Jobs gap (ILO modelled estimates) by country
Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. The jobs gap is defined as the sum of the unemployed, the potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers. For more...
Jobs gap: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
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Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 411,622
- G20 329,749
- World excluding India and China 289,680
- World excluding BRICS 218,932
- BRICS 192,254
- Asia and the Pacific 178,993
- World: Upper-middle income 163,591
- World: Lower-middle income 135,842
- APEC 124,473
- Africa 107,472
- World: Upper-middle income excluding China 96,382
- Sub-Saharan Africa 90,149
- Asia and the Pacific: Upper-middle income 89,913
- World: Lower-middle income excluding India 81,110
- Southern Asia 80,901
- Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 77,079
- Eastern Asia 74,293
- Southern Asia: Lower-middle income 71,208
- Eastern Asia: Upper-middle income 67,362
- World: High income 63,006
- Americas 58,371
- Europe and Central Asia 52,091
- Africa: Lower-middle income 50,054
- World: Low income 49,183
- Latin America and the Caribbean 45,788
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Lower-middle income 39,776
- Africa: Low income 38,106
- MENA 37,971
- Americas: Upper-middle income 37,148
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income 37,148
- Europe and Central Asia: High income 36,189
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Low income 35,346
- Eastern Africa 34,410
- Arab League 34,144
- G7 31,731
- South America 31,642
- European Union 28 30,257
- Northern, Southern and Western Europe 29,114
- Northern, Southern and Western Europe: High income 28,094
- European Union 27 26,426
About this data
Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. The jobs gap is defined as the sum of the unemployed, the potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.