Unemployment Rate by Country (2025)

1 Eswatini 34.2%
2 South Africa 32.4%
3 Djibouti 26%
4 Botswana 24.5%
5 Gabon 20.2%
6 Congo - Brazzaville 19.9%
7 Namibia 19.3%
8 Somalia 18.9%
9 Libya 18.8%
10 St. Vincent & Grenadines 18%
11 Yemen 17.3%
12 Jordan 16.5%
13 Lesotho 16.3%
14 Iraq 15.5%
15 Tunisia 15.1%
16 Haiti 14.9%
17 Angola 14.1%
18 Montenegro 13.6%
19 Syria 13.6%
20 Afghanistan 13.4%
21 Armenia 12.9%
22 North Macedonia 12.3%
23 Georgia 12.1%
24 Guyana 12%
25 Cape Verde 11.9%
26 French Polynesia 11.7%
27 Algeria 11.6%
28 Rwanda 11.4%
29 U.S. Virgin Islands 11.4%
30 New Caledonia 11.2%
31 Bosnia & Herzegovina 11%
32 Albania 10.9%
33 Nepal 10.5%
34 Spain 10.4%
35 Mauritania 10.3%
36 Finland 9.5%
37 St. Lucia 9.5%
38 Zimbabwe 9.3%
39 Bahamas 9.2%
40 Western Sahara 9.2%
41 São Tomé & Príncipe 9.1%
42 Chile 9%
43 Morocco 9%
44 Belize 8.9%
45 Sweden 8.7%
46 Greece 8.5%
47 Turkey 8.5%
48 Panama 8.4%
49 Colombia 8.3%
50 Estonia 8.3%
51 Equatorial Guinea 8.3%
52 Iran 8.3%
53 Suriname 7.8%
54 France 7.5%
55 Uruguay 7.5%
56 Argentina 7.1%
57 Serbia 7.1%
58 Canada 6.9%
59 Tajikistan 6.9%
60 Costa Rica 6.8%
61 Egypt 6.8%
62 Lithuania 6.7%
63 Latvia 6.6%
64 Mozambique 6.6%
65 Barbados 6.5%
66 Gambia 6.5%
67 Italy 6.4%
68 Central African Republic 6.3%
69 Luxembourg 6.3%
70 Portugal 6.2%
71 Brazil 6%
72 Eritrea 6%
73 Puerto Rico 6%
74 Romania 6%
75 Belgium 5.9%
76 Zambia 5.9%
77 Austria 5.6%
78 Guam 5.6%
79 Mauritius 5.6%
80 Azerbaijan 5.5%
81 Denmark 5.5%
82 Kenya 5.4%
83 Pakistan 5.4%
84 Slovakia 5.4%
85 Brunei 5.3%
86 Fiji 5.3%
87 Venezuela 5.3%
88 Guinea 5.2%
89 Mongolia 5.2%
90 Dominican Republic 5.1%
91 Malawi 5.1%
92 New Zealand 5.1%
93 Peru 5.1%
94 Vanuatu 5.1%
95 Croatia 5%
96 Nicaragua 5%
97 Samoa 5%
98 Switzerland 4.9%
99 Cyprus 4.9%
100 Honduras 4.9%
101 Kazakhstan 4.8%
102 Paraguay 4.8%
103 United Kingdom 4.7%
104 China 4.6%
105 Ireland 4.6%
106 Norway 4.6%
107 Uzbekistan 4.6%
108 Hungary 4.5%
109 Maldives 4.5%
110 Congo - Kinshasa 4.4%
111 Turkmenistan 4.3%
112 India 4.2%
113 United States 4.2%
114 Australia 4.1%
115 Sri Lanka 4%
116 Netherlands 3.9%
117 Bangladesh 3.8%
118 Comoros 3.8%
119 Malaysia 3.8%
120 Germany 3.7%
121 Cameroon 3.6%
122 Iceland 3.6%
123 Burkina Faso 3.5%
124 Bulgaria 3.5%
125 Israel 3.5%
126 Kyrgyzstan 3.5%
127 North Korea 3.5%
128 Taiwan 3.5%
129 Belarus 3.4%
130 Ecuador 3.3%
131 Ethiopia 3.3%
132 Jamaica 3.3%
133 Oman 3.3%
134 El Salvador 3.3%
135 Trinidad and Tobago 3.3%
136 Bhutan 3.2%
137 Indonesia 3.2%
138 Sierra Leone 3.2%
139 Slovenia 3.2%
140 Nigeria 3.1%
141 Bolivia 3%
142 Ghana 3%
143 Madagascar 3%
144 Myanmar (Burma) 3%
145 Poland 3%
146 Saudi Arabia 3%
147 Liberia 2.9%
148 Malta 2.9%
149 Czechia 2.8%
150 Hong Kong 2.8%
151 Mali 2.8%
152 Singapore 2.8%
153 Guinea-Bissau 2.7%
154 South Korea 2.7%
155 Mexico 2.7%
156 Senegal 2.7%
157 Uganda 2.7%
158 Guatemala 2.6%
159 Papua New Guinea 2.6%
160 Japan 2.5%
161 Côte d'Ivoire 2.3%
162 Macao 2.3%
163 United Arab Emirates 2.2%
164 Kuwait 2.2%
165 Philippines 2.2%
166 Russia 2.1%
167 Togo 2%
168 Tonga 2%
169 Cuba 1.7%
170 Benin 1.6%
171 Timor-Leste 1.6%
172 Tanzania 1.6%
173 Moldova 1.5%
174 Vietnam 1.5%
175 Solomon Islands 1.4%
176 Laos 1.2%
177 Bahrain 1.1%
178 Chad 1.1%
179 Burundi 0.9%
180 Thailand 0.8%
181 Niger 0.4%
182 Cambodia 0.3%
183 Qatar 0.1%

