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Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 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 unemployment rate conveys the number of persons who are unemployed as a percent of the labour force (i.e., the...

Countries reporting
188
Highest
33.65
Eswatini
Lowest
0.127
Qatar
Median
5.22
Years covered
37
1991–2027
Data points
10,188

What the numbers show

Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 33.65 in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.127 in Qatar.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.22, and the mean is 6.91.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 265.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 102.8%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 66.3%).

Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eswatini 33.65 2027 up 37.1% rising
2 South Africa 32.59 2027 up 20.5% rising
3 Djibouti 26.05 2027 down 0.1% flat
4 Botswana 24.77 2027 up 25.9% rising
5 Palestine, State of 24.42 2022 up 27.2% rising
6 Gabon 20.15 2027 down 0.8% rising
7 Congo 19.92 2027 down 3.9% flat
8 Namibia 19.66 2027 down 9.6% falling
9 Somalia 18.88 2027 up 2.3% flat
10 Libya 18.73 2027 down 1.7% flat
11 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.52 2027 down 2.7% falling
12 Yemen 17.4 2027 down 6.5% rising
13 Lesotho 16.52 2027 up 0.9% rising
14 Jordan 16.24 2027 down 10.4% flat
15 Iraq 15.77 2027 up 21.1% rising
16 Tunisia 15.04 2027 down 1.9% flat
17 Haiti 14.9 2027 up 7.0% rising
18 Angola 14.35 2027 down 13.7% falling
19 Montenegro 14.05 2027 down 12.7% falling
20 Syrian Arab Republic 13.9 2027 up 2.2% rising
21 Armenia 13.65 2027 down 22.9% rising
22 Afghanistan 13.05 2027 up 16.7% rising
23 Georgia 12.76 2027 down 8.4% rising
24 North Macedonia 12.59 2027 down 44.9% falling
25 South Sudan 12.37 2023 down 2.3% rising
26 Guyana 12.21 2027 down 9.3% rising
27 Cape Verde 12.15 2027 down 0.7% falling
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.95 2027 down 41.8% falling
29 Algeria 11.86 2027 down 1.1% falling
30 French Polynesia 11.61 2027 up 0.2% flat
31 Rwanda 11.53 2027 down 2.9% flat
32 United States Virgin Islands 11.45 2027 up 0.0% rising
33 Albania 11.36 2027 down 16.5% falling
34 Lebanon 10.98 2023 up 29.6% rising
35 New Caledonia 10.51 2027 down 10.0% falling
36 Mauritania 10.41 2027 up 0.7% rising
37 Nepal 10.27 2027 down 3.7% flat
38 Ukraine 9.83 2021 up 25.3% rising
39 Spain 9.68 2027 down 43.8% falling
40 Saint Lucia 9.56 2027 down 50.0% falling
41 Bahamas 9.52 2027 down 2.8% falling
42 Finland 9.52 2027 up 10.2% falling
43 Zimbabwe 9.12 2027 up 43.7% rising
44 Chile 9.06 2027 up 24.9% rising
45 Belize 9.06 2027 up 37.4% falling
46 Sao Tome and Principe 9.04 2027 up 2.7% falling
47 Western Sahara 8.98 2027 up 1.0% flat
48 Morocco 8.92 2027 down 3.2% falling
49 Türkiye 8.78 2027 down 19.6% rising
50 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.53 2027 down 30.2% falling
51 Estonia 8.52 2027 up 46.8% falling
52 Sweden 8.46 2027 up 25.9% rising
53 Equatorial Guinea 8.37 2027 up 6.7% rising
54 Suriname 8.33 2027 up 5.4% falling
55 Panama 8.26 2027 up 54.8% rising
56 Colombia 7.69 2027 down 15.4% falling
57 France 7.56 2027 down 19.7% falling
58 Sudan 7.53 2022 down 55.6% falling
