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Afghanistan23.9% (2017 est.)

22.6% (2016 est.)
Albania5.83% (2019 est.)

6.32% (2018 est.)

note: these official rates may not include those working at near-subsistence farming
Algeria11.7% (2017 est.)

10.5% (2016 est.)
American Samoa29.8% (2005)
Andorra3.7% (2016 est.)

4.1% (2015 est.)
Angola6.6% (2016 est.)
Anguilla8% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda11% (2014 est.)
Argentina9.84% (2019 est.)

9.18% (2018 est.)
Armenia18.9% (2017 est.)

18.8% (2016 est.)
Aruba7.7% (2016 est.)
Australia5.16% (2019 est.)

5.29% (2018 est.)
Austria7.35% (2019 est.)

7.7% (2018 est.)
Azerbaijan5% (2017 est.)

5% (2016 est.)
Bahamas, The10.1% (2017 est.)

12.2% (2016 est.)
Bahrain3.6% (2017 est.)

3.7% (2016 est.)

note: official estimate; actual rate is higher
Bangladesh4.4% (2017 est.)

4.4% (2016 est.)

note: about 40% of the population is underemployed; many persons counted as employed work only a few hours a week and at low wages
Barbados10.1% (2017 est.)

9.9% (2016 est.)
Belarus0.8% (2017 est.)

1% (2016 est.)

note: official registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers
Belgium5.36% (2019 est.)

5.96% (2018 est.)
Belize9% (2017 est.)

8% (2016 est.)
Benin1% (2014 est.)
Bermuda7% (2017 est.)

7% (2016 est.)
Bhutan3.2% (2017 est.)

3.2% (2016 est.)
Bolivia4% (2017 est.)

4% (2016 est.)

note: data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment
Bosnia and Herzegovina33.28% (2019 est.)

35.97% (2018 est.)

note: official rate; actual rate is lower as many technically unemployed persons work in the gray economy
Botswana20% (2013 est.)

17.8% (2009 est.)
Brazil11.93% (2019 est.)

12.26% (2018 est.)
British Virgin Islands2.9% (2015 est.)
Brunei6.9% (2017 est.)

6.9% (2016 est.)
Bulgaria5.66% (2019 est.)

6.18% (2018 est.)
Burkina Faso77% (2004)
Burma4% (2017 est.)

4% (2016 est.)
Burundi

NA

Cambodia0.3% (2017 est.)

0.2% (2016 est.)

note: high underemployment, according to official statistics
Cameroon4.3% (2014 est.)

30% (2001 est.)
Canada5.67% (2019 est.)

5.83% (2018 est.)
Cayman Islands4% (2008)

4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic6.9% (2017 est.)
Chad

NA

Chile7.22% (2019 est.)

7.33% (2018 est.)
China3.64% (2019 est.)

3.84% (2018 est.)

note: data are for registered urban unemployment, which excludes private enterprises and migrants
Cocos (Keeling) Islands0.1% (2011)

60% (2000 est.)
Colombia10.5% (2019 est.)

9.68% (2018 est.)
Comoros6.5% (2014 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the

NA

Congo, Republic of the36% (2014 est.)
Cook Islands13.1% (2005)
Costa Rica8.1% (2017 est.)

9.5% (2016 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire9.4% (2013 est.)
Croatia8.07% (2019 est.)

9.86% (2018 est.)
Cuba2.6% (2017 est.)

2.4% (2016 est.)

note: data are official rates; unofficial estimates are about double
Curacao13% (2013 est.)

9.8% (2011 est.)
Cyprus7.07% (2019 est.)

8.37% (2018 est.)
Denmark3.05% (2019 est.)

3.07% (2018 est.)
Djibouti40% (2017 est.)

60% (2014 est.)
Dominica23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic5.1% (2017 est.)

5.5% (2016 est.)
Ecuador5.71% (2019 est.)

5.26% (2018 est.)
Egypt7.86% (2019 est.)

12.7% (2016 est.)
El Salvador7% (2017 est.)

6.9% (2016 est.)

note: data are official rates; but underemployment is high
Equatorial Guinea8.6% (2014 est.)

22.3% (2009 est.)
Eritrea5.8% (2017 est.)

10% (2016 est.)
Estonia4.94% (2019 est.)

