Data

Unemployment rate by Country

Unemployment by country, ranked. All 195 countries ranked by unemployment rate, with Magna grades and factbook links.

Eswatini tops the unemployment rate ranking at 34.4%, ahead of South Africa (33.2%). 179 countries carry a published figure; this ranking is compiled and ordered by the Bureau from national sources.

The Magna grade shown alongside is our own 0–100 structural-power composite — our assessment, not a source mirror.

Top 10

#	Country	Unemployment rate	Grade
1	Eswatini	34.4%	MCC
2	South Africa	33.2%	MCB
3	Djibouti	25.9%	MCC
4	Palestine	24.5%	MCB
5	Botswana	23.2%	MCC
6	Gabon	20.1%	MCC
7	Congo (Brazzaville)	19.7%	MCC
8	Namibia	19.2%	MCB
9	Somalia	18.9%	MCD
10	Libya	18.7%	MCB

All countries ranked by unemployment rate179 countries

#	Country	Unemployment rate
1	Eswatini	34.4%
2	South Africa	33.2%
3	Djibouti	25.9%
4	Palestine	24.5%
5	Botswana	23.2%
6	Gabon	20.1%
7	Congo (Brazzaville)	19.7%
8	Namibia	19.2%
9	Somalia	18.9%
10	Libya	18.7%
11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.1%
12	Jordan	18.0%
13	Yemen	17.1%
14	Tunisia	16.3%
15	Lesotho	16.2%
16	Iraq	15.6%
17	Haiti	15.1%
18	Angola	14.5%
19	Montenegro	14.1%
20	North Macedonia	13.5%
21	Armenia	13.4%
22	Afghanistan	13.3%
23	Syria	13.0%
24	South Sudan	12.5%
25	Rwanda	12.0%
26	Cabo Verde	11.9%
27	Tajikistan	11.7%
28	Lebanon	11.6%
29	Algeria	11.5%
30	Georgia	11.5%
31	Sudan	11.4%
32	Spain	11.4%
33	Saint Lucia	11.0%
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.8%
35	Nepal	10.8%
36	Mauritania	10.4%
37	Albania	10.3%
38	Greece	10.2%
39	Guyana	10.2%
40	Ukraine	9.9%
41	Colombia	9.7%
42	Iran	9.2%
43	Sao Tome and Principe	9.2%
44	Chile	9.1%
45	Morocco	9.0%
46	Sweden	8.6%
47	Zimbabwe	8.6%
48	The Bahamas	8.5%
49	Turkey	8.5%
50	Uruguay	8.5%
51	Finland	8.3%
52	Argentina	7.9%
53	Costa Rica	7.9%
54	Estonia	7.9%
55	Equatorial Guinea	7.9%
56	Brazil	7.7%
57	Barbados	7.6%
58	Lithuania	7.6%
59	France	7.4%
60	Serbia	7.4%
61	Suriname	7.4%
62	Egypt	7.2%
63	Belize	7.0%
64	Italy	6.8%
65	Latvia	6.8%
66	Panama	6.6%
67	Canada	6.5%
68	The Gambia	6.5%
69	Portugal	6.4%
70	Honduras	6.1%
71	Paraguay	6.1%
72	Luxembourg	6.0%
73	Zambia	6.0%
74	CT	5.9%
75	Cyprus	5.7%
76	Azerbaijan	5.6%
77	Denmark	5.6%
78	Eritrea	5.6%
79	Austria	5.5%
80	Belgium	5.5%
81	The Dominican	5.5%
82	Kenya	5.5%
83	Mongolia	5.5%
84	Mauritius	5.5%
85	Pakistan	5.5%
86	Venezuela	5.5%
87	Romania	5.4%
88	Guinea	5.3%
89	Croatia	5.3%
90	Slovakia	5.3%
91	Burkina Faso	5.2%
92	Brunei	5.2%
93	Malawi	5.1%
94	Vanuatu	5.1%
95	Sri Lanka	5.0%
96	Jamaica	4.9%
97	New Zealand	4.9%
98	Peru	4.9%
99	Ecuador	4.8%
100	Kazakhstan	4.8%
101	Bangladesh	4.7%
102	Maldives	4.7%
103	DRC	4.6%
104	China	4.6%
105	Nicaragua	4.6%
106	Trinidad and Tobago	4.6%
107	Samoa	4.6%
108	Hungary	4.5%
109	Uzbekistan	4.5%
110	Fiji	4.4%
111	Ireland	4.4%
112	Turkmenistan	4.4%
113	India	4.3%
114	Bulgaria	4.2%
115	Switzerland	4.2%
116	United Kingdom	4.2%
117	United States	4.2%
118	Australia	4.1%
119	Norway	4.0%
120	Comoros	3.9%
121	Malaysia	3.9%
122	Saudi Arabia	3.9%
123	Cameroon	3.6%
124	Mozambique	3.6%
125	Netherlands	3.6%
126	Germany	3.5%
127	Belarus	3.4%
128	Ethiopia	3.4%
129	Slovenia	3.4%
130	Indonesia	3.3%
131	Kyrgyzstan	3.3%
132	Israel	3.2%
133	Iceland	3.2%
134	Oman	3.2%
135	Singapore	3.2%
136	Sierra Leone	3.2%
137	Bolivia	3.1%
138	Ghana	3.1%
139	Madagascar	3.1%
140	Mali	3.1%
141	Burma	3.1%
142	Nigeria	3.0%
143	Senegal	3.0%
144	Uganda	3.0%
145	Bhutan	2.9%
146	North Korea	2.9%
147	Liberia	2.9%
148	El Salvador	2.9%
149	Malta	2.8%
150	Mexico	2.8%
151	Papua New Guinea	2.8%
152	Guinea-Bissau	2.7%
153	South Korea	2.7%
154	Czechia	2.6%
155	Japan	2.6%
156	Russia	2.6%
157	Tanzania	2.6%
158	Poland	2.5%
159	Côte d'Ivoire	2.3%
160	Guatemala	2.3%
161	AE	2.2%
162	Kuwait	2.2%
163	Philippines	2.2%
164	Tonga	2.2%
165	Togo	2.0%
166	Benin	1.8%
167	Timor-Leste	1.7%
168	Cuba	1.6%
169	Moldova	1.5%
170	Solomon Islands	1.5%
171	Vietnam	1.5%
172	Laos	1.3%
173	Bahrain	1.2%
174	Chad	1.1%
175	Burundi	1.0%
176	Thailand	0.7%
177	Niger	0.4%
178	Cambodia	0.3%
179	Qatar	0.2%

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