[ILO] Proportion of unemployed persons receiving unemployment cash benefit, by sex (%) by country
Countries reporting
79
Highest
100.0%
Australia
Lowest
0.0%
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Median
39.1%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,171
What the numbers show
[ILO] Proportion of unemployed persons receiving unemployment cash benefit, by sex (%) is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Australia; the lowest is 0.0% in Bolivia (Plurinational State of).
The median across all reporting countries is 39.1%, and the mean is 43.3%.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 5,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
[ILO] Proportion of unemployed persons receiving unemployment cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2022 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2022 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2021 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2021 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 1 | Ireland | 100.0% | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 1 | Korea | 100.0% | 2021 | up 179.3% | rising |
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 100.0% | 2021 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2023 | up 122.7% | volatile |
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 100.0% | 2021 | up 179.3% | rising |
| 1 | Australia and New Zealand | 100.0% | 2023 | up 84.8% | rising |
| 12 | Austria | 99.0% | 2021 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 95.6% | 2022 | up 40.0% | flat |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 94.1% | 2022 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 94.1% | 2022 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 16 | Lithuania | 88.2% | 2022 | up 465.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Isle of Man | 80.0% | 2015 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 62.8% | 2019 | up 158.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Portugal | 62.3% | 2022 | up 48.7% | falling |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 61.9% | 2021 | up 190.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 61.9% | 2021 | up 190.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Malta | 61.6% | 2021 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 23 | Sweden | 59.6% | 2022 | up 109.9% | falling |
| 24 | Viet Nam | 59.2% | 2021 | up 523.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Viet Nam | 59.2% | 2021 | up 523.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 57.4% | 2022 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 57.2% | 2022 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 28 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 56.7% | 2022 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 29 | Czechia | 56.6% | 2021 | up 119.4% | rising |
| 30 | Switzerland | 55.4% | 2021 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 31 | Italy | 51.5% | 2022 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 32 | United States of America | 50.5% | 2021 | up 85.7% | flat |
| 33 | Canada | 47.4% | 2022 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 34 | Latvia | 46.1% | 2022 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 35 | Belarus | 44.6% | 2015 | down 19.9% | flat |
| 36 | Estonia | 44.0% | 2022 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 37 | Norway | 43.3% | 2022 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 38 | Israel | 42.8% | 2022 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 39.4% | 2022 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 40 | Slovenia | 39.1% | 2021 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 41 | Uruguay | 31.4% | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 42 | Poland | 31.2% | 2020 | up 86.8% | rising |
| 43 | Bahamas | 26.9% | 2020 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 44 | Mongolia | 26.7% | 2021 | up 167.0% | rising |
| 45 | Micronesia | 26.6% | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 46 | Republic of Moldova | 25.6% | 2022 | up 201.2% | rising |
| 46 | Republic of Moldova | 25.6% | 2022 | up 201.2% | rising |
| 48 | Japan | 24.9% | 2020 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 49 | Chile | 24.6% | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 50 | Montenegro | 23.3% | 2022 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 23.2% | 2022 | up 5,700.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Greece | 22.3% | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 53 | China | 21.9% | 2021 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 54 | Cyprus | 21.6% | 2022 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Hungary | 21.4% | 2022 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 56 | Slovakia | 19.8% | 2022 | up 72.2% | flat |
| 57 | Croatia | 19.3% | 2022 | down 20.9% | flat |
| 58 | Ukraine | 17.0% | 2018 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 14.6% | 2020 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 60 | Polynesia | 14.5% | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 61 | Argentina | 14.3% | 2021 | up 191.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Brazil | 13.9% | 2021 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 63 | Serbia | 10.0% | 2021 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 64 | South Africa | 10.0% | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 9.9% | 2022 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 66 | Cabo Verde | 6.0% | 2023 | up 566.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.3% | 2019 | up 120.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Tajikistan | 5.0% | 2023 | down 41.1% | rising |
| 69 | North Macedonia | 4.0% | 2022 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 70 | Albania | 2.6% | 2021 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 71 | Türkiye | 2.5% | 2022 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Türkiye | 2.5% | 2022 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 1.6% | 2016 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 73 | Melanesia | 1.6% | 2023 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 75 | Mauritius | 1.2% | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3% | 2021 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 94.8%
- Northern Europe 85.0%
- Oceania 80.6%
- Europe 61.5%
- Europe and Northern America 58.4%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 57.2%
- United States of America 50.5%
- Northern America 50.1%
- Southern Europe 46.9%
- Eastern Europe 40.0%
- Eastern Asia 23.8%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 21.6%
- Americas 21.0%
- World 16.7%
- Southern Africa 13.0%
- South America 11.5%
- Central Asia 11.4%
- Asia 11.2%
- South-Eastern Asia 10.6%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 10.0%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9.6%
- Developing regions 9.1%
- Other non-specified areas in Eastern Asia 6.9%
- Central America 5.7%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 4.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4.1%
- Africa 3.8%
- Northern Africa 2.9%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 2.6%
- Western Asia 2.3%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 2.2%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2.0%
- Caribbean 1.9%
- Eastern Africa 1.0%
- Central and Southern Asia 0.7%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.6%
- Southern Asia 0.4%
- Western Africa 0.1%