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Unemployment by country

Name: Unemployment by country
Creator: World Bank

The share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment, using modeled ILO estimates.

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Unemployment·%· World Bank
Year	Italy	Japan	United States
2025	6.39%	2.45%	4.2%
2024	6.5%	2.5%	4.02%
2023	7.63%	2.6%	3.64%
2022	8.07%	2.61%	3.65%
2021	9.5%	2.81%	5.35%
2020	9.19%	2.81%	8.06%
2019	9.88%	2.35%	3.67%
2018	10.54%	2.47%	3.9%
2017	11.21%	2.82%	4.36%
2016	11.69%	3.13%	4.87%
2015	11.9%	3.39%	5.28%
2014	12.68%	3.59%	6.17%
2013	12.15%	4.04%	7.38%
2012	10.66%	4.36%	8.07%
2011	8.36%	4.55%	8.95%
2010	8.36%	5.1%	9.63%
2009	7.75%	5.07%	9.25%
2008	6.72%	4%	5.78%
2007	6.08%	3.89%	4.62%
2006	6.78%	4.19%	4.62%
2005	7.73%	4.45%	5.08%
2004	7.87%	4.73%	5.53%
2003	8.87%	5.25%	5.99%
2002	9.21%	5.39%	5.78%
2001	9.6%	5.02%	4.73%
2000	10.83%	4.75%	3.99%
1999	11.68%	4.68%	4.22%
1998	12.12%	4.08%	4.51%
1997	11.99%	3.37%	5%
1996	11.86%	3.38%	5.45%
1995	11.66%	3.15%	5.65%
1994	11.09%	2.89%	6.12%
1993	10.21%	2.54%	6.9%
1992	9.32%	2.16%	7.5%
1991	10.1%	2.06%	6.8%