4.73% (2018 est.)
Ethiopia17.5% (2012 est.)

18% (2011 est.)
European Union8.6% (2016 est.)

9.4% (2015 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)1% (2016 est.)
Faroe Islands2.2% (2017 est.)

3.4% (2016 est.)
Fiji4.5% (2017 est.)

5.5% (2016 est.)
Finland6.63% (2019 est.)

7.38% (2018 est.)
France8.12% (2019 est.)

8.69% (2018 est.)

note: includes overseas territories
French Polynesia21.8% (2012)

11.7% (2010)
Gabon28% (2015 est.)

20.4% (2014 est.)
Gambia, The

NA

Gaza Strip27.9% (2017 est.)

27% (2016 est.)

note: data exclude the West Bank
Georgia11.8% (2016 est.)
Germany4.98% (2019 est.)

5.19% (2018 est.)
Ghana11.9% (2015 est.)

5.2% (2013 est.)
Gibraltar1% (2016 est.)
Greece17.3% (2019 est.)

19.34% (2018 est.)
Greenland9.1% (2015 est.)

10.3% (2014 est.)
Grenada24% (2017 est.)

28.2% (2016 est.)
Guam4.5% (2017 est.)

3.9% (2016 est.)
Guatemala2.3% (2017 est.)

2.4% (2016 est.)
Guernsey1.2% (2016 est.)
Guinea2.7% (2017 est.)

2.8% (2016 est.)
Guinea-Bissau

NA

Guyana11.1% (2013)

11.3% (2012)
Haiti40.6% (2010 est.)

note: widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs
Honduras5.6% (2017 est.)

6.3% (2016 est.)

note: about one-third of the people are underemployed
Hong Kong2.93% (2019 est.)

2.83% (2018 est.)
Hungary3.45% (2019 est.)

3.71% (2018 est.)
Iceland3.62% (2019 est.)

2.73% (2018 est.)
India8.5% (2017 est.)

8.5% (2016 est.)
Indonesia5.31% (2018 est.)

5.4% (2017 est.)
Iran11.8% (2017 est.)

12.4% (2016 est.)

note: data are Iranian Government numbers
Iraq16% (2012 est.)

15% (2010 est.)
Ireland4.98% (2019 est.)

5.78% (2018 est.)
Israel4.4% (2020 est.)

3.81% (2019 est.)

4% (2018 est.)
Italy9.88% (2019 est.)

10.63% (2018 est.)
Jamaica7.72% (2019 est.)

9.13% (2018 est.)
Japan2.36% (2019 est.)

2.44% (2018 est.)
Jersey4% (2015 est.)

4.6% (2014 est.)
Jordan19.1% (2019 est.)

18.61% (2018 est.)

note: official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30%
Kazakhstan4.8% (2019 est.)

4.85% (2018 est.)
Kenya40% (2013 est.)

40% (2001 est.)
Kiribati30.6% (2010 est.)

6.1% (2005)
Korea, North25.6% (2013 est.)

25.5% (2012 est.)
Korea, South3.76% (2019 est.)

3.85% (2018 est.)
Kosovo30.5% (2017 est.)

27.5% (2016 est.)

note: Kosovo has a large informal sector that may not be reflected in these data
Kuwait1.1% (2017 est.)

1.1% (2016 est.)
Kyrgyzstan3.18% (2019 est.)

2.59% (2018 est.)
Laos0.7% (2017 est.)

0.7% (2016 est.)
Latvia6.14% (2019 est.)

6.51% (2018 est.)
Lebanon9.7% (2007)
Lesotho28.1% (2014 est.)

25% (2008 est.)
Liberia2.8% (2014 est.)
Libya30% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein2.4% (2015)

2.4% (2014)
Lithuania8.4% (2019 est.)

8.5% (2018 est.)
Luxembourg5.36% (2019 est.)

5.46% (2018 est.)
Macau2% (2017 est.)

1.9% (2016 est.)
Madagascar1.8% (2017 est.)

1.8% (2016 est.)
Malawi20.4% (2013 est.)
Malaysia3.3% (2019 est.)

3.33% (2018 est.)
Maldives2.9% (2017 est.)

3.2% (2016 est.)
Mali7.9% (2017 est.)

7.8% (2016 est.)
Malta0.78% (2019 est.)

0.89% (2018 est.)
Marshall Islands36% (2006 est.)

