Unemployment (% of total labor force)

Unemployment by country

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A map of the world, with colours to highlight the unemployment percent of total labor force of each country. Numbers on the legend are %.

Position	Country	Number
1	South Africa	28.77
2	Djibouti	27.95
3	Eswatini	24.56
4	Congo	22.24
5	Gabon	21.84
6	Namibia	21.27
7	Botswana	21.16
8	Libya	20.61
9	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20.4
10	Somalia	19.93
11	Saint Lucia	19.52
12	Sudan	19.05
13	Jordan	18.44
14	Lesotho	18.29
15	Montenegro	16.87
16	Tunisia	16.26
17	Iraq	16.17
18	North Macedonia	15.78
19	Sao Tome and Principe	15.34
20	Costa Rica	15.14
21	Haiti	15.02
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.9
23	Guyana	14.9
24	Spain	14.78
25	Greece	14.71
26	Cabo Verde	13.91
27	Colombia	13.9
28	Yemen	13.89
29	South Sudan	13.48
30	Brazil	13.34
31	Rwanda	13.31
32	Armenia	12.73
33	Albania	12.68
34	Lebanon	12.5
35	Nepal	12.22
36	Georgia	12.21
37	Turkey	11.98
38	Algeria	11.75
39	Bahamas	11.66
40	Mauritania	11.29
41	Iran	10.82
42	Morocco	10.54
43	Angola	10.38
44	Panama	10.3
45	Belize	10.29
46	Serbia	10.06
47	Samoa	9.91
48	Ukraine	9.83
49	Syria	9.82
50	Barbados	9.58
51	Italy	9.5
52	Chile	9.35
53	Uruguay	9.29
54	Equatorial Guinea	9.15
55	Suriname	9.08
56	Comoros	8.98
57	Argentina	8.74
58	Sweden	8.72
59	Zimbabwe	8.07
60	Honduras	7.95
61	France	7.86
62	Mongolia	7.75
63	Tajikistan	7.74
64	India	7.71
65	Dominican Republic	7.7
66	Mauritius	7.66
67	Finland	7.61
68	Croatia	7.61
69	Latvia	7.51
70	Canada	7.46
71	Cyprus	7.46
72	Brunei Darussalam	7.45
73	Egypt	7.4
74	Paraguay	7.31
75	Lithuania	7.11
76	Slovakia	6.83
77	Eritrea	6.8
78	Saudi Arabia	6.69
79	Portugal	6.58
80	Venezuela	6.47
81	Central African Republic	6.46
82	Pakistan	6.34
83	Belgium	6.26
84	Zambia	6.22
85	Ireland	6.19
86	Austria	6.18
87	Estonia	6.18
88	Iceland	6.02
89	Uzbekistan	6.02
90	Jamaica	6.01
91	Azerbaijan	5.95
92	Nigeria	5.94
93	Nicaragua	5.93
94	Guinea	5.82
95	Malawi	5.66
96	Romania	5.59
97	United States of America (USA)	5.35
98	Bulgaria	5.27
99	Maldives	5.26
100	Luxembourg	5.25
101	Sri Lanka	5.24
102	Burkina Faso	5.23
103	Kazakhstan	5.16
104	Australia	5.12
105	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.11
106	Bangladesh	5.1
107	Switzerland	5.1
108	Peru	5.1
109	Bolivia	5.09
110	Denmark	5.06
111	Gambia	4.98
112	Timor-Leste	4.97
113	Fiji	4.93
114	United Kingdom	4.83
115	Turkmenistan	4.79
116	Kyrgyzstan	4.77
117	Slovenia	4.74
118	Russia	4.72
119	China	4.55
120	Ecuador	4.5
121	Trinidad and Tobago	4.45
122	Norway	4.37
123	El Salvador	4.35
124	Israel	4.32
125	Netherlands	4.21
126	Togo	4.18
127	Cameroon	4.12
128	Mexico	4.09
129	Hungary	4.05
130	Malaysia	4.05
131	Mozambique	3.94
132	Ethiopia	3.93
133	Ghana	3.92
134	Bhutan	3.91
135	Belarus	3.9
136	Indonesia	3.83
137	New Zealand	3.78
138	Sierra Leone	3.7
139	Guinea-Bissau	3.69
140	Liberia	3.67
141	South Korea	3.64
142	Laos	3.64
143	Germany	3.57
144	Singapore	3.54
145	Malta	3.53
146	Senegal	3.5
147	Poland	3.36
148	Moldova	3.23
149	North Korea	3.21
150	United Arab Emirates	3.11
151	Guatemala	2.94
152	Papua New Guinea	2.83
153	Ivory Coast	2.82
154	Kuwait	2.82
155	Czechia	2.81
156	Japan	2.8
157	Tanzania	2.74
158	Tonga	2.67
159	Philippines	2.63
160	Mali	2.6
161	Oman	2.51
162	Vietnam	2.38
163	Madagascar	2.31
164	Vanuatu	2.12
165	Benin	1.75
166	Chad	1.54
167	Bahrain	1.53
168	Cuba	1.47
169	Burundi	1.13
170	Solomon Islands	0.99
171	Thailand	0.99
172	Niger	0.67
173	Cambodia	0.29
174	Qatar	0.17

World unemployment by year

World unemployment by year.

Year	Number
1991	4.94
1992	5.08
1993	5.35
1994	5.61
1995	5.78
1996	5.88
1997	5.92
1998	6.09
1999	6.23
2000	6.07
2001	6.18
2002	6.42
2003	6.54
2004	6.42
2005	6.34
2006	6.06
2007	5.85
2008	5.87
2009	6.46
2010	6.35
2011	6.19
2012	6.14
2013	6.12
2014	5.98
2015	6.01
2016	6
2017	5.87
2018	5.7
2019	5.54
2020	6.9
2021	6.2

Countries with the highest unemployment

Top 10 countries by unemployment

How many people are without a job? Everything to know about unemployment

The possibility to earn money and to associate with others is of utmost importance for human beings. That is why it is quite crucial to have a job, especially the one that suits us and makes us happy. We probably realize the unemployment in our own country, but what about the neighbouring nations and great powers?

Let’s take a look at the unemployment rates at the wealthiest nations in the world

There are five countries that are at the top of almost all rankings in terms of wealthiness, and these are China, the USA, India, Japan, and Germany. Interestingly, out of them the biggest unemployment rate, when compared to the total labor force, can be noticed in India (5.4%). It is a rather moderate rate, which shouldn’t pose any large troubles.

Slightly smaller unemployment rates are in China (4.4%), and in the USA. (3.9%). The Germans are known as hard-working people, and the unemployment rate seems to confirm this with 3%. However, the lowest unemployment rate out of the wealthiest countries is in Japan with only 2.3%.

The biggest unemployment is in… Africa

South Africa, to be exact. There, we can notice an unemployment rate around 28.5%. It means that out of the total labor force, more than a quarter of society is not officially working. The second place goes to a region of the West Bank and Gaza (26.1%). Let’s also remember about the third place of the infamous rating, which is Lesotho, a small country in Africa.

We should remember that there are numerous countries that struggle with high unemployment rates. Some of the examples are Spain and Turkey (both 13%). However, the most alarming is Greece with an enormous 15.5% of unemployed people. All the data was gathered at the end of 2019.

There are no unemployed people in Qatar!

The smallest unemployment rate can be found in this country located in Western Asia.There are only 0.1% of the unemployed. There are several other nations with incredibly small unemployment rates such as Solomon Islands and, surprisingly, Niger (both 0.5%)

Unemployment (% of total labor force)

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