Countries by Unemployment

Global country ranking by unemployment with latest available values, source notes, country links and economic context from World Bank / public data sources.
INDICATOR: Unemployment
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:08:45

Full ranking · Unemployment

SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 South Africa 32.39 open
2 West Bank and Gaza 24.42 open
3 Yemen 17.32 open
4 Jordan 16.54 open
5 Iraq 15.49 open
6 Tunisia 15.11 open
7 Syria 13.57 open
8 Afghanistan 13.35 open
9 Armenia 12.87 open
10 Georgia 12.1 open
11 Algeria 11.63 open
12 Lebanon 10.99 open
13 Nepal 10.47 open
14 Spain 10.38 open
15 Ukraine 9.83 open
16 Finland 9.46 open
17 Morocco 9 open
18 Chile 8.97 open
19 Sweden 8.69 open
20 Greece 8.54 open
21 Turkey 8.52 open
22 Estonia 8.31 open
23 Iran 8.3 open
24 Colombia 8.29 open
25 France 7.54 open
26 Argentina 7.15 open
27 Serbia 7.12 open
28 Tajikistan 6.93 open
29 Canada 6.91 open
30 Egypt 6.78 open
31 Lithuania 6.73 open
32 Latvia 6.57 open
33 Italy 6.39 open
34 Luxembourg 6.34 open
35 Portugal 6.16 open
36 Romania 5.99 open
37 Brazil 5.97 open
38 Belgium 5.91 open
39 Austria 5.58 open
40 Denmark 5.53 open
41 Azerbaijan 5.46 open
42 Kenya 5.45 open
43 Pakistan 5.42 open
44 Slovakia 5.36 open
45 Fiji 5.35 open
46 Brunei 5.28 open
47 Mongolia 5.23 open
48 Peru 5.12 open
49 New Zealand 5.08 open
50 Vanuatu 5.07 open
51 Croatia 5 open
52 Samoa 5 open
53 Cyprus 4.92 open
54 Switzerland 4.87 open
55 Kazakhstan 4.77 open
56 United Kingdom 4.75 open
57 Norway 4.64 open
58 Ireland 4.63 open
59 Uzbekistan 4.62 open
60 China 4.62 open
61 Hungary 4.52 open
62 Maldives 4.51 open
63 Turkmenistan 4.27 open
64 India 4.22 open
65 United States 4.2 open
66 Australia 4.09 open
67 Sri Lanka 4.01 open
68 Netherlands 3.87 open
69 Bangladesh 3.78 open
70 Malaysia 3.76 open
71 Germany 3.71 open
72 Iceland 3.63 open
73 North Korea 3.55 open
74 Bulgaria 3.54 open
75 Kyrgyzstan 3.53 open
76 Israel 3.49 open
77 Ethiopia 3.32 open
78 Oman 3.25 open
79 Indonesia 3.24 open
80 Bhutan 3.23 open
81 Slovenia 3.18 open
82 Nigeria 3.06 open
83 Myanmar 3.05 open
84 Saudi Arabia 3.04 open
85 Ghana 2.98 open
86 Poland 2.98 open
87 Czech Republic 2.83 open
88 Singapore 2.82 open
89 Hong Kong 2.8 open
90 South Korea 2.68 open
91 Mexico 2.67 open
92 Papua New Guinea 2.57 open
93 Japan 2.45 open
94 Macao 2.35 open
95 Philippines 2.24 open
96 Kuwait 2.18 open
97 United Arab Emirates 2.17 open
98 Russia 2.13 open
99 Tonga 2.01 open
100 Timor-Leste 1.59 open
101 Vietnam 1.52 open
102 Solomon Islands 1.43 open
103 Laos 1.19 open
104 Bahrain 1.1 open
105 Thailand 0.78 open
106 Cambodia 0.26 open
107 Qatar 0.13 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, best countries by unemployment.