Data

Unemployment rate by Country

Unemployment by country, ranked. All 195 countries ranked by unemployment rate, with Magna Power scores 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 Power score shown alongside is our own 0–100 structural-power composite — our assessment, not a source mirror.

Top 10

#	Country	Unemployment rate	Power
1	Eswatini	34.4%	12.4/100
2	South Africa	33.2%	61.47/100
3	Djibouti	25.9%	35.36/100
4	Palestine	24.5%	16.2/100
5	Botswana	23.2%	34.42/100
6	Gabon	20.1%	48.92/100
7	Congo (Brazzaville)	19.7%	31.67/100
8	Namibia	19.2%	49.11/100
9	Somalia	18.9%	16.58/100
10	Libya	18.7%	60.75/100

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	China	4.6%
104	DRC	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	Iceland	3.2%
133	Israel	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	Liberia	2.9%
147	North Korea	2.9%
148	El Salvador	2.9%
149	Mexico	2.8%
150	Malta	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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