Countries by Unemployment

Compare countries by unemployment using latest available economic data, ranking tables, country links and source notes.
INDICATOR: Unemployment
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:31:38+02:00

Full ranking · Unemployment

SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 South Africa 32.39 high open
2 Jordan 16.54 high open
3 Tunisia 15.11 high open
4 Algeria 11.63 high open
5 Spain 10.38 high open
6 Ukraine 9.83 medium open
7 Finland 9.46 medium open
8 Morocco 9 medium open
9 Chile 8.97 medium open
10 Sweden 8.69 medium open
11 Greece 8.54 medium open
12 Turkey 8.52 medium open
13 Estonia 8.31 lower open
14 Colombia 8.29 lower open
15 France 7.54 lower open
16 Argentina 7.15 lower open
17 Serbia 7.12 lower open
18 Canada 6.91 lower open
19 Egypt 6.78 lower open
20 Lithuania 6.73 lower open
21 Latvia 6.57 lower open
22 Italy 6.39 lower open
23 Luxembourg 6.34 lower open
24 Portugal 6.16 lower open
25 Romania 5.99 lower open
26 Brazil 5.97 lower open
27 Belgium 5.91 lower open
28 Austria 5.58 lower open
29 Denmark 5.53 lower open
30 Kenya 5.45 lower open
31 Pakistan 5.42 lower open
32 Slovakia 5.36 lower open
33 Peru 5.12 lower open
34 New Zealand 5.08 lower open
35 Croatia 5 lower open
36 Switzerland 4.87 lower open
37 Kazakhstan 4.77 lower open
38 United Kingdom 4.75 lower open
39 Norway 4.64 lower open
40 Ireland 4.63 lower open
41 China 4.62 lower open
42 Hungary 4.52 lower open
43 India 4.22 lower open
44 United States 4.2 lower open
45 Australia 4.09 lower open
46 Netherlands 3.87 lower open
47 Bangladesh 3.78 lower open
48 Malaysia 3.76 lower open
49 Germany 3.71 lower open
50 Iceland 3.63 lower open
51 Bulgaria 3.54 lower open
52 Israel 3.49 lower open
53 Ethiopia 3.32 lower open
54 Oman 3.25 lower open
55 Indonesia 3.24 lower open
56 Slovenia 3.18 lower open
57 Nigeria 3.06 lower open
58 Saudi Arabia 3.04 lower open
59 Ghana 2.98 lower open
60 Poland 2.98 lower open
61 Czech Republic 2.83 lower open
62 Singapore 2.82 lower open
63 Hong Kong 2.8 lower open
64 South Korea 2.68 lower open
65 Mexico 2.67 lower open
66 Japan 2.45 lower open
67 Philippines 2.24 lower open
68 Kuwait 2.18 lower open
69 United Arab Emirates 2.17 lower open
70 Russia 2.13 lower open
71 Vietnam 1.52 lower open
72 Bahrain 1.1 lower open
73 Thailand 0.78 lower open
74 Qatar 0.13 lower open

Ranking interpretation

context

This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

Production version: ranking tables should show source timestamp, latest available year and fallback status.

Countries by Unemployment: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Unemployment for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: unemployment by country, global unemployment ranking, country ranking unemployment.