Labour

Unemployment rate

Share of the labour force that is without work but available for and seeking employment (ILO modelled estimate). Source: International Labour Organization via World Bank WDI.

Year

Lowest · 2025

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0.1%

Coverage · 2025

177

countries

Method

Lower is better

Score: 0 = worst, 100 = best in 2025

Ranking 2025

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#	Country	Value	Score
1	Qatar	0.1%	100.0
2	Cambodia	0.3%	99.6
3	Niger	0.4%	99.2
4	Thailand	0.8%	98.1
5	Burundi	0.9%	97.7
6	Chad	1.1%	97.3
7	Bahrain	1.1%	97.1
8	Laos	1.2%	96.9
9	Solomon Islands	1.4%	96.2
10	Moldova	1.5%	96.0
11	Vietnam	1.5%	95.9
12	Tanzania	1.6%	95.8
13	Benin	1.6%	95.7
14	Timor-Leste	1.6%	95.7
15	Cuba	1.7%	95.3
16	Togo	2.0%	94.5
17	Tonga	2.0%	94.5
18	Russia	2.1%	94.1
19	United Arab Emirates	2.2%	94.0
20	Kuwait	2.2%	94.0
21	Philippines	2.2%	93.8
22	Côte d'Ivoire	2.3%	93.6
23	Macao	2.3%	93.5
24	Japan	2.5%	93.2
25	Papua New Guinea	2.6%	92.8
26	Guatemala	2.6%	92.7
27	Guinea-Bissau	2.7%	92.5
27	Mexico	2.7%	92.5
29	South Korea	2.7%	92.5
30	Senegal	2.7%	92.4
31	Uganda	2.7%	92.3
32	Hong Kong	2.8%	92.2
33	Singapore	2.8%	92.1
34	Czechia	2.8%	92.1
35	Mali	2.8%	92.1
36	Liberia	2.9%	91.9
37	Malta	2.9%	91.9
38	Bolivia	3.0%	91.7
39	Poland	3.0%	91.6
40	Ghana	3.0%	91.6
41	Saudi Arabia	3.0%	91.5
42	Madagascar	3.0%	91.5
43	Myanmar	3.0%	91.4
44	Nigeria	3.1%	91.4
45	Sierra Leone	3.2%	91.1
46	Slovenia	3.2%	91.1
47	Bhutan	3.2%	90.9
48	Indonesia	3.2%	90.9
49	Oman	3.3%	90.8
50	Jamaica	3.3%	90.7
51	El Salvador	3.3%	90.7
52	Ecuador	3.3%	90.7
53	Ethiopia	3.3%	90.6
54	Trinidad and Tobago	3.3%	90.6
55	Belarus	3.4%	90.5
56	Burkina Faso	3.5%	90.2
57	Israel	3.5%	90.1
58	Kyrgyzstan	3.5%	90.0
59	Bulgaria	3.5%	90.0
60	North Korea	3.5%	90.0
61	Cameroon	3.6%	89.8
62	Iceland	3.6%	89.7
63	Germany	3.7%	89.5
64	Malaysia	3.8%	89.3
65	Bangladesh	3.8%	89.3
66	Comoros	3.8%	89.2
67	Netherlands	3.9%	89.0
68	Sri Lanka	4.0%	88.6
69	Australia	4.1%	88.4
70	United States	4.2%	88.1
71	India	4.2%	88.0
72	Turkmenistan	4.3%	87.9
73	DR Congo	4.4%	87.4
74	Maldives	4.5%	87.1
75	Hungary	4.5%	87.1
76	China	4.6%	86.8
77	Uzbekistan	4.6%	86.8
78	Ireland	4.6%	86.8
79	Norway	4.6%	86.8
80	United Kingdom	4.7%	86.5
81	Kazakhstan	4.8%	86.4
82	Paraguay	4.8%	86.3
83	Switzerland	4.9%	86.1
84	Honduras	4.9%	85.9
85	Cyprus	4.9%	85.9
