Unemployment Rate by Country
Swaziland has the highest unemployment rate in the world at 37.6%.
Note: This list uses the latest available data from sources such as The World Factbook. The data is updated regularly.
| Rank | Country | Unemployment Rate (%) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Swaziland
|
37.6% | 2023 |
| 2 |
South Africa
|
28.0% | 2023 |
| 3 |
Djibouti
|
26.3% | 2023 |
| 4 |
Grenada
|
24.0% | 2017 |
| 5 |
Botswana
|
23.4% | 2023 |
| 6 |
Gabon
|
20.4% | 2023 |
| 7 |
Republic of the Congo
|
20.1% | 2023 |
| 8 |
Namibia
|
19.4% | 2023 |
| 9 |
Somalia
|
19.0% | 2023 |
| 10 |
Libya
|
18.7% | 2023 |
| 11 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
18.7% | 2023 |
| 12 |
Jordan
|
17.9% | 2023 |
| 13 |
Yemen
|
17.2% | 2023 |
| 14 |
Lesotho
|
16.5% | 2023 |
| 15 |
Iraq
|
15.5% | 2023 |
| 16 |
Montenegro
|
15.2% | 2023 |
| 17 |
Tunisia
|
15.1% | 2023 |
| 18 |
Rwanda
|
14.9% | 2023 |
| 19 |
Angola
|
14.6% | 2023 |
| 20 |
Haiti
|
14.6% | 2023 |
| 21 |
Afghanistan
|
14.4% | 2023 |
| 22 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
14.2% | 2023 |
| 23 |
Syria
|
13.5% | 2023 |
| 24 |
Macedonia
|
13.1% | 2023 |
| 25 |
Guyana
|
12.4% | 2023 |
| 26 |
Spain
|
12.1% | 2023 |
| 27 |
Virgin Islands
|
12.1% | 2023 |
| 28 |
Cabo Verde
|
12.0% | 2023 |
| 29 |
Algeria
|
11.8% | 2023 |
| 30 |
French Polynesia
|
11.7% | 2023 |
| 31 |
Georgia
|
11.6% | 2023 |
| 32 |
Albania
|
11.6% | 2023 |
| 33 |
Lebanon
|
11.6% | 2023 |
| 34 |
Sudan
|
11.4% | 2023 |
| 35 |
New Caledonia
|
11.2% | 2023 |
| 36 |
Saint Lucia
|
11.1% | 2023 |
| 37 |
Greece
|
11.0% | 2023 |
| 38 |
Nepal
|
10.7% | 2023 |
| 39 |
Mauritania
|
10.5% | 2023 |
| 40 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
10.4% | 2023 |
| 41 |
Ukraine
|
9.8% | 2021 |
| 42 |
Samoa
|
9.8% | 2023 |
| 43 |
Colombia
|
9.6% | 2023 |
| 44 |
Turkey
|
9.4% | 2023 |
| 45 |
Bahamas
|
9.2% | 2023 |
| 46 |
Morocco
|
9.1% | 2023 |
| 47 |
Iran
|
9.1% | 2023 |
| 48 |
Chile
|
9.0% | 2023 |
| 49 |
Zimbabwe
|
8.8% | 2023 |
| 50 |
Serbia
|
8.7% | 2023 |
| 51 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
8.7% | 2023 |
| 52 |
Armenia
|
8.6% | 2023 |
| 53 |
Uruguay
|
8.3% | 2023 |
| 54 |
Costa Rica
|
8.3% | 2023 |
| 55 |
Belize
|
8.3% | 2023 |
| 56 |
San Marino
|
8.1% | 2017 |
| 57 |
Barbados
|
8.0% | 2023 |
| 58 |
Brazil
|
8.0% | 2023 |
| 59 |
Aruba
|
7.7% | 2016 |
| 60 |
Suriname
|
7.7% | 2023 |
