Unemployment rate of men vs. women by country
Share of the male labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
32.5%
Eswatini
Lowest
0.1%
Qatar
Median
4.9%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
6,496
What the numbers show
Unemployment rate of men vs. women is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 32.5% in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.1% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.9%, and the mean is 6.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 451.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 123 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 309.2%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 71.0%).
Unemployment rate of men vs. women: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eswatini | 32.5% | 2025 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 2 | South Africa | 31.0% | 2025 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 3 | Djibouti | 21.8% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 4 | Botswana | 21.5% | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 5 | Palestine, State of | 20.2% | 2022 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 6 | Namibia | 20.1% | 2025 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 7 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.5% | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 8 | Congo | 18.7% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 9 | Somalia | 16.4% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 10 | Yemen | 16.3% | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 11 | Libya | 15.5% | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 12 | Jordan | 14.9% | 2025 | up 34.6% | flat |
| 13 | Lesotho | 14.7% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 14 | Gabon | 14.5% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 15 | Angola | 14.0% | 2025 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 16 | Georgia | 13.4% | 2025 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 17 | Iraq | 13.3% | 2025 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 18 | North Macedonia | 13.1% | 2025 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 19 | Montenegro | 13.0% | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 20 | Tunisia | 12.8% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 12.5% | 2025 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 22 | Cape Verde | 12.4% | 2025 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 23 | Haiti | 12.3% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 24 | Armenia | 12.1% | 2025 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 25 | South Sudan | 11.2% | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 26 | French Polynesia | 11.0% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 27 | Syrian Arab Republic | 10.9% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 28 | Guyana | 10.8% | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 29 | Albania | 10.7% | 2025 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 30 | United States Virgin Islands | 10.6% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 31 | New Caledonia | 10.4% | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 32 | Rwanda | 10.1% | 2025 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 33 | Finland | 10.0% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 34 | Algeria | 9.8% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 35 | Lebanon | 9.7% | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 36 | Nepal | 9.7% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 37 | Ukraine | 9.5% | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.4% | 2025 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 39 | Bahamas | 9.3% | 2025 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 9.2% | 2025 | up 79.2% | rising |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.0% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 42 | Spain | 9.0% | 2025 | down 56.8% | flat |
| 43 | Sweden | 8.8% | 2025 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 44 | Estonia | 8.6% | 2025 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 45 | Morocco | 8.5% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 46 | Chile | 8.5% | 2025 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 8.4% | 2025 | down 56.5% | rising |
| 48 | Tajikistan | 8.2% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 49 | Mauritania | 8.1% | 2025 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 50 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.7% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 51 | Latvia | 7.6% | 2025 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 52 | France | 7.5% | 2025 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 53 | Canada | 7.2% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 54 | Lithuania | 7.1% | 2025 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 55 | Gambia | 6.9% | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 56 | Panama | 6.9% | 2025 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 57 | Türkiye | 6.9% | 2025 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 58 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.8% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 59 | Serbia | 6.8% | 2025 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 60 | Puerto Rico | 6.8% | 2025 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 61 | Colombia | 6.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 62 | Uruguay | 6.6% | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 63 | Argentina | 6.4% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 64 | Romania | 6.3% | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 65 | Greece | 6.3% | 2025 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Luxembourg | 6.2% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 6.2% | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 68 | Belgium | 6.1% | 2025 | down 32.4% | flat |
| 69 | Barbados | 6.1% | 2025 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 70 | Mozambique | 6.0% | 2025 | up 91.6% | rising |
| 71 | Austria | 5.9% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 72 | Sudan | 5.9% | 2022 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 73 | Belize | 5.9% | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 74 | Turkmenistan | 5.9% | 2025 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Mongolia | 5.8% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 76 | Portugal | 5.8% | 2025 | down 52.3% | rising |
| 77 | Guam | 5.7% | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 78 | Zambia | 5.7% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 79 | Italy | 5.7% | 2025 | down 49.6% | rising |