86	Samoa	5.0%	85.7
87	Croatia	5.0%	85.7
88	Nicaragua	5.0%	85.6
89	Malawi	5.1%	85.5
90	Vanuatu	5.1%	85.5
91	New Zealand	5.1%	85.5
92	Dominican Republic	5.1%	85.4
93	Peru	5.1%	85.4
94	Guinea	5.2%	85.2
95	Mongolia	5.2%	85.0
96	Brunei	5.3%	84.9
97	Venezuela	5.3%	84.8
98	Fiji	5.3%	84.7
99	Slovakia	5.4%	84.7
100	Pakistan	5.4%	84.5
101	Kenya	5.4%	84.4
102	Azerbaijan	5.5%	84.4
103	Denmark	5.5%	84.2
104	Austria	5.6%	84.0
105	Mauritius	5.6%	83.8
106	Belgium	5.9%	83.0
107	Zambia	5.9%	83.0
108	Brazil	6.0%	82.9
109	Eritrea	6.0%	82.8
110	Puerto Rico	6.0%	82.8
111	Romania	6.0%	82.8
112	Portugal	6.2%	82.3
113	Central African Republic	6.3%	82.0
114	Luxembourg	6.3%	81.8
115	Italy	6.4%	81.6
116	Gambia	6.5%	81.2
117	Barbados	6.5%	81.2
118	Latvia	6.6%	81.1
119	Mozambique	6.6%	80.9
120	Lithuania	6.7%	80.6
121	Egypt	6.8%	80.5
122	Costa Rica	6.8%	80.3
123	Canada	6.9%	80.1
124	Tajikistan	6.9%	80.0
125	Serbia	7.1%	79.5
126	Argentina	7.1%	79.4
127	Uruguay	7.5%	78.3
128	France	7.5%	78.2
129	Suriname	7.8%	77.4
130	Colombia	8.3%	76.1
131	Iran	8.3%	76.0
132	Estonia	8.3%	76.0
133	Equatorial Guinea	8.3%	75.9
134	Panama	8.4%	75.8
135	Turkey	8.5%	75.4
136	Greece	8.5%	75.3
137	Sweden	8.7%	74.9
138	Belize	8.9%	74.4
139	Chile	9.0%	74.0
140	Morocco	9.0%	74.0
141	São Tomé and Príncipe	9.1%	73.6
142	Bahamas	9.2%	73.4
143	Zimbabwe	9.3%	73.1
144	Saint Lucia	9.5%	72.6
145	Finland	9.5%	72.6
146	Mauritania	10.3%	70.1
147	Spain	10.4%	69.9
148	Nepal	10.5%	69.7
149	Albania	10.9%	68.3
150	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.0%	68.0
151	Rwanda	11.4%	67.0
152	Algeria	11.6%	66.2
153	Cabo Verde	11.9%	65.3
154	Guyana	12.0%	65.3
155	Georgia	12.1%	64.9
156	North Macedonia	12.3%	64.4
157	Armenia	12.9%	62.6
158	Afghanistan	13.4%	61.2
159	Syria	13.6%	60.6
160	Montenegro	13.6%	60.5
161	Angola	14.1%	59.0
162	Haiti	14.9%	56.5
163	Tunisia	15.1%	56.0
164	Iraq	15.5%	54.9
165	Lesotho	16.3%	52.5
166	Jordan	16.5%	51.9
167	Yemen	17.3%	49.5
168	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.0%	47.5
169	Libya	18.8%	45.3
170	Somalia	18.9%	44.8
171	Namibia	19.3%	43.8
172	Congo	19.9%	42.0
173	Gabon	20.2%	41.2
174	Botswana	24.5%	28.5
175	Djibouti	26.0%	24.0
176	South Africa	32.4%	5.3
177	Eswatini	34.2%	0.0

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators — Unemployment, total (% of labor force, modeled ILO estimate) · Unit: % of labour force · Year: 2025 · 177 entries