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Countries Ranked by Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Showing every country with available data for 2025 • World Bank: SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ilo estimate) data for 2025, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 182 countries reporting, the median value is 5.08, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

French Polynesia

11.66

Europe & Central Asia

Montenegro

13.57

Latin America & Caribbean

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

18.00

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Djibouti

26.02

North America

Canada

6.91

South Asia

Nepal

10.47

Sub-Saharan Africa

Eswatini

34.20

Rank Country Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
1 Eswatini 34.20
2 South Africa 32.39
3 Djibouti 26.02
4 Botswana 24.48
5 Gabon 20.15
6 Congo, Rep. 19.88
7 Namibia 19.29
8 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 18.95
9 Libya 18.76
10 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 18.00
11 Yemen, Rep. 17.32
12 Jordan 16.54
13 Lesotho 16.32
14 Iraq 15.49
15 Tunisia 15.11
16 Haiti 14.94
17 Angola 14.11
18 Montenegro 13.57
19 Syrian Arab Republic 13.57
20 Afghanistan 13.35
21 Armenia 12.87
22 North Macedonia 12.26
23 Georgia 12.10
24 Guyana 11.96
25 Cabo Verde 11.94
26 French Polynesia 11.66
27 Algeria 11.63
28 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 11.44
29 Rwanda 11.36
30 New Caledonia 11.17
31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.04
32 Albania 10.93
33 Nepal 10.47
34 Spain 10.38
35 Mauritania 10.32
36 Finland 9.46
37 St. Lucia 9.45
38 Zimbabwe 9.29
39 Bahamas, The 9.21
40 Sao Tome and Principe 9.13
41 Morocco 9.00
42 Chile 8.97
43 Belize 8.86
44 Sweden 8.69
45 Greece 8.54
46 Turkiye 8.52
47 Panama 8.36
48 Equatorial Guinea 8.34
49 Estonia 8.31
50 Iran, Islamic Rep. 8.30
51 Colombia 8.29
52 Suriname 7.83
53 France 7.54
54 Uruguay 7.52
55 Argentina 7.15
56 Serbia 7.12
57 Tajikistan 6.93
58 Canada 6.91
59 Costa Rica 6.84
60 Egypt, Arab Rep. 6.78
61 Lithuania 6.73
62 Mozambique 6.63
63 Latvia 6.57
64 Barbados 6.52
65 Gambia, The 6.52
66 Italy 6.39
67 Luxembourg 6.34
68 Central African Republic 6.25
69 Channel Islands 6.17
70 Portugal 6.16
71 Romania 5.99
72 Puerto Rico (US) 5.99
73 Eritrea 5.98
74 Brazil 5.97
75 Zambia 5.92
76 Belgium 5.91
77 Mauritius 5.64
78 Austria 5.58
79 Guam 5.57
80 Denmark 5.53
81 Azerbaijan 5.46
82 Kenya 5.45
83 Pakistan 5.42
84 Slovak Republic 5.36
85 Fiji 5.35
86 Venezuela, RB 5.31
87 Brunei Darussalam 5.28
88 Mongolia 5.23
89 Guinea 5.16
90 Peru 5.12
91 Dominican Republic 5.09
92 New Zealand 5.08
93 Vanuatu 5.07
94 Malawi 5.07
95 Nicaragua 5.04
96 Croatia 5.00
97 Samoa 5.00
98 Cyprus 4.92
99 Honduras 4.92
100 Switzerland 4.87
101 Paraguay 4.80
102 Kazakhstan 4.77
103 United Kingdom 4.75
104 Norway 4.64
105 Ireland 4.63
106 Uzbekistan 4.62
107 China 4.62
108 Hungary 4.52
109 Maldives 4.51
110 Congo, Dem. Rep. 4.43
111 Turkmenistan 4.27
112 India 4.22
113 United States 4.20
114 Australia 4.09
115 Sri Lanka 4.01
116 Netherlands 3.87
117 Comoros 3.82
118 Bangladesh 3.78
119 Malaysia 3.76
120 Germany 3.71
121 Iceland 3.63
122 Cameroon 3.60
123 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 3.55
124 Bulgaria 3.54
125 Kyrgyz Republic 3.53
126 Israel 3.49
127 Burkina Faso 3.48
128 Belarus 3.38
129 Trinidad and Tobago 3.33
130 Ethiopia 3.32
131 Ecuador 3.31
132 El Salvador 3.30
133 Jamaica 3.29
134 Oman 3.25
135 Indonesia 3.24
136 Bhutan 3.23
137 Slovenia 3.18
138 Sierra Leone 3.15
139 Nigeria 3.06
140 Myanmar 3.05
141 Madagascar 3.04
142 Saudi Arabia 3.04
143 Ghana 2.98
144 Poland 2.98
145 Bolivia 2.97
146 Malta 2.90
147 Liberia 2.88
148 Mali 2.83
149 Czechia 2.83
150 Singapore 2.82
151 Hong Kong SAR, China 2.80
152 Uganda 2.75
153 Senegal 2.74
154 Korea, Rep. 2.68
155 Guinea-Bissau 2.67
156 Mexico 2.67
157 Guatemala 2.60
158 Papua New Guinea 2.57
159 Japan 2.45
160 Macao SAR, China 2.35
161 Cote d'Ivoire 2.32
162 Philippines 2.24
163 Kuwait 2.18
164 United Arab Emirates 2.17
165 Russian Federation 2.13
166 Tonga 2.01
167 Togo 2.00
168 Cuba 1.75
169 Timor-Leste 1.59
170 Benin 1.59
171 Tanzania 1.57
172 Viet Nam 1.52
173 Moldova 1.51
174 Solomon Islands 1.43
175 Lao PDR 1.19
176 Bahrain 1.10
177 Chad 1.06
178 Burundi 0.92
179 Thailand 0.78
180 Niger 0.39
181 Cambodia 0.26
182 Qatar 0.13

Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2025; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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