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217 countries & economies

Unemployment· latest available values, mixed observation years ·%
#	Country / economy		Year
1	SZEswatini	34.2%	2025
2	ZASouth Africa	32.4%	2025
3	DJDjibouti	26%	2025
4	BWBotswana	24.5%	2025
5	PSWest Bank and Gaza	24.4%	2022
6	GAGabon	20.2%	2025
7	CGRepublic of the Congo	19.9%	2025
8	NANamibia	19.3%	2025
9	SOSomalia, Fed. Rep.	18.9%	2025
10	LYLibya	18.8%	2025
11	VCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines	18%	2025
12	YEYemen	17.3%	2025
13	JOJordan	16.5%	2025
14	LSLesotho	16.3%	2025
15	IQIraq	15.5%	2025
16	TNTunisia	15.1%	2025
17	HTHaiti	14.9%	2025
18	AOAngola	14.1%	2025
19	MEMontenegro	13.6%	2025
20	SYSyrian Arab Republic	13.6%	2025
21	AFAfghanistan	13.4%	2025
22	AMArmenia	12.9%	2025
23	SSSouth Sudan	12.4%	2023
24	MKNorth Macedonia	12.3%	2025
25	GEGeorgia	12.1%	2025
26	GYGuyana	12%	2025
27	CVCabo Verde	11.9%	2025
28	PFFrench Polynesia	11.7%	2025
29	DZAlgeria	11.6%	2025
30	VIVirgin Islands (U.S.)	11.4%	2025
31	RWRwanda	11.4%	2025
32	NCNew Caledonia	11.2%	2025
33	BABosnia and Herzegovina	11%	2025
34	LBLebanon	11%	2023
35	ALAlbania	10.9%	2025
36	NPNepal	10.5%	2025
37	ESSpain	10.4%	2025
38	MRMauritania	10.3%	2025
39	UAUkraine	9.8%	2021
40	FIFinland	9.5%	2025
41	LCSt. Lucia	9.5%	2025
42	ZWZimbabwe	9.3%	2025
43	BSBahamas, The	9.2%	2025
44	STSao Tome and Principe	9.1%	2025
45	MAMorocco	9%	2025
46	CLChile	9%	2025
47	BZBelize	8.9%	2025
48	SESweden	8.7%	2025
49	GRGreece	8.5%	2025
50	TRTürkiye	8.5%	2025
51	PAPanama	8.4%	2025
52	GQEquatorial Guinea	8.3%	2025
53	EEEstonia	8.3%	2025
54	IRIran	8.3%	2025
55	COColombia	8.3%	2025
56	SRSuriname	7.8%	2025
57	FRFrance	7.5%	2025
58	SDSudan	7.5%	2022
59	UYUruguay	7.5%	2025
60	ARArgentina	7.1%	2025
61	RSSerbia	7.1%	2025
62	TJTajikistan	6.9%	2025
63	CACanada	6.9%	2025
64	CRCosta Rica	6.8%	2025
65	EGEgypt	6.8%	2025
66	LTLithuania	6.7%	2025
67	MZMozambique	6.6%	2025
68	LVLatvia	6.6%	2025
69	BBBarbados	6.5%	2025
70	GMGambia, The	6.5%	2025
71	ITItaly	6.4%	2025
72	LULuxembourg	6.3%	2025
73	CFCentral African Republic	6.3%	2025
74	JGChannel Islands	6.2%	2025
75	PTPortugal	6.2%	2025
76	RORomania	6%	2025
77	PRPuerto Rico (US)	6%	2025
78	EREritrea	6%	2025
79	BRBrazil	6%	2025
80	ZMZambia	5.9%	2025
81	BEBelgium	5.9%	2025
82	MUMauritius	5.6%	2025
83	ATAustria	5.6%	2025
84	GUGuam	5.6%	2025
85	DKDenmark	5.5%	2025
86	AZAzerbaijan	5.5%	2025
87	KEKenya	5.4%	2025
88	PKPakistan	5.4%	2025
89	SKSlovakia	5.4%	2025
90	FJFiji	5.3%	2025
91	VEVenezuela	5.3%	2025
92	BNBrunei Darussalam	5.3%	2025
93	MNMongolia	5.2%	2025
94	GNGuinea	5.2%	2025
95	PEPeru	5.1%	2025
96	DODominican Republic	5.1%	2025
97	NZNew Zealand	5.1%	2025
98	VUVanuatu	5.1%	2025
99	MWMalawi	5.1%	2025
100	NINicaragua	5%	2025
101	HRCroatia	5%	2025
102	WSSamoa	5%	2025
103	CYCyprus	4.9%	2025
104	HNHonduras	4.9%	2025
105	CHSwitzerland	4.9%	2025
106	PYParaguay	4.8%	2025
107	KZKazakhstan	4.8%	2025
108	GBUnited Kingdom	4.7%	2025
109	NONorway	4.6%	2025
110	IEIreland	4.6%	2025
111	UZUzbekistan	4.6%	2025
112	CNChina	4.6%	2025
113	HUHungary	4.5%	2025
114	MVMaldives	4.5%	2025
115	CDDemocratic Republic of the Congo	4.4%	2025
116	TMTurkmenistan	4.3%	2025
117	INIndia	4.2%	2025
118	USUnited States	4.2%	2025
119	AUAustralia	4.1%	2025
120	LKSri Lanka	4%	2025
121	NLNetherlands	3.9%	2025
122	KMComoros	3.8%	2025
123	BDBangladesh	3.8%	2025
124	MYMalaysia	3.8%	2025
125	DEGermany	3.7%	2025
126	ISIceland	3.6%	2025
127	CMCameroon	3.6%	2025
128	KPNorth Korea	3.5%	2025
129	BGBulgaria	3.5%	2025
130	KGKyrgyz Republic	3.5%	2025
131	ILIsrael	3.5%	2025
132	BFBurkina Faso	3.5%	2025
133	BYBelarus	3.4%	2025
134	TTTrinidad and Tobago	3.3%	2025
135	ETEthiopia	3.3%	2025
136	ECEcuador	3.3%	2025
137	SVEl Salvador	3.3%	2025
138	JMJamaica	3.3%	2025
139	OMOman	3.3%	2025
140	IDIndonesia	3.2%	2025
141	BTBhutan	3.2%	2025
142	SISlovenia	3.2%	2025
143	SLSierra Leone	3.2%	2025
144	NGNigeria	3.1%	2025
145	MMMyanmar	3%	2025
146	MGMadagascar	3%	2025
147	SASaudi Arabia	3%	2025
148	GHGhana	3%	2025
149	PLPoland	3%	2025
150	BOBolivia	3%	2025
151	MTMalta	2.9%	2025
152	LRLiberia	2.9%	2025
153	MLMali	2.8%	2025
154	CZCzechia	2.8%	2025
155	SGSingapore	2.8%	2025
156	HKHong Kong SAR, China	2.8%	2025
157	UGUganda	2.7%	2025
158	SNSenegal	2.7%	2025
159	KRSouth Korea	2.7%	2025
160	GWGuinea-Bissau	2.7%	2025
161	MXMexico	2.7%	2025
162	GTGuatemala	2.6%	2025
163	PGPapua New Guinea	2.6%	2025
164	JPJapan	2.5%	2025
165	MOMacao SAR, China	2.3%	2025
166	CICote d'Ivoire	2.3%	2025
167	PHPhilippines	2.2%	2025
168	KWKuwait	2.2%	2025
169	AEUnited Arab Emirates	2.2%	2025
170	RURussia	2.1%	2025
171	TOTonga	2%	2025
172	TGTogo	2%	2025
173	CUCuba	1.7%	2025
174	TLTimor-Leste	1.6%	2025
175	BJBenin	1.6%	2025
176	TZTanzania	1.6%	2025
177	VNVietnam	1.5%	2025
178	MDMoldova	1.5%	2025
179	SBSolomon Islands	1.4%	2025
180	LALaos	1.2%	2025
181	BHBahrain	1.1%	2025
182	TDChad	1.1%	2025
183	BIBurundi	0.9%	2025
184	THThailand	0.8%	2025
185	NENiger	0.4%	2025
186	KHCambodia	0.3%	2025
187	QAQatar	0.1%	2025
—	ASAmerican Samoa	—	—
—	ADAndorra	—	—
—	AGAntigua and Barbuda	—	—
—	AWAruba	—	—
—	BMBermuda	—	—
—	VGBritish Virgin Islands	—	—
—	KYCayman Islands	—	—
—	CWCuracao	—	—
—	DMDominica	—	—
—	FOFaroe Islands	—	—
—	GIGibraltar	—	—
—	GLGreenland	—	—
—	GDGrenada	—	—
—	IMIsle of Man	—	—
—	KIKiribati	—	—
—	XKKosovo	—	—
—	LILiechtenstein	—	—
—	MHMarshall Islands	—	—
—	FMMicronesia, Fed. Sts.	—	—
—	MCMonaco	—	—
—	NRNaoero	—	—
—	MPNorthern Mariana Islands	—	—
—	PWPalau	—	—
—	SMSan Marino	—	—
—	SCSeychelles	—	—
—	SXSint Maarten (Dutch part)	—	—
—	KNSt. Kitts and Nevis	—	—
—	MFSt. Martin (French part)	—	—
—	TCTurks and Caicos Islands	—	—
—	TVTuvalu	—	—

Source: World Bank · World Development IndicatorsRetrieved 2026-09-23 · Source updated 2026-07-13

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