Unemployment rate, by sex and age - 13th ICLS (%) by country
Countries reporting
191
Highest
32.3%
South Africa
Lowest
0.1%
Tajikistan
Median
5.0%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
4,326
What the numbers show
Unemployment rate, by sex and age - 13th ICLS (%) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 32.3% in South Africa; the lowest is 0.1% in Tajikistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.0%, and the mean is 6.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 404.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 124 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 868.4%), and the largest decrease in Tajikistan (down 96.4%).
Unemployment rate, by sex and age - 13th ICLS (%) (age 13th): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 32.3% | 2024 | up 29.7% | flat |
| 2 | State of Palestine | 31.4% | 2024 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 3 | Botswana | 24.4% | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 4 | Guadeloupe | 23.8% | 2016 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 5 | French Guiana | 23.2% | 2016 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 6 | Reunion | 22.4% | 2016 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 6 | Réunion | 22.4% | 2016 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 8 | Namibia | 19.9% | 2018 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 9 | Curacao | 19.1% | 2020 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 9 | Curaçao | 19.1% | 2020 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 11 | Martinique | 17.6% | 2016 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 12 | Jordan | 16.6% | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 13 | Iraq | 16.2% | 2021 | up 103.1% | rising |
| 14 | Malawi | 15.4% | 2024 | up 209.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Tunisia | 15.1% | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 16 | Syria | 14.9% | 2011 | up 33.0% | flat |
| 16 | Syrian Arab Republic | 14.9% | 2011 | up 33.0% | flat |
| 18 | Yemen | 13.5% | 2014 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 19 | Angola | 12.9% | 2023 | up 34.4% | flat |
| 20 | North Macedonia | 12.3% | 2024 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 12.1% | 2024 | up 154.3% | rising |
| 22 | Morocco | 11.8% | 2022 | up 31.1% | falling |
| 23 | Algeria | 11.7% | 2017 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 24 | Montenegro | 11.5% | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 25 | Rwanda | 11.3% | 2024 | up 868.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Cabo Verde | 11.3% | 2019 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.7% | 2024 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 28 | Albania | 10.7% | 2023 | down 32.8% | rising |
| 29 | Spain | 10.5% | 2025 | down 52.4% | rising |
| 30 | New Caledonia | 10.2% | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 31 | Saint Lucia | 10.1% | 2024 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 32 | Greece | 10.0% | 2024 | down 62.5% | rising |
| 33 | Ukraine | 9.8% | 2021 | up 25.1% | flat |
| 34 | Colombia | 9.6% | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 35 | Belize | 9.1% | 2019 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 36 | Bermuda | 9.0% | 2014 | up 232.1% | rising |
| 37 | Aruba | 8.9% | 2011 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 38 | Chile | 8.9% | 2025 | up 34.7% | flat |
| 39 | Turkey | 8.7% | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 39 | Türkiye | 8.7% | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 41 | Bahamas | 8.6% | 2023 | down 46.6% | rising |
| 42 | Panama | 8.6% | 2024 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Greenland | 8.4% | 2006 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 44 | Finland | 8.3% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 45 | Sweden | 8.3% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 45 | Polynesia | 8.3% | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 47 | Armenia | 8.3% | 2023 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 47 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.3% | 2008 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 49 | Uruguay | 8.2% | 2024 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 50 | Georgia | 8.0% | 2024 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 51 | Suriname | 7.9% | 2016 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 52 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 7.8% | 2020 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 53 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 7.6% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 54 | Estonia | 7.5% | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 55 | France | 7.4% | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 56 | Tuvalu | 7.3% | 2022 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Serbia | 7.2% | 2024 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 58 | Lithuania | 7.1% | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 59 | Pakistan | 7.0% | 2025 | up 95.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 6.9% | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 61 | Latvia | 6.9% | 2024 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 62 | Caribbean | 6.9% | 2025 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 63 | Canada | 6.8% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 64 | Brazil | 6.8% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 65 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.7% | 2017 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 66 | Barbados | 6.5% | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 67 | Italy | 6.5% | 2024 | down 48.7% | rising |
| 68 | Portugal | 6.4% | 2024 | down 53.7% | rising |
| 69 | Luxembourg | 6.4% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 70 | Grenada | 6.3% | 2023 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 71 | Denmark | 6.2% | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 72 | Egypt | 5.9% | 2024 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 73 | Liberia | 5.9% | 2017 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 74 | Mongolia | 5.8% | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 75 | Senegal | 5.8% | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 76 | Belgium | 5.7% | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 5.7% | 2022 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 78 | Paraguay | 5.7% | 2024 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 79 | Afghanistan | 5.7% | 2021 | up 236.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Zambia | 5.7% | 2024 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 81 | Puerto Rico | 5.6% | 2025 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 82 | Mali | 5.5% | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 83 | Kenya | 5.4% | 2022 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 84 | Romania | 5.4% | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 85 | Guam | 5.4% | 2016 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 86 | Fiji | 5.4% | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 87 | Slovakia | 5.3% | 2024 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 88 | Austria | 5.3% | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 5.3% | 2024 | down 21.0% | flat |
| 90 | Uzbekistan | 5.3% | 2020 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Mauritius | 5.2% | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 5.2% | 2018 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 93 | San Marino | 5.1% | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 94 | Nauru | 5.1% | 2021 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Naoero | 5.1% | 2021 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Samoa | 5.0% | 2022 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Croatia | 5.0% | 2024 | down 70.8% | falling |
| 98 | Honduras | 4.9% | 2024 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 4.9% | 2022 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 100 | Brunei | 4.9% | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 100 | Cyprus | 4.9% | 2024 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.9% | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 103 | Peru | 4.9% | 2024 | up 51.4% | flat |
