 0.4% 19 Philippines 2.2% -1.6% 0.1% 20 Ivory Coast 2.3% -3.2% 0.4% 21 Russia 2.4% -2.2% -21.0% 22 Japan 2.5% 0.6% -3.9% 23 Czechia 2.6% 0.4% 0.8% 24 Guatemala 2.6% 0.5% 11.5% 25 Papua New Guinea 2.6% -0.2% -0.9% 26 Guinea-Bissau 2.6% -0.4% 0.6% 27 Mexico 2.7% -0.5% -3.2% 28 Singapore 2.7% 0.7% -20.5% 29 Uganda 2.7% -0.7% -0.5% 30 South Korea 2.8% 0.4% 4.1% 31 Senegal 2.8% -0.1% 0.1% 32 Poland 2.8% -4.7% 2.3% 33 Ghana 2.8% -0.6% -0.3% 34 Myanmar 2.9% 3.9% -3.0% 35 Liberia 2.9% 0.2% 0.3% 36 Mali 2.9% 2.3% -0.8% 37 Niger 3.0% -0.7% -0.9% 38 Nigeria 3.0% -0.7% -0.9% 39 Madagascar 3.1% -2.1% 0.2% 40 Malta 3.1% -2.1% -10.9% 41 Sierra Leone 3.1% -0.9% 0.4% 42 Jamaica 3.2% -2.0% 4.3% 43 Oman 3.2% -0.7% 0.9% 44 El Salvador 3.3% -2.5% 9.0% 45 Bolivia 3.3% 0.3% 8.3% 46 Bhutan 3.3% 2.7% 5.0% 47 Indonesia 3.3% 0.7% -0.2% 48 Trinidad and Tobago 3.3% -5.1% -1.3% 49 Ethiopia 3.4% 0.1% -0.5% 50 Germany 3.4% -1.3% 10.7% 51 Burkina Faso 3.4% 1.0% -4.4% 52 Ecuador 3.5% -0.7% -1.6% 53 Belarus 3.5% 5.5% -0.1% 54 Kyrgyzstan 3.5% 3.9% -0.2% 55 Saudi Arabia 3.5% -2.2% -12.2% 56 North Korea 3.5% 0.7% 2.2% 57 Israel 3.6% -3.9% 6.6% 58 Iceland 3.6% 1.1% 2.3% 59 Cameroon 3.6% -2.7% -0.1% 60 Bangladesh 3.6% 1.5% 8.4% 61 Netherlands 3.7% -2.0% 4.7% 62 Slovenia 3.7% -1.9% 1.3% 63 Comoros 3.8% -0.7% -0.5% 64 Malaysia 3.8% 0.1% -0.3% 65 Australia 3.9% -2.7% 7.5% 66 Norway 4.0% -0.9% 11.9% 67 Turkmenistan 4.0% 3.2% 0.3% 68 India 4.2% -1.8% 0.0% 69 Bulgaria 4.2% -2.9% -2.8% 70 Sri Lanka 4.2% -3.7% -6.4% 71 Maldives 4.3% 5.3% 6.4% 72 Ireland 4.3% -3.9% 1.3% 73 United States 4.3% 0.3% 7.5% 74 Switzerland 4.3% 2.7% 7.4% 75 United Kingdom 4.4% -2.0% 8.4% 76 DR Congo 4.4% 0.9% -1.1% 77 Uzbekistan 4.4% 2.6% 0.1% 78 Hungary 4.5% -1.9% 9.9% 79 China 4.6% 2.0% -1.7% 80 New Zealand 4.7% -2.4% 26.5% 81 Kazakhstan 4.8% 5.2% 0.0% 82 Samoa 4.9% 2.6% -1.3% 83 Cyprus 4.9% 1.5% -16.0% 84 Honduras 4.9% 0.2% -19.1% 85 Nicaragua 5.0% -1.4% 6.0% 86 Vanuatu 5.0% -1.4% -0.5% 87 Croatia 5.0% -2.4% -18.3% 88 Malawi 5.1% 0.1% 0.8% 89 Guinea 5.1% 0.4% -0.2% 90 Mongolia 5.2% -0.3% -0.4% 91 Brunei 5.2% 0.3% -2.2% 92 Peru 5.2% 0.2% 6.1% 93 Austria 5.2% 1.3% -1.2% 94 Slovakia 5.3% -2.5% -9.3% 95 Dominica 5.3% -0.8% -4.4% 96 Dominican Republic 5.3% -0.8% -4.4% 97 Venezuela 5.3% -1.7% -1.6% 98 Denmark 5.4% -1.6% 5.2% 99 Fiji 5.4% 0.5% 0.9% 100 Romania 5.4% -1.3% -3.4% 101 Kenya 5.5% 2.1% 1.4% 102 Pakistan 5.5% 7.0% 