Unemployment rate (% of labour force)

Name: Unemployment rate (% of labour force)
Creator: World Bank

Every published economy, ranked by the latest year. Click a country in the list or the chart legend to show or hide it. Country desks cover a smaller set.

Year	Value
2025	32.39%
2024	32.28%
2023	32.10%
2022	33.27%
2021	34.01%
2020	29.22%
2019	28.47%
2018	26.91%
2017	27.04%
2016	26.54%
2015	25.15%
2014	24.89%
2013	24.56%
2012	24.73%
2011	24.64%
2010	24.68%
2009	23.52%
2008	22.41%
2007	22.26%
2006	22.30%
2005	22.47%
2004	22.57%
2003	22.68%
2002	22.58%

#CountryUnemploymentChangeYear

1Eswatini34.20%−0.44 pp2025

2South Africa32.39%+0.11 pp2025

3Djibouti26.02%+0.01 pp2025

4Botswana24.48%+0.67 pp2025

5West Bank and Gaza24.42%−1.97 pp2022

6Gabon20.15%+0.06 pp2025

7Congo, Rep.19.88%−0.02 pp2025

8Namibia19.29%+0.13 pp2025

9Somalia, Fed. Rep.18.95%−0.00 pp2025

10Libya18.76%−0.33 pp2025

11St. Vincent and the Grenadines18.00%−0.09 pp2025

12Yemen, Rep.17.32%+0.35 pp2025

13Jordan16.54%−0.16 pp2025

14Lesotho16.32%−0.02 pp2025

15Iraq15.48%+0.19 pp2025

16Tunisia15.11%−0.23 pp2025

17Haiti14.94%+0.34 pp2025

18Angola14.11%+0.09 pp2025

19Montenegro13.57%+0.37 pp2025

20Syrian Arab Republic13.57%+0.21 pp2025

21Afghanistan13.35%−0.34 pp2025

22Armenia12.87%+0.47 pp2025

23South Sudan12.37%−0.10 pp2023

24North Macedonia12.26%−0.01 pp2025

25Georgia12.10%+0.54 pp2025

26Guyana11.96%+0.09 pp2025

27Cabo Verde11.94%+0.06 pp2025

28French Polynesia11.66%+0.05 pp2025

29Algeria11.63%−0.02 pp2025

30Virgin Islands (U.S.)11.44%+0.02 pp2025

31Rwanda11.36%+0.03 pp2025

32New Caledonia11.17%+0.18 pp2025

33Bosnia and Herzegovina11.04%+0.35 pp2025

34Lebanon10.98%−0.12 pp2023

35Albania10.93%+0.24 pp2025

36Nepal10.46%−0.04 pp2025

37Spain10.38%−1.02 pp2025

38Mauritania10.32%+0.06 pp2025

39Ukraine9.83%+0.36 pp2021

40Finland9.46%+1.06 pp2025

41St. Lucia9.45%−0.75 pp2025

42Zimbabwe9.29%−0.14 pp2025

43Bahamas, The9.21%+0.16 pp2025

44Sao Tome and Principe9.13%+0.07 pp2025

45Morocco9.00%−0.10 pp2025

46Chile8.97%+0.26 pp2025

47Belize8.86%+0.16 pp2025

48Sweden8.69%+0.29 pp2025

49Greece8.54%−1.48 pp2025

50Turkiye8.52%−0.28 pp2025

51Panama8.36%−0.09 pp2025

52Equatorial Guinea8.34%+0.04 pp2025

53Estonia8.31%+0.71 pp2025

54Iran, Islamic Rep.8.30%+0.15 pp2025

55Colombia8.29%−1.33 pp2025

56Suriname7.83%+0.21 pp2025

57France7.54%+0.14 pp2025

58Sudan7.53%−3.56 pp2022

59Uruguay7.52%−0.69 pp2025

60Argentina7.14%−0.01 pp2025

61Serbia7.12%−0.12 pp2025

62Tajikistan6.93%−0.11 pp2025

63Canada6.91%+0.56 pp2025

64Costa Rica6.84%−0.09 pp2025

65Egypt, Arab Rep.6.78%−0.04 pp2025

66Lithuania6.73%−0.12 pp2025

67Mozambique6.63%−0.04 pp2025