| 104 | New Zealand | 4.8% | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 4.7% | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 106 | China | 4.6% | 2022 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 107 | Maldives | 4.6% | 2019 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Ireland | 4.5% | 2024 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Hungary | 4.5% | 2024 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 110 | United Kingdom | 4.4% | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 110 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4.4% | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 112 | Switzerland | 4.3% | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 113 | United States | 4.3% | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 114 | Australia and New Zealand | 4.3% | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 115 | Cayman Islands | 4.2% | 2015 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 116 | India | 4.2% | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 4.2% | 2024 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 4.0% | 2020 | up 118.9% | falling |
| 119 | Faroe Islands | 4.0% | 2013 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.0% | 2024 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Jersey | 4.0% | 2015 | up 88.7% | rising |
| 122 | Norway | 4.0% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 123 | Ghana | 4.0% | 2024 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Australia | 3.9% | 2024 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 125 | Malaysia | 3.9% | 2022 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 126 | Slovenia | 3.7% | 2024 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 127 | Bangladesh | 3.6% | 2024 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 127 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.6% | 2024 | down 50.9% | rising |
| 129 | Iceland | 3.6% | 2024 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 130 | Saudi Arabia | 3.5% | 2024 | down 40.1% | flat |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.5% | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 132 | Nigeria | 3.5% | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 3.4% | 2024 | down 46.9% | rising |
| 134 | Uganda | 3.4% | 2021 | up 288.6% | flat |
| 135 | Germany | 3.4% | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 136 | Indonesia | 3.3% | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 136 | Singapore | 3.3% | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 138 | Oman | 3.3% | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Bhutan | 3.3% | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 140 | Cameroon | 3.3% | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 141 | Ecuador | 3.2% | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 142 | Malta | 3.2% | 2024 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 143 | Madagascar | 3.2% | 2022 | up 431.7% | falling |
| 144 | Belarus | 3.0% | 2024 | up 520.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Jamaica | 3.0% | 2023 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 146 | Melanesia | 3.0% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 147 | Israel | 2.9% | 2024 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 148 | Poland | 2.8% | 2024 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Kiribati | 2.8% | 2023 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 149 | South Korea | 2.8% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 149 | Republic of Korea | 2.8% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 152 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.7% | 2024 | up 35.1% | falling |
| 153 | El Salvador | 2.7% | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 154 | Isle of Man | 2.7% | 2016 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 155 | Mexico | 2.6% | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 156 | Czechia | 2.6% | 2024 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 157 | Seychelles | 2.6% | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 158 | Japan | 2.5% | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 159 | Russia | 2.4% | 2024 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 159 | Russian Federation | 2.4% | 2024 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 159 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.4% | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 162 | Philippines | 2.4% | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 163 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.3% | 2022 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.3% | 2022 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Kuwait | 2.2% | 2016 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Palau | 2.1% | 2023 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Liechtenstein | 2.0% | 2007 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 168 | Saint Helena | 2.0% | 2010 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Togo | 2.0% | 2022 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Guatemala | 1.9% | 2024 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 171 | United Arab Emirates | 1.9% | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 172 | Cuba | 1.7% | 2018 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 173 | Argentina | 1.7% | 2024 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 173 | Benin | 1.7% | 2022 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Tonga | 1.6% | 2023 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 176 | East Timor | 1.5% | 2022 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 176 | Timor-Leste | 1.5% | 2022 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 178 | Vietnam | 1.5% | 2024 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 178 | Viet Nam | 1.5% | 2024 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 180 | Myanmar | 1.5% | 2020 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Moldova | 1.4% | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Republic of Moldova | 1.4% | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Cook Islands | 1.3% | 2019 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Laos | 1.2% | 2022 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 184 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.2% | 2022 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 186 | Bahrain | 0.9% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Thailand | 0.8% | 2024 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Niger | 0.4% | 2022 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Cambodia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Qatar | 0.1% | 2022 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 96.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Africa 31.1%
- Northern Africa 9.8%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 9.2%
- Western Asia 8.8%
- Southern Europe 8.1%
- Middle Africa 6.8%
- Africa 6.3%
- South America 6.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 5.7%
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 5.7%
- Northern Europe 5.5%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 5.5%
- Europe 5.2%
- Western Europe 5.2%
- Americas 5.1%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 5.0%
- Europe and Northern America 5.0%
- Developing regions 4.9%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 4.9%
- World 4.9%
- Central Asia 4.7%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 4.7%
- Southern Asia 4.6%
- Central and Southern Asia 4.6%
- Northern America 4.5%
- Eastern Africa 4.5%
- Asia 4.4%
- Eastern Asia 4.3%
- United States of America 4.3%
- Oceania 4.0%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 3.8%
- Eastern Europe 3.7%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 3.2%
- Central America 3.2%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3.0%
- Western Africa 2.9%
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 2.5%
- South-eastern Asia 2.4%