| 61 |
Italy
|
7.6% | 2023 |
| 62 |
Sweden
|
7.6% | 2023 |
| 63 |
France
|
7.3% | 2023 |
| 64 |
Egypt
|
7.3% | 2023 |
| 65 |
Finland
|
7.2% | 2023 |
| 66 |
Bermuda
|
7.0% | 2017 |
| 67 |
Tajikistan
|
7.0% | 2023 |
| 68 |
Lithuania
|
7.0% | 2023 |
| 69 |
Panama
|
6.7% | 2023 |
| 70 |
Latvia
|
6.5% | 2023 |
| 71 |
Portugal
|
6.5% | 2023 |
| 72 |
Gambia
|
6.5% | 2023 |
| 73 |
Sri Lanka
|
6.4% | 2023 |
| 74 |
Estonia
|
6.3% | 2023 |
| 75 |
Central African Republic
|
6.3% | 2023 |
| 76 |
Argentina
|
6.2% | 2023 |
| 77 |
Mongolia
|
6.1% | 2023 |
| 78 |
Mauritius
|
6.1% | 2023 |
| 79 |
Honduras
|
6.1% | 2023 |
| 80 |
Croatia
|
6.1% | 2023 |
| 81 |
Guernsey
|
6.0% | 2023 |
| 82 |
Jersey
|
6.0% | 2023 |
| 83 |
Puerto Rico
|
6.0% | 2023 |
| 84 |
Cyprus
|
6.0% | 2023 |
| 85 |
Zambia
|
5.9% | 2023 |
| 86 |
Eritrea
|
5.9% | 2023 |
| 87 |
Slovakia
|
5.8% | 2023 |
| 88 |
Comoros
|
5.8% | 2023 |
| 89 |
Paraguay
|
5.8% | 2023 |
| 90 |
Kenya
|
5.7% | 2023 |
| 91 |
Bhutan
|
5.7% | 2023 |
| 92 |
Azerbaijan
|
5.6% | 2023 |
| 93 |
Montserrat
|
5.6% | 2017 |
| 94 |
Romania
|
5.6% | 2023 |
| 95 |
Dominican Republic
|
5.6% | 2023 |
| 96 |
Venezuela
|
5.5% | 2023 |
| 97 |
Belgium
|
5.5% | 2023 |
| 98 |
Pakistan
|
5.5% | 2023 |
| 99 |
Guam
|
5.4% | 2023 |
| 100 |
Canada
|
5.4% | 2023 |
| 101 |
Guinea
|
5.3% | 2023 |
| 102 |
Burkina Faso
|
5.3% | 2023 |
| 103 |
Brunei
|
5.3% | 2023 |
| 104 |
Austria
|
5.2% | 2023 |
| 105 |
Luxembourg
|
5.2% | 2023 |
| 106 |
Denmark
|
5.1% | 2023 |
| 107 |
Vanuatu
|
5.1% | 2023 |
| 108 |
Bangladesh
|
5.1% | 2023 |
| 109 |
Malawi
|
5.0% | 2023 |
| 110 |
Saudi Arabia
|
4.9% | 2023 |
| 111 |
Kazakhstan
|
4.8% | 2023 |
| 112 |
Peru
|
4.8% | 2023 |
| 113 |
Nicaragua
|
4.8% | 2023 |
| 114 |
China
|
4.7% | 2023 |
| 115 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
4.5% | 2023 |
| 116 |
Uzbekistan
|
4.5% | 2023 |
| 117 |
Jamaica
|
4.4% | 2023 |
| 118 |
Ireland
|
4.3% | 2023 |
| 119 |
Fiji
|
4.3% | 2023 |
| 120 |
Bulgaria
|
4.3% | 2023 |
| 121 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
4.2% | 2023 |
| 122 |
India
|
4.2% | 2023 |
| 123 |
Hungary
|
4.1% | 2023 |
| 124 |
Maldives
|
4.1% | 2023 |
| 125 |
Turkmenistan
|
4.1% | 2023 |
| 126 |
United Kingdom
|
4.1% | 2023 |
| 127 |
Switzerland
|
4.0% | 2023 |
| 128 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
4.0% | 2023 |
| 129 |
Hong Kong
|
3.9% | 2023 |
| 130 |
Malaysia
|