59 Uruguay 7.43 2027 down 5.9% falling
60 Canada 7.33 2027 up 14.0% falling
61 Greece 7.22 2027 down 66.3% rising
62 Tajikistan 6.91 2027 down 1.8% rising
63 Egypt 6.82 2027 down 42.1% falling
64 Barbados 6.82 2027 down 20.9% falling
65 Gambia 6.76 2027 up 32.5% falling
66 Mozambique 6.69 2027 up 70.1% rising
67 Lithuania 6.67 2027 down 5.7% falling
68 Argentina 6.59 2027 down 21.0% falling
69 Luxembourg 6.55 2027 up 18.6% rising
70 Costa Rica 6.33 2027 down 18.2% rising
71 Central African Republic 6.27 2027 up 7.4% rising
72 Portugal 6.15 2027 down 30.7% rising
73 Puerto Rico 6.13 2027 down 43.2% falling
74 Serbia 6.08 2027 down 54.9% falling
75 Italy 6.06 2027 down 45.9% falling
76 Latvia 6.05 2027 down 30.5% falling
77 Romania 6.04 2027 up 22.5% falling
78 Eritrea 6.03 2027 up 4.0% rising
79 Zambia 5.94 2027 up 31.1% falling
80 Mauritius 5.8 2027 down 14.0% falling
81 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.73 2027 up 13.6% falling
82 Guam 5.73 2027 up 5.8% falling
83 Belgium 5.65 2027 down 20.3% falling
84 Austria 5.58 2027 up 0.3% rising
85 Azerbaijan 5.44 2027 up 8.8% falling
86 Denmark 5.43 2027 down 6.8% falling
87 Brunei Darussalam 5.43 2027 down 41.7% rising
88 Switzerland 5.33 2027 up 11.2% rising
89 Kenya 5.32 2027 up 50.3% rising
90 Fiji 5.29 2027 up 19.9% rising
91 Mongolia 5.29 2027 down 16.8% flat
92 Peru 5.24 2027 up 41.9% flat
93 Slovakia 5.24 2027 down 35.7% falling
94 Pakistan 5.22 2027 up 63.0% volatile
95 Samoa 5.21 2027 down 44.6% rising
96 Brazil 5.21 2027 down 59.3% flat
97 Nicaragua 5.17 2027 up 56.7% falling
98 Cyprus 5.16 2027 down 53.7% volatile
99 Vanuatu 5.11 2027 down 2.7% falling
100 Malawi 5.09 2027 up 0.8% flat
101 Guinea 5.06 2027 up 4.0% rising
102 Honduras 5.04 2027 down 8.8% rising
103 Norway 4.95 2027 up 18.9% falling
104 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.93 2027 up 9.5% falling
105 New Zealand 4.91 2027 up 3.6% falling
106 Uzbekistan 4.89 2027 down 16.0% falling
107 Ireland 4.86 2027 down 27.6% volatile
108 Maldives 4.81 2027 down 10.5% volatile
109 Turkmenistan 4.75 2027 up 17.7% volatile
110 Dominican Republic 4.73 2027 down 18.9% falling
111 Hungary 4.69 2027 up 12.8% falling
112 Kazakhstan 4.67 2027 down 4.7% falling
113 China 4.63 2027 up 3.6% rising
114 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.48 2027 down 2.9% rising
115 Paraguay 4.42 2027 down 27.9% flat
116 Croatia 4.42 2027 down 60.1% falling
117 United States of America 4.4 2027 up 0.9% falling
118 India 4.26 2027 down 44.1% falling
119 Australia 4.12 2027 down 26.3% falling
120 Netherlands 4.03 2027 down 16.7% falling
121 Bangladesh 3.87 2027 down 11.4% rising
122 Comoros 3.83 2027 down 5.4% falling
123 Germany 3.81 2027 up 0.8% falling
124 Sri Lanka 3.81 2027 down 5.9% falling
125 Malaysia 3.78 2027 up 10.8% rising
126 Kyrgyzstan 3.74 2027 down 15.5% rising
127 Jamaica 3.62 2027 down 51.1% falling
128 Cameroon 3.6 2027 up 0.8% falling
129 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.56 2027 up 1.6% rising
130 Burkina Faso 3.54 2027 down 24.2% rising
130 Taiwan, China 3.54 2027 down 5.9% rising
132 Iceland 3.48 2027 up 26.8% rising
133 Trinidad and Tobago 3.39 2027 down 0.1% volatile
134 Poland 3.35 2027 down 31.2% volatile
135 Oman 3.3 2027 up 30.6% falling
