Countries by unemployment rate

Did you know some of the world's highest unemployment rates are found in middle-income countries, not the poorest? The causes of joblessness are far more complex — and politically charged — than the number alone suggests.

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Unemployment rate by country
Rank	Country	Unemployment rate (%)
1	Eswatini	35
2	Lesotho	30.1
3	Botswana	28
4	Zimbabwe	24.5
5	Malawi	19.7
6	Curaçao	19.1
7	Rwanda	16.9
8	Jordan	16.6
9	Puerto Rico	15.3
10	Tunisia	15.1
11	Mauritania	15.1
12	Angola	14.3
13	Somalia	14
14	Guyana	13.6
15	Georgia	13.6
16	Afghanistan	13.2
17	Zambia	12.9
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.6
19	Armenia	12.4
20	Uganda	12.3
21	Liberia	11.7
22	Lebanon	11.4
23	Nepal	11.3
24	Kosovo	11.3
25	Spain	10.5
26	Marshall Islands	10.1
27	Greece	10
28	Bermuda	8.9
29	Chile	8.9
30	Bahamas	8.6
31	Panama	8.6
32	Finland	8.3
33	Sweden	8.3
34	Uruguay	8.3
35	Kenya	8.2
36	Serbia	8.2
37	Gambia	7.5
38	Estonia	7.5
39	France	7.4
40	Lithuania	7.1
41	Pakistan	7.1
42	Latvia	6.9
43	Costa Rica	6.9
44	Brazil	6.8
45	Canada	6.8
46	Madagascar	6.8
47	Comoros	6.5
48	Barbados	6.5
49	Italy	6.5
50	Portugal	6.4
51	Luxembourg	6.4
52	Egypt	6.3
53	Tanzania, United Republic of	6.2
54	Denmark	6.1
55	Mongolia	5.9
56	Fiji	5.7
57	Belgium	5.7
58	Romania	5.4
59	Maldives	5.3
60	Austria	5.3
61	Slovakia	5.3
62	Honduras	5.1
63	Croatia	5
64	Brunei Darussalam	4.9
65	Cyprus	4.9
66	New Zealand	4.8
67	Nigeria	4.7
68	Ghana	4.5
69	Hungary	4.5
70	Ireland	4.5
71	Bangladesh	4.4
72	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	4.4
73	United States of America	4.3
74	Switzerland	4.3
75	Bulgaria	4.2
76	Cayman Islands	4.2
77	Moldova, Republic of	4
78	Norway	4
79	Australia	3.9
80	Slovenia	3.7
81	Iceland	3.6
82	Netherlands, Kingdom of the	3.6
83	Saudi Arabia	3.5
84	Germany	3.4
85	Ecuador	3.3
86	Belize	3.3
87	Malta	3.2
88	Kiribati	3.2
89	El Salvador	3.1
90	Hong Kong	3
91	Israel	2.9
92	Côte d'Ivoire	2.9
93	Poland	2.9
94	Korea, Republic of	2.8
95	Singapore	2.7
96	Thailand	2.7
97	Seychelles	2.6
98	Czechia	2.6
99	Japan	2.5
100	Russian Federation	2.4
101	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.4
102	Kuwait	2.2
103	Viet Nam	2.1
104	Guatemala	2
105	United Arab Emirates	1.9
106	Myanmar	1.6
107	Cambodia	0.3
108	Qatar	0.1

Countries by unemployment rate

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