The grey line is the world: 4.9% of everyone, 12.4% of 15 to 24-year-olds. Each country's name leads to its own page: its figures over the years, and the newest one its own survey gave.

Not in the ranking

The International Labour Organization has no 2025 estimate for these, so they cannot be ranked fairly with the rest. Their newest figure, where there is one:

American Samoa 13.2% in 2019
Andorra We have no figure for it yet.
Anguilla 7.8% in 2002
Antarctica No permanent population.
Antigua & Barbuda 5.4% in 2023
Aruba 4.3% in 2024
Bermuda 1.7% in 2025
Bouvet Island No permanent population.
British Indian Ocean Territory No permanent population.
British Virgin Islands Has published no recent unemployment rate.
Caribbean Netherlands Rates are published for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba separately, not as one.
Cayman Islands 2.6% in December 2025
Christmas Island An Australian territory with no unemployment rate of its own.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands An Australian territory with no unemployment rate of its own.
Cook Islands 0.8% in 2023
Curaçao 5.1% in 2025
Dominica 11% in 2001
Falkland Islands 1% in 2016
Faroe Islands 0.9% in July 2026
French Guiana 16.9% in 2025
French Southern Territories No permanent population.
Gibraltar Publishes the number of unemployed Gibraltarians, not a rate.
Greenland 2.9% in 2023
Grenada 3.8% in January to March 2024
Guadeloupe 16.6% in 2025
Guernsey 0.8% in July to September 2024
Heard & McDonald Islands No permanent population.
Isle of Man 0.7% in September 2026
Jersey 3.5% in 2021
Kiribati 2.8% in 2023
Kosovo 11.3% in October to December 2024
Lebanon 11% in 2023
Liechtenstein 2.3% in 2017
Marshall Islands 9.8% in 2021
Martinique 13.4% in 2025
Mayotte 24.9% in 2025
Micronesia 8.9% in 2014
Monaco 6.3% in 2016
Montserrat 7.2% in 2023
Nauru 5.1% in 2021
Niue 0.6% in 2022
Norfolk Island An Australian territory with no unemployment rate of its own.
Northern Mariana Islands 14.1% in 2019
Palau 2.1% in 2023
Palestinian Territories 27.5% in October to December 2025
Pitcairn Islands A British territory of a few dozen people, with no unemployment rate.
Réunion 16.3% in 2025
San Marino 4.6% in June 2026
Seychelles 3.3% in January to March 2026
Sint Maarten 6.5% in 2022
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands No permanent population.
South Sudan 12.4% in 2023
St. Barthélemy We have no figure for it yet.
St. Helena 3.5% in 2021
St. Kitts & Nevis 5.1% in 2001
St. Martin We have no figure for it yet.
St. Pierre & Miquelon 3% in 2024
Sudan 7.5% in 2022
Svalbard & Jan Mayen Part of Norway, with no unemployment rate of its own.
Tokelau A New Zealand territory with no unemployment rate of its own.
Turks & Caicos Islands 8.3% in 2008
Tuvalu 7.3% in 2022
U.S. Outlying Islands No permanent population.
Ukraine 9.8% in 2021
Vatican City Publishes no unemployment rate.
Wallis & Futuna 0.6% in 2023
Åland Islands 5.4% in September 2026

Why these figures

Countries measure unemployment in their own ways and at their own times, so their own headline numbers do not line up. These are the International Labour Organization's estimates for 2025, worked out the same way for every country, which is what makes a ranking fair. A country's own survey may give a newer or different number: its page here shows that one.

What the unemployment rate counts

It is the share of the labour force that has no work, is available to work, and is looking for work. People who have stopped looking are not in it, and neither are people working fewer hours than they want.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT, modelled estimates (CC BY 4.0), last read October 24, 2026.