Unemployment

Female unemployment (% of female labour force)

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.

YearValue
202534.00%
202434.44%
202334.56%
202235.38%
202136.30%
202031.00%
201930.48%
201829.01%
201729.22%
201628.95%
201527.49%
201426.98%
201326.49%
201227.01%
201127.15%
201026.94%
200925.50%
200825.68%
200725.52%
200625.57%
200525.77%
200425.89%
200326.03%
200225.94%
#CountryFemaleChangeYear
1West Bank and Gaza40.00%−2.51 pp2022
2Eswatini36.03%−1.00 pp2025
3Djibouti35.43%−0.10 pp2025
4South Africa34.00%−0.44 pp2025
5Yemen, Rep.30.34%+0.89 pp2025
6Iraq30.09%+0.44 pp2025
7Gabon28.58%−0.07 pp2025
8Botswana27.88%+0.32 pp2025
9Syrian Arab Republic26.08%+0.76 pp2025
10Libya25.19%−0.18 pp2025
11Afghanistan25.00%−1.09 pp2025
12Somalia, Fed. Rep.24.58%−0.06 pp2025
13Jordan23.34%+0.20 pp2025
14Congo, Rep.21.12%−0.12 pp2025
15Algeria20.65%−0.41 pp2025
16Tunisia20.41%−0.30 pp2025
17Lesotho18.45%−0.12 pp2025
18Namibia18.40%+0.45 pp2025
19Haiti18.03%+0.21 pp2025
20St. Vincent and the Grenadines15.97%−0.23 pp2025
21Iran, Islamic Rep.15.59%+0.48 pp2025
22Egypt, Arab Rep.15.31%+0.03 pp2025
23Mauritania14.74%−0.15 pp2025
24Lebanon14.48%−0.11 pp2023
25Angola14.26%−0.05 pp2025
26Montenegro14.24%+0.02 pp2025
27Sudan14.01%−5.82 pp2022
28Armenia13.76%+0.60 pp2025
29South Sudan13.59%−0.10 pp2023
30Belize13.46%+0.02 pp2025
31Guyana13.44%+0.21 pp2025
32Bosnia and Herzegovina13.26%+0.45 pp2025
33Rwanda12.83%−0.46 pp2025
34French Polynesia12.54%−0.07 pp2025
35Virgin Islands (U.S.)12.22%+0.04 pp2025
36New Caledonia12.08%+0.38 pp2025
37Spain11.94%−0.79 pp2025
38Nepal11.82%−0.17 pp2025
39Turkiye11.65%−0.28 pp2025
40Cabo Verde11.39%+0.07 pp2025
41Greece11.33%−1.31 pp2025
42Albania11.18%+0.20 pp2025
43Oman11.14%−0.29 pp2025
44North Macedonia11.12%+0.14 pp2025
45Suriname10.84%+0.16 pp2025
46St. Lucia10.73%−0.44 pp2025
47Georgia10.66%+0.47 pp2025
48Morocco10.63%−0.13 pp2025
49Colombia10.51%−1.40 pp2025
50Panama10.42%−0.75 pp2025
51Ukraine10.15%+1.08 pp2021
52Saudi Arabia9.69%−1.18 pp2025
53Chile9.62%+0.12 pp2025
54Zimbabwe9.37%−0.23 pp2025
55Equatorial Guinea9.29%−0.06 pp2025
56Sao Tome and Principe9.28%+0.10 pp2025
57Bahamas, The9.16%+0.58 pp2025
58Finland8.87%+1.29 pp2025
59Uruguay8.65%−0.75 pp2025
60Sweden8.60%+0.10 pp2025
61Argentina8.14%+0.22 pp2025
62Estonia8.03%+0.48 pp2025
63Costa Rica7.79%+0.01 pp2025
64Dominican Republic7.70%−0.51 pp2025
65Mauritius7.62%+0.16 pp2025
66France7.54%+0.29 pp2025
67Serbia7.50%+0.06 pp2025
68Brazil7.33%−1.05 pp2025
69Italy7.32%+0.02 pp2025
70Samoa7.29%−0.18 pp2025
71Mozambique7.17%−0.16 pp2025
72Central African Republic7.00%−0.03 pp2025
73Barbados6.96%+0.15 pp2025
74Pakistan6.94%−0.40 pp2025
75Fiji6.87%−0.18 pp2025
76Kenya6.74%−0.18 pp2025
77Eritrea6.72%+0.01 pp2025
78Euro area6.63%+0.03 pp2025
79Uzbekistan6.63%+0.07 pp2025
80Canada6.56%+0.55 pp2025
81Portugal6.53%−0.37 pp2025
82Sri Lanka6.48%−0.33 pp2025
83Luxembourg6.47%+0.23 pp2025
84Channel Islands6.46%+0.25 pp2025
85Honduras6.40%−0.10 pp2025
86Lithuania6.35%−0.03 pp2025
87Azerbaijan6.26%−0.25 pp2025
88Vanuatu6.24%−0.03 pp2025
89Zambia6.16%+0.08 pp2025
90Gambia, The6.12%+0.34 pp2025
