Unemployment rate in people with vs. without disability by country

Unemployment rate, by sex and disability - 13th ICLS (%)

Countries reporting
50
Highest
27.1%
Serbia
Lowest
0.4%
Cambodia
Median
5.9%
Years covered
21
2004–2024
Data points
762

What the numbers show

Unemployment rate in people with vs. without disability is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 27.1% in Serbia; the lowest is 0.4% in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.9%, and the mean is 7.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 66.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 920.7%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 75.7%).

Unemployment rate in people with vs. without disability: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Serbia 27.1% 2022 down 12.7% rising
2 Palestine 24.4% 2022 flat
3 Botswana 23.4% 2023 up 42.8% rising
4 Spain 16.2% 2023 down 44.4% rising
5 Greece 14.7% 2023 down 50.1% rising
6 Rwanda 12.3% 2023 up 920.7% rising
7 Croatia 11.9% 2023 down 59.4% falling
8 France 10.5% 2023 down 5.8% rising
9 Bulgaria 10.3% 2023 down 48.2% falling
10 Portugal 10.1% 2023 down 55.1% rising
11 Lithuania 9.9% 2023 down 22.0% falling
12 Zimbabwe 9.4% 2023 up 85.4% rising
13 Italy 8.9% 2023 down 38.4% rising
14 Armenia 8.5% 2021 down 55.4% falling
15 Costa Rica 8.1% 2022 up 5.2% rising
16 Chile 8.0% 2022 up 12.0% falling
17 Latvia 7.9% 2023 down 46.1% falling
18 Slovenia 7.9% 2023 down 55.8% falling
19 Finland 7.7% 2023 down 26.6% flat
20 Slovakia 7.2% 2023 down 50.9% falling
21 Cyprus 6.6% 2023 down 68.7% volatile
22 Belgium 6.0% 2023 down 43.0% falling
23 Sweden 6.0% 2023 down 31.1% flat
24 Austria 5.9% 2023 down 22.8% rising
25 Denmark 5.9% 2023 down 33.2% rising
26 Zambia 5.9% 2023 down 50.3% falling
27 Estonia 5.8% 2023 down 41.6% falling
28 Hungary 5.7% 2023 down 62.6% falling
29 Russia 5.7% 2020 up 3.6% falling
30 Germany 5.7% 2021 down 22.6% falling
32 Mongolia 5.2% 2023 up 21.1% rising
33 Peru 4.9% 2023 up 51.2% rising
34 Poland 4.8% 2023 down 64.7% volatile
35 Sri Lanka 4.6% 2022 rising
37 Netherlands 4.2% 2023 down 23.4% rising
38 Czechia 4.2% 2023 down 58.4% falling
39 United States 3.8% 2024 down 35.2% falling
40 Bolivia 3.8% 2019 up 89.6% rising
41 United Kingdom 3.5% 2023 down 41.4% falling
42 Switzerland 3.4% 2022 up 10.9% rising
43 Indonesia 3.3% 2023 down 23.2% falling
44 Israel 3.2% 2023 down 29.3% falling
45 Norway 3.1% 2023 down 9.4% flat
47 Ghana 2.9% 2022 up 30.9% falling
48 Senegal 2.9% 2022 down 57.8% falling
49 Iceland 2.4% 2016 up 68.3% volatile
50 Moldova 1.6% 2023 down 60.1% volatile
51 Romania 1.1% 2023 down 75.7% falling
52 Thailand 0.8% 2019 up 22.6% rising
53 Cambodia 0.4% 2021 down 21.2% falling

About this data

Indicator
Unemployment rate in people with vs. without disability
Unit
%
Source
International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
53 places, 762 data points, 2004–2024
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Unemployment rate, by sex and disability - 13th ICLS (%)