3.9% | 2023 |
| 131 |
New Zealand
|
3.7% | 2023 |
| 132 |
Taiwan
|
3.7% | 2019 |
| 133 |
Andorra
|
3.7% | 2016 |
| 134 |
Australia
|
3.7% | 2023 |
| 135 |
Cameroon
|
3.6% | 2023 |
| 136 |
Slovenia
|
3.6% | 2023 |
| 137 |
United States
|
3.6% | 2023 |
| 138 |
Norway
|
3.6% | 2023 |
| 139 |
Belarus
|
3.6% | 2023 |
| 140 |
Iceland
|
3.6% | 2023 |
| 141 |
Netherlands
|
3.6% | 2023 |
| 142 |
Mozambique
|
3.5% | 2023 |
| 143 |
Ethiopia
|
3.5% | 2023 |
| 144 |
Singapore
|
3.5% | 2023 |
| 145 |
Indonesia
|
3.4% | 2023 |
| 146 |
Israel
|
3.4% | 2023 |
| 147 |
Ecuador
|
3.4% | 2023 |
| 148 |
Russia
|
3.3% | 2023 |
| 149 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
3.2% | 2023 |
| 150 |
Sierra Leone
|
3.2% | 2023 |
| 151 |
Malta
|
3.1% | 2023 |
| 152 |
Ghana
|
3.1% | 2023 |
| 153 |
Bolivia
|
3.1% | 2023 |
| 154 |
Nigeria
|
3.1% | 2023 |
| 155 |
Madagascar
|
3.1% | 2023 |
| 156 |
Germany
|
3.0% | 2023 |
| 157 |
Mali
|
3.0% | 2023 |
| 158 |
Seychelles
|
3.0% | 2017 |
| 159 |
North Korea
|
3.0% | 2023 |
| 160 |
Liberia
|
2.9% | 2023 |
| 161 |
Senegal
|
2.9% | 2023 |
| 162 |
Poland
|
2.9% | 2023 |
| 163 |
Burma
|
2.8% | 2023 |
| 164 |
Uganda
|
2.8% | 2023 |
| 165 |
Mexico
|
2.8% | 2023 |
| 166 |
El Salvador
|
2.8% | 2023 |
| 167 |
Guatemala
|
2.7% | 2023 |
| 168 |
United Arab Emirates
|
2.7% | 2023 |
| 169 |
Papua New Guinea
|
2.6% | 2023 |
| 170 |
South Korea
|
2.6% | 2023 |
| 171 |
Tanzania
|
2.6% | 2023 |
| 172 |
Czech Republic
|
2.6% | 2023 |
| 173 |
Japan
|
2.6% | 2023 |
| 174 |
Cote d'Ivoire
|
2.4% | 2023 |
| 175 |
Tonga
|
2.3% | 2023 |
| 176 |
Macau
|
2.2% | 2023 |
| 177 |
Philippines
|
2.2% | 2023 |
| 178 |
Faroe Islands
|
2.2% | 2017 |
| 179 |
Kuwait
|
2.1% | 2023 |
| 180 |
Togo
|
2.0% | 2023 |
| 181 |
Moldova
|
1.6% | 2023 |
| 182 |
Vietnam
|
1.6% | 2023 |
| 183 |
Solomon Islands
|
1.6% | 2023 |
| 184 |
Timor-Leste
|
1.5% | 2023 |
| 185 |
Oman
|
1.5% | 2023 |
| 186 |
Benin
|
1.4% | 2023 |
| 187 |
Laos
|
1.2% | 2023 |
| 188 |
Cuba
|
1.2% | 2023 |
| 189 |
Bahrain
|
1.2% | 2023 |
| 190 |
Isle of Man
|
1.1% | 2017 |
| 191 |
Chad
|
1.1% | 2023 |
| 192 |
Gibraltar
|
1.0% | 2016 |
| 193 |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
1.0% | 2016 |
| 194 |
Burundi
|
0.9% | 2023 |
| 195 |
Thailand
|
0.9% | 2023 |
| 196 |
Niger
|
0.6% | 2023 |
| 197 |
Cambodia
|
0.2% | 2023 |
| 198 |
Qatar
|
0.1% | 2023 |
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