68Latvia6.57%−0.33 pp2025

69Barbados6.52%+0.08 pp2025

70Gambia, The6.52%+0.04 pp2025

71Italy6.39%−0.11 pp2025

72Luxembourg6.34%−0.06 pp2025

73Euro area6.28%−0.06 pp2025

74Central African Republic6.25%−0.00 pp2025

75Channel Islands6.17%+0.14 pp2025

76Portugal6.16%−0.34 pp2025

77Romania5.99%+0.59 pp2025

78Puerto Rico (US)5.99%+0.35 pp2025

79Eritrea5.98%+0.03 pp2025

80Brazil5.97%−0.83 pp2025

81Zambia5.92%+0.02 pp2025

82Belgium5.91%+0.21 pp2025

83Mauritius5.63%+0.09 pp2025

84Austria5.58%+0.38 pp2025

85Guam5.57%+0.32 pp2025

86Denmark5.53%+0.17 pp2025

87Azerbaijan5.46%−0.19 pp2025

88Kenya5.45%−0.04 pp2025

89Pakistan5.42%−0.07 pp2025

90Slovak Republic5.36%+0.06 pp2025

91Fiji5.35%−0.01 pp2025

92Venezuela, RB5.31%−0.01 pp2025

93Brunei Darussalam5.28%+0.10 pp2025

94Mongolia5.23%+0.07 pp2025

95Guinea5.16%+0.03 pp2025

96Peru5.12%−0.08 pp2025

97Dominican Republic5.09%−0.22 pp2025

98New Zealand5.08%+0.35 pp2025

99Vanuatu5.07%+0.08 pp2025

100Malawi5.07%+0.02 pp2025

101Nicaragua5.04%+0.06 pp2025

102Croatia5.00%+0.00 pp2025

103Samoa5.00%+0.14 pp2025

104Cyprus4.92%+0.02 pp2025

105Honduras4.92%+0.01 pp2025

106Switzerland4.87%+0.53 pp2025

107Paraguay4.80%−0.88 pp2025

108Kazakhstan4.77%−0.06 pp2025

109United Kingdom4.75%+0.39 pp2025

110Norway4.64%+0.64 pp2025

111Ireland4.63%+0.33 pp2025

112Uzbekistan4.62%+0.18 pp2025

113China4.62%+0.03 pp2025

114Hungary4.52%+0.02 pp2025

115Maldives4.51%+0.24 pp2025

116San Marino4.50%+0.10 pp2025

117Congo, Dem. Rep.4.43%+0.01 pp2025

118Turkmenistan4.27%+0.25 pp2025

119India4.22%+0.05 pp2025

120United States4.20%+0.18 pp2025 121Australia4.09%+0.15 pp2025

122Sri Lanka4.00%−0.23 pp2025

123Netherlands3.87%+0.17 pp2025

124Comoros3.82%+0.00 pp2025

125Bangladesh3.78%+0.14 pp2025

126Malaysia3.76%−0.08 pp2025

127Germany3.71%+0.31 pp2025

128Iceland3.62%+0.02 pp2025

129Cameroon3.60%−0.00 pp2025

130Aruba3.60%−0.70 pp2025

131Korea, Dem. People's Rep.3.54%+0.01 pp2025

132Bulgaria3.54%−0.66 pp2025

133Kyrgyz Republic3.53%+0.03 pp2025

134Liechtenstein3.50%+0.20 pp2025

135Israel3.49%−0.11 pp2025

136Burkina Faso3.48%+0.04 pp2025

137Taiwan3.40%0.00 pp2025

138Belarus3.38%−0.08 pp2025

139Trinidad and Tobago3.33%+0.01 pp2025

140Ethiopia3.32%−0.03 pp2025

141Ecuador3.31%−0.15 pp2025

142El Salvador3.30%+0.04 pp2025

143Jamaica3.29%+0.14 pp2025

144Oman3.25%+0.05 pp2025

145Indonesia3.24%−0.06 pp2025

146Bhutan3.23%−0.06 pp2025

147Slovenia3.17%−0.53 pp2025

148Sierra Leone3.15%+0.05 pp2025

149Nigeria3.06%+0.02 pp2025

150Myanmar3.05%+0.16 pp2025

151Madagascar3.04%−0.01 pp2025

152Saudi Arabia3.04%−0.48 pp2025

153Ghana2.98%+0.16 pp2025

154Poland2.98%+0.17 pp2025

155Bolivia2.97%−0.31 pp2025