4.9% 103 Mauritius 5.5% -1.6% -0.4% 104 Azerbaijan 5.6% 5.7% 0.1% 105 Paraguay 5.7% 0.3% -1.9% 106 Belgium 5.7% -0.6% 2.8% 107 Zambia 5.9% -3.5% 0.6% 108 Eritrea 5.9% 0.4% 0.6% 109 Central African Republic 6.3% 0.3% 1.2% 110 Canada 6.4% -1.5% 17.3% 111 Luxembourg 6.4% 4.5% 23.5% 112 Barbados 6.4% -3.7% -1.4% 113 Gambia 6.5% -1.2% 0.0% 114 Italy 6.5% -1.3% -14.8% 115 Portugal 6.5% 1.5% 0.0% 116 Mozambique 6.7% 2.6% 0.1% 117 Brazil 6.8% 0.0% -14.4% 118 Egypt 6.8% -1.0% 1.0% 119 Lithuania 6.9% 5.7% 0.2% 120 Latvia 6.9% 2.9% 6.7% 121 Costa Rica 6.9% 0.8% -16.7% 122 Tajikistan 7.0% 4.2% 0.1% 123 Argentina 7.2% 0.8% 16.5% 124 Serbia 7.2% -1.8% -12.4% 125 France 7.4% -0.6% 0.9% 126 Sudan 7.5% -2.3% -32.1% 127 Estonia 7.6% 5.1% 19.2% 128 Suriname 7.6% -2.4% -1.0% 129 Iran 8.1% -0.9% 0.2% 130 Uruguay 8.2% -0.3% -1.8% 131 Equatorial Guinea 8.3% 0.7% 0.9% 132 Finland 8.4% 0.8% 17.5% 133 Sweden 8.4% 2.9% 10.4% 134 Panama 8.5% 0.8% 29.1% 135 Belize 8.7% -0.3% 5.1% 136 Chile 8.7% 1.6% -3.3% 137 Turkey 8.8% 0.2% -6.3% 138 Bahamas 9.0% -0.9% 4.7% 139 Sao Tome and Principe 9.1% -1.4% 0.3% 140 Morocco 9.1% -1.2% 2.3% 141 Zimbabwe 9.4% 2.1% 0.9% 142 Colombia 9.6% -0.2% 0.3% 143 Ukraine 9.8% 5.6% 3.8% 144 Greece 10.0% 0.9% -9.1% 145 Saint Lucia 10.2% -1.5% -15.7% 146 Mauritania 10.3% 0.1% -1.1% 147 Nepal 10.5% 0.0% 0.6% 148 Albania 10.7% 0.1% 0.2% 149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.7% -1.5% 0.2% 150 Lebanon 11.0% 0.8% -1.1% 151 Rwanda 11.3% -0.3% -8.3% 152 Spain 11.4% -1.0% -6.4% 153 Georgia 11.6% 4.5% 0.1% 154 Algeria 11.7% -1.7% 0.1% 155 Guyana 11.9% -0.1% -0.4% 156 Cape Verde 11.9% -0.4% 0.0% 157 North Macedonia 12.3% -2.1% -6.9% 158 South Sudan 12.4% 0.0% -0.8% 159 Armenia 12.4% 6.1% 0.0% 160 Montenegro 13.2% -2.5% 0.5% 161 Syria 13.4% 2.1% 0.7% 162 Afghanistan 13.7% 1.7% -2.3% 163 Angola 14.0% -0.5% -0.2% 164 Haiti 14.6% 2.1% 1.0% 165 Iraq 15.3% 1.7% 0.4% 166 Tunisia 15.3% -0.1% 1.6% 167 Lesotho 16.3% 0.2% -0.1% 168 Jordan 16.7% -0.8% 0.4% 169 Yemen 17.0% 2.1% 0.2% 170 Saint Vincent 18.1% -0.3% -1.4% 171 Somalia 18.9% 0.0% -0.1% 172 Libya 19.1% 0.1% 2.0% 173 Namibia 19.2% 0.0% 0.0% 174 Congo Republic 19.9% 0.0% -0.1% 175 Gabon 20.1% 0.5% -0.4% 176 Botswana 23.8% 1.7% 1.8% 177 Palestine 24.4% 2.7% -7.5% 178 Djibouti 26.0% 0.0% -0.3% 179 South Africa 32.3% 1.0% 0.6% 180 Eswatini 34.6% 1.6% 0.1%

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