136 Ethiopia 3.28 2027 up 23.1% flat
137 Bhutan 3.23 2027 up 6.8% rising
138 Sierra Leone 3.23 2027 down 11.7% falling
139 Nigeria 3.17 2027 down 34.4% flat
140 Israel 3.15 2027 down 23.9% falling
141 El Salvador 3.14 2027 down 28.4% falling
142 Ghana 3.13 2027 down 7.1% falling
143 Bulgaria 3.12 2027 down 49.4% falling
144 Belarus 3.05 2027 down 45.9% volatile
145 Singapore 3.02 2027 down 28.0% flat
146 Madagascar 3.02 2027 up 42.3% falling
147 Ecuador 3 2027 down 21.7% falling
148 Indonesia 2.96 2027 down 21.7% falling
149 Republic of Korea 2.96 2027 down 19.1% flat
150 Slovenia 2.95 2027 down 55.1% falling
151 Saudi Arabia 2.91 2027 down 50.7% falling
152 Liberia 2.83 2027 down 7.6% rising
153 Senegal 2.82 2027 down 30.9% rising
154 Czechia 2.8 2027 down 3.2% falling
155 Hong Kong, China 2.78 2027 down 11.1% falling
156 Uganda 2.75 2027 down 19.6% falling
157 Macau, China 2.74 2027 up 38.4% falling
158 Guinea-Bissau 2.71 2027 down 12.2% falling
159 Mali 2.69 2027 up 79.8% rising
160 Guatemala 2.66 2027 up 8.1% rising
161 Malta 2.63 2027 down 34.5% falling
162 Mexico 2.6 2027 down 24.0% falling
163 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.58 2027 down 29.4% rising
164 Papua New Guinea 2.57 2027 down 0.3% flat
165 Côte d'Ivoire 2.41 2027 down 26.2% falling
166 Japan 2.37 2027 down 16.1% falling
167 Philippines 2.28 2027 down 10.6% falling
168 Myanmar 2.22 2027 up 63.8% volatile
169 United Arab Emirates 2.19 2027 down 11.1% rising
170 Kuwait 2.18 2027 down 2.2% rising
171 Togo 2.09 2027 down 44.3% falling
172 Tonga 2.07 2027 down 3.1% falling
173 Russian Federation 1.83 2027 down 65.1% falling
174 Timor-Leste 1.77 2027 down 58.5% falling
175 Cuba 1.73 2027 up 1.5% volatile
176 Viet Nam 1.61 2027 down 13.9% falling
177 Benin 1.54 2027 down 9.1% rising
178 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.52 2027 down 17.9% falling
179 Republic of Moldova 1.5 2027 down 7.2% volatile
180 Solomon Islands 1.41 2027 up 93.9% falling
181 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.25 2027 down 61.8% falling
182 Bahrain 1.11 2027 down 5.8% rising
183 Chad 1.07 2027 down 5.8% rising
184 Burundi 0.866 2027 down 30.7% falling
185 Thailand 0.817 2027 down 1.6% volatile
186 Niger 0.421 2027 down 24.3% volatile
187 Cambodia 0.286 2027 up 102.8% volatile
188 Qatar 0.127 2027 down 9.3% volatile

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

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Indicator
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) (15+)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
276 places, 10,188 data points, 1991–2027
Last refreshed

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 unemployment rate conveys the number of persons who are unemployed as a percent of the labour force (i.e., the employed plus the unemployed). The unemployed comprise all persons of working age who were: a) without work during the reference period, i.e. were not in paid employment or self-employment; b) currently available for work, i.e. were available for paid employment or self-employment during the reference period; and c) seeking work, i.e. had taken specific steps in a specified recent period to seek paid employment or self-employment. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.