156Malta2.90%−0.20 pp2025

157Liberia2.88%−0.03 pp2025

158Mali2.83%−0.09 pp2025

159Czechia2.83%+0.23 pp2025

160Singapore2.82%+0.08 pp2025

161Hong Kong SAR, China2.80%−0.19 pp2025

162Uganda2.75%+0.01 pp2025

163Senegal2.73%−0.05 pp2025

164Korea, Rep.2.68%−0.10 pp2025

165Guinea-Bissau2.67%+0.03 pp2025

166Mexico2.67%−0.00 pp2025

167Guatemala2.60%−0.01 pp2025

168Seychelles2.60%0.00 pp2025

169Papua New Guinea2.57%−0.05 pp2025

170Japan2.45%−0.05 pp2025

171Macao SAR, China2.35%+0.08 pp2025

172Cote d'Ivoire2.32%+0.05 pp2025

173Philippines2.23%+0.03 pp2025

174Kuwait2.18%+0.03 pp2025

175United Arab Emirates2.17%+0.01 pp2025

176Russian Federation2.13%−0.30 pp2025

177Tonga2.01%+0.04 pp2025

178Togo2.00%+0.05 pp2025

179Cuba1.75%−0.01 pp2025

180Timor-Leste1.59%+0.07 pp2025

181Benin1.59%−0.05 pp2025

182Tanzania1.57%+0.02 pp2025

183Viet Nam1.52%−0.08 pp2025

184Moldova1.50%+0.08 pp2025

185Solomon Islands1.43%−0.01 pp2025

186Lao PDR1.19%+0.01 pp2025

187Bahrain1.10%+0.02 pp2025

188Andorra1.10%−0.40 pp2025

189Chad1.06%+0.00 pp2025

190Burundi0.92%+0.01 pp2025

191Thailand0.78%0.00 pp2025

192Niger0.39%+0.02 pp2025

193Cambodia0.26%+0.01 pp2025

194Qatar0.13%0.00 pp2025

What the unemployment rate is

Unemployment as a percent of the labour force from World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS, ILO modelled estimates), with IMF WEO for Taiwan. Ranked by each economy’s latest published year. Click a legend chip or a table row (without a desk link) to add or remove a line.

Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).

Reading this series

This series is the unemployment rate: people without work who are available for and actively seeking work, as a share of the labour force. The labour force is the employed plus the unemployed; students, retirees and unpaid carers are outside it. The source is World Bank Open Data indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS, an ILO modelled estimate, so the definition is held constant across economies rather than taken from each national survey. Taiwan’s headline rate is republished from the IMF World Economic Outlook.

The chart plots annual observations for the economies you select; the range buttons shorten the window and the legend or table adds and removes lines. The ranked ledger shows each economy’s latest published year, and those years differ, so read the year label before comparing. Modelled estimates are revised when national data change, so a rebuild can print a different past value. Read this rate with participation and the employment ratio, because unemployment can fall when people leave the labour force as well as when they find work.