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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Values shown in %.

Countries by unemployment rate
Rank	Country	%
1	Eswatini	35.00
2	Lesotho	30.10
3	Botswana	28.00
4	Zimbabwe	24.50
5	Malawi	19.70
6	Curaçao	19.10
7	Rwanda	16.90
8	Jordan	16.60
9	Puerto Rico	15.30
10	Tunisia	15.10
11	Mauritania	15.10
12	Angola	14.30
13	Somalia	14.00
14	Guyana	13.60
15	Georgia	13.60
16	Afghanistan	13.20
17	Zambia	12.90
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.60
19	Armenia	12.40
20	Uganda	12.30
21	Liberia	11.70
22	Lebanon	11.40
23	Nepal	11.30
24	Kosovo	11.30
25	Spain	10.50
26	Marshall Islands	10.10
27	Greece	10.00
28	Bermuda	8.90
29	Chile	8.90
30	Bahamas	8.60
31	Panama	8.60
32	Finland	8.30
33	Sweden	8.30
34	Uruguay	8.30
35	Kenya	8.20
36	Serbia	8.20
37	Gambia	7.50
38	Estonia	7.50
39	France	7.40
40	Lithuania	7.10
41	Pakistan	7.10
42	Latvia	6.90
43	Costa Rica	6.90
44	Brazil	6.80
45	Canada	6.80
46	Madagascar	6.80
47	Comoros	6.50
48	Barbados	6.50
49	Italy	6.50
50	Portugal	6.40
51	Luxembourg	6.40
52	Egypt	6.30
53	Tanzania	6.20
54	Denmark	6.10
55	Mongolia	5.90
56	Fiji	5.70
57	Belgium	5.70
58	Romania	5.40
59	Maldives	5.30
60	Austria	5.30
61	Slovakia	5.30
62	Honduras	5.10
63	Croatia	5.00
64	Brunei	4.90
65	Cyprus	4.90
66	New Zealand	4.80
67	Nigeria	4.70
68	Ghana	4.50
69	Hungary	4.50
70	Ireland	4.50
71	Bangladesh	4.40
72	United Kingdom	4.40
73	United States	4.30
74	Switzerland	4.30
75	Bulgaria	4.20
76	Cayman Islands	4.20
77	Moldova	4.00
78	Norway	4.00
79	Australia	3.90
80	Slovenia	3.70
81	Iceland	3.60
82	Netherlands	3.60
83	Saudi Arabia	3.50
84	Germany	3.40
85	Ecuador	3.30
86	Belize	3.30
87	Malta	3.20
88	Kiribati	3.20
89	El Salvador	3.10
90	Hong Kong	3.00
91	Israel	2.90
92	Côte d'Ivoire	2.90
93	Poland	2.90
94	South Korea	2.80
95	Singapore	2.70
96	Thailand	2.70
97	Seychelles	2.60
98	Czechia	2.60
99	Japan	2.50
100	Russia	2.40
101	Laos	2.40
102	Kuwait	2.20
103	Vietnam	2.10
104	Guatemala	2.00
105	United Arab Emirates	1.90
106	Myanmar	1.60
107	Cambodia	0.30
108	Qatar	0.10

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