91Paraguay6.10%−1.28 pp2025
92Kuwait6.02%−0.06 pp2025
93Malawi6.01%+0.01 pp2025
94Venezuela, RB5.83%−0.01 pp2025
95Peru5.78%−0.34 pp2025
96Slovak Republic5.77%−0.11 pp2025
97Denmark5.72%+0.18 pp2025
98Belgium5.63%+0.36 pp2025
99Romania5.56%+0.51 pp2025
100Latvia5.52%−0.28 pp2025
101Kazakhstan5.46%−0.01 pp2025
102Cyprus5.46%+0.28 pp2025
103Guam5.39%+0.42 pp2025
104New Zealand5.28%+0.36 pp2025
105Brunei Darussalam5.27%+0.06 pp2025
106Austria5.17%+0.45 pp2025
107Nicaragua5.16%+0.07 pp2025
108Croatia5.13%+0.13 pp2025
109Puerto Rico (US)5.07%+0.44 pp2025
110Switzerland5.04%+0.48 pp2025
111Guinea5.04%−0.17 pp2025
112Ethiopia4.53%−0.12 pp2025
113Ireland4.53%+0.23 pp2025
114Mongolia4.50%+0.17 pp2025
115United Kingdom4.41%+0.27 pp2025
116Comoros4.40%−0.07 pp2025
117Hungary4.40%+0.00 pp2025
118Norway4.34%+0.56 pp2025
119Jamaica4.29%+0.20 pp2025
120Burkina Faso4.26%−0.16 pp2025
121United Arab Emirates4.18%−0.16 pp2025
122United States4.18%+0.27 pp2025
123Cameroon4.14%−0.03 pp2025
124India4.14%+0.05 pp2025
125Ecuador4.10%−0.26 pp2025
126Bhutan4.09%−0.03 pp2025
127Netherlands4.08%+0.22 pp2025
128Maldives4.08%+0.44 pp2025
129Australia4.05%+0.22 pp2025
130China4.00%+0.01 pp2025
131Kyrgyz Republic4.00%−0.19 pp2025
132Tajikistan4.00%−0.11 pp2025
133Nigeria3.88%−0.19 pp2025
134Trinidad and Tobago3.88%+0.04 pp2025
135Malaysia3.86%−0.16 pp2025
136Bangladesh3.67%+0.23 pp2025
137Korea, Dem. People's Rep.3.65%−0.00 pp2025
138Bahrain3.63%−0.04 pp2025
139El Salvador3.57%−0.07 pp2025
140Congo, Dem. Rep.3.54%−0.05 pp2025
141Myanmar3.54%+0.01 pp2025
142Germany3.41%+0.28 pp2025
143Slovenia3.40%−0.57 pp2025
144Israel3.37%−0.04 pp2025
145Iceland3.35%+0.02 pp2025
146Madagascar3.31%−0.00 pp2025
147Czechia3.31%+0.33 pp2025
148Bolivia3.31%−0.37 pp2025
149Uganda3.29%−0.03 pp2025
150Bulgaria3.29%−0.64 pp2025
151Guatemala3.26%−0.06 pp2025
152Ghana3.22%+0.11 pp2025
153Poland3.15%+0.15 pp2025
154Senegal3.11%−0.22 pp2025
155Indonesia3.01%−0.06 pp2025
156Mali3.01%−0.06 pp2025
157Singapore2.87%+0.17 pp2025
158Malta2.83%−0.16 pp2025
159Mexico2.73%+0.03 pp2025
160Korea, Rep.2.69%−0.13 pp2025
161Belarus2.68%−0.09 pp2025
162Cote d'Ivoire2.62%+0.09 pp2025
163Tonga2.54%+0.07 pp2025
164Turkmenistan2.48%+0.09 pp2025
165Philippines2.48%−0.01 pp2025
166Japan2.30%−0.04 pp2025
167Hong Kong SAR, China2.27%−0.10 pp2025
168Tanzania2.22%+0.02 pp2025
169Liberia2.22%−0.03 pp2025
170Russian Federation2.21%−0.31 pp2025
171Sierra Leone2.10%+0.00 pp2025
172Papua New Guinea2.09%−0.05 pp2025
173Macao SAR, China2.05%+0.06 pp2025
174Togo2.03%−0.07 pp2025
175Guinea-Bissau1.91%+0.08 pp2025
176Cuba1.89%+0.00 pp2025
177Timor-Leste1.63%+0.09 pp2025
178Solomon Islands1.42%−0.08 pp2025
179Benin1.38%−0.06 pp2025
180Viet Nam1.36%−0.11 pp2025
181Moldova1.23%−0.01 pp2025
182Lao PDR0.91%+0.05 pp2025
183Thailand0.81%−0.01 pp2025
184Burundi0.81%−0.00 pp2025
185Chad0.69%−0.04 pp2025
186Qatar0.39%+0.01 pp2025
187Niger0.30%+0.03 pp2025
188Cambodia0.23%+0.03 pp2025

What female unemployment is

Female unemployment (SL.UEM.TOTL.FE.ZS, ILO modelled). Ranked by each economy’s latest published year.

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