| 80 | Suriname | 5.7% | 2025 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 81 | Central African Republic | 5.6% | 2025 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 82 | Denmark | 5.4% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 83 | Eritrea | 5.3% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 84 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5.3% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 85 | Brunei Darussalam | 5.3% | 2025 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 86 | Guinea | 5.3% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 87 | China | 5.1% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 88 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.1% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 89 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 5.0% | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 90 | Slovakia | 5.0% | 2025 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 91 | Pakistan | 5.0% | 2025 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 5.0% | 2025 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 93 | Brazil | 4.9% | 2025 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 94 | Norway | 4.9% | 2025 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 95 | New Zealand | 4.9% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 96 | Croatia | 4.9% | 2025 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 97 | Ireland | 4.7% | 2025 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Switzerland | 4.7% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 4.7% | 2025 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 100 | Maldives | 4.6% | 2025 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Hungary | 4.6% | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 102 | Peru | 4.6% | 2025 | up 42.4% | falling |
| 103 | Egypt | 4.6% | 2025 | down 51.1% | flat |
| 104 | Fiji | 4.6% | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 105 | Cyprus | 4.5% | 2025 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Kenya | 4.3% | 2025 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 107 | Mauritius | 4.3% | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 108 | India | 4.2% | 2025 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 109 | United States of America | 4.2% | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 110 | Malawi | 4.2% | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 4.1% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 112 | Australia | 4.1% | 2025 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 4.1% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 114 | Honduras | 4.1% | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 115 | Vanuatu | 4.1% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 116 | Belarus | 4.1% | 2025 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Germany | 4.0% | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 118 | Paraguay | 3.9% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 119 | Iceland | 3.9% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 120 | Bangladesh | 3.8% | 2025 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 3.8% | 2025 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 122 | Malaysia | 3.7% | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 123 | Netherlands | 3.7% | 2025 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 124 | Samoa | 3.7% | 2025 | down 49.2% | rising |
| 125 | Israel | 3.6% | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 3.5% | 2025 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 127 | Liberia | 3.5% | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 128 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 3.4% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 129 | Comoros | 3.4% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 130 | Indonesia | 3.4% | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.4% | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 132 | Hong Kong, China | 3.3% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 133 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.2% | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 134 | Dominican Republic | 3.2% | 2025 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 135 | Cameroon | 3.2% | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 136 | El Salvador | 3.1% | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 3.0% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 138 | Slovenia | 3.0% | 2025 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 139 | Malta | 2.9% | 2025 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.9% | 2025 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Poland | 2.8% | 2025 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Burkina Faso | 2.8% | 2025 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 143 | Madagascar | 2.8% | 2025 | up 57.3% | falling |
| 144 | Singapore | 2.8% | 2025 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 2.8% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 146 | Ecuador | 2.8% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 146 | Ghana | 2.8% | 2025 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 148 | Myanmar | 2.8% | 2025 | up 309.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Mali | 2.7% | 2025 | up 86.1% | rising |
| 150 | Republic of Korea | 2.7% | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 151 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.7% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 152 | Macau, China | 2.7% | 2025 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Bhutan | 2.6% | 2025 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 154 | Mexico | 2.6% | 2025 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 155 | Japan | 2.6% | 2025 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 156 | Senegal | 2.5% | 2025 | down 60.7% | rising |
| 157 | Jamaica | 2.4% | 2025 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 158 | Czechia | 2.4% | 2025 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 159 | Ethiopia | 2.4% | 2025 | up 36.0% | falling |
| 160 | Nigeria | 2.3% | 2025 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 161 | Guatemala | 2.3% | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 162 | Uganda | 2.2% | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 163 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.1% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 164 | Philippines | 2.1% | 2025 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 165 | Russian Federation | 2.1% | 2025 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 166 | Togo | 2.0% | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 167 | Oman | 1.9% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 168 | Republic of Moldova | 1.8% | 2025 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Benin | 1.8% | 2025 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 170 | Viet Nam | 1.7% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 171 | Cuba | 1.7% | 2025 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | 1.6% | 2025 | up 33.2% | falling |
| 173 | Timor-Leste | 1.6% | 2025 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 174 | Tonga | 1.5% | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 175 | Saudi Arabia | 1.5% | 2025 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 176 | Solomon Islands | 1.4% | 2025 | up 102.5% | falling |
| 177 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.4% | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 178 | Chad | 1.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 179 | Burundi | 1.0% | 2025 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 180 | Kuwait | 1.0% | 2025 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 181 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.9% | 2025 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 182 | Thailand | 0.8% | 2025 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Niger | 0.5% | 2025 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Bahrain | 0.4% | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 185 | Cambodia | 0.3% | 2025 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Qatar | 0.1% | 2025 | up 16.1% | volatile |
About this data
Share of the male labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.