Unemployment rate, by sex and disability - 19th ICLS (%) by country

Countries reporting
39
Highest
28.0%
Botswana
Lowest
1.2%
Romania
Median
7.0%
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
397

What the numbers show

Unemployment rate, by sex and disability - 19th ICLS (%) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 28.0% in Botswana; the lowest is 1.2% in Romania.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.0%, and the mean is 8.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 45.1%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 75.6%).

Unemployment rate, by sex and disability - 19th ICLS: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Botswana 28.0% 2024 up 24.9% rising
2 Zimbabwe 24.5% 2024 up 45.1% rising
3 Spain 16.1% 2024 down 42.2% falling
4 Greece 14.1% 2024 down 52.6% falling
5 Rwanda 13.3% 2024 down 23.5% flat
6 Zambia 12.9% 2024 up 18.7% rising
7 Armenia 12.4% 2023 down 34.6% falling
8 Lithuania 10.6% 2024 down 22.6% falling
9 France 10.5% 2024 down 6.4% flat
10 Portugal 10.0% 2024 down 54.0% falling
11 Bulgaria 9.7% 2024 down 49.6% falling
12 Finland 9.5% 2024 down 19.7% falling
13 Croatia 9.4% 2024 down 67.7% falling
14 Costa Rica 8.2% 2022 down 1.7% rising
15 Italy 8.2% 2024 down 48.9% falling
16 Sweden 7.7% 2024 down 8.3% falling
17 Austria 7.4% 2024 down 25.5% falling
18 Slovenia 7.2% 2024 down 61.8% falling
19 Latvia 7.1% 2024 down 48.4% falling
20 Cyprus 7.0% 2024 down 64.8% falling
21 Hungary 6.8% 2024 down 54.1% falling
22 Slovakia 6.6% 2024 down 53.1% falling
23 Denmark 6.4% 2024 down 26.0% falling
24 Estonia 6.3% 2024 down 17.7% falling
25 Mongolia 5.9% 2024 down 39.9% falling
26 Russian Federation 5.8% 2020 up 3.6% falling
26 Germany 5.8% 2022 down 29.6% falling
28 Belgium 5.8% 2024 down 50.2% falling
29 Czechia 5.3% 2024 down 48.1% falling
30 Luxembourg 5.0% 2024 down 30.6% falling
31 Ireland 4.8% 2024 down 72.0% falling
32 Ghana 4.5% 2024 up 13.2% rising
33 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.4% 2024 down 24.6% falling
34 Norway 3.9% 2024 up 23.1% falling
34 Switzerland 3.9% 2024 unchanged falling
36 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3.8% 2024 down 44.9% falling
37 Israel 3.4% 2023 down 28.6% falling
38 Malta 2.7% 2020 down 45.2% falling
39 Romania 1.2% 2024 down 75.6% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Unemployment rate, by sex and disability - 19th ICLS (%)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
41 places, 397 data points, 2014–2025
Last refreshed