30.9% (2000 est.)
Mauritania10.2% (2017 est.)

10.1% (2016 est.)
Mauritius6.65% (2019 est.)

6.84% (2018 est.)
Mexico3.49% (2019 est.)

3.33% (2018 est.)

note: underemployment may be as high as 25%
Micronesia, Federated States of16.2% (2010 est.)
Moldova4.99% (2019 est.)

3.16% (2018 est.)
Monaco2% (2012)
Mongolia8% (2017 est.)

7.9% (2016 est.)
Montenegro15.82% (2019 est.)

18.8% (2018 est.)
Montserrat5.6% (2017 est.)

6% (1998 est.)
Morocco9.23% (2019 est.)

9.65% (2018 est.)
Mozambique24.5% (2017 est.)

25% (2016 est.)
Namibia34% (2016 est.)

28.1% (2014 est.)
Nauru23% (2011 est.)

90% (2004 est.)
Nepal3% (2017 est.)

3.2% (2016 est.)
Netherlands3.41% (2019 est.)

3.84% (2018 est.)
New Caledonia14.7% (2014)

14% (2009)
New Zealand4.13% (2019 est.)

4.32% (2018 est.)
Nicaragua6.4% (2017 est.)

6.2% (2016 est.)

note: underemployment was 46.5% in 2008
Niger0.3% (2017 est.)

0.3% (2016 est.)
Nigeria16.5% (2017 est.)

13.9% (2016 est.)
Niue12% (2001)
Northern Mariana Islands11.2% (2010 est.)

8% (2005 est.)
Norway3.72% (2019 est.)

3.89% (2018 est.)
Oman

NA

Pakistan6% (2017 est.)

6% (2016 est.)

note: Pakistan has substantial underemployment
Palau1.7% (2015 est.)

4.1% (2012)
Panama6.14% (2018 est.)

6% (2017 est.)
Papua New Guinea2.5% (2017 est.)

2.5% (2016 est.)
Paraguay5.7% (2017 est.)

6% (2016 est.)
Peru6.58% (2019 est.)

6.73% (2018 est.)

note: data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment
Philippines5.11% (2019 est.)

5.29% (2018 est.)
Poland5.43% (2019 est.)

6.08% (2018 est.)
Portugal6.55% (2019 est.)

7.05% (2018 est.)
Puerto Rico10.8% (2017 est.)

11.8% (2016 est.)
Qatar8.9% (2017 est.)

11.1% (2016 est.)
Romania3.06% (2019 est.)

3.56% (2018 est.)
Russia4.6% (2019 est.)

4.8% (2018 est.)
Rwanda2.7% (2014 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis4.5% (1997)
Saint Lucia20% (2003 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon8.7% (2015 est.)

9.9% (2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18.8% (2008 est.)
Samoa5.2% (2017 est.)

5.5% (2016 est.)

NA
San Marino8.1% (2017 est.)

8.6% (2016 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe12.2% (2017 est.)

12.6% (2016 est.)
Saudi Arabia6% (2017 est.)

5.6% (2016 est.)

note: data are for total population; unemployment among Saudi nationals is more than double
Senegal48% (2007 est.)
Serbia14.1% (2017 est.)

15.9% (2016 est.)
Seychelles3% (2017 est.)

2.7% (2016 est.)
Sierra Leone15% (2017 est.)

17.2% (2016 est.)
Singapore2.25% (2019 est.)

2.1% (2018 est.)
Sint Maarten12% (2012 est.)

10.6% (2008 est.)
Slovakia5% (2019 est.)

5.42% (2018 est.)
Slovenia7.64% (2019 est.)

8.25% (2018 est.)
Solomon Islands

NA

Somalia

NA

South Africa28.53% (2019 est.)

27.09% (2018 est.)
Spain14.13% (2019 est.)

15.25% (2018 est.)
Sri Lanka4.83% (2019 est.)

4.44% (2018 est.)
Sudan19.6% (2017 est.)

20.6% (2016 est.)
Suriname8.9% (2017 est.)

9.7% (2016 est.)
Sweden6.78% (2019 est.)

6.33% (2018 est.)
Switzerland2.31% (2019 est.)

2.55% (2018 est.)
Syria50% (2017 est.)

50% (2016 est.)
Taiwan3.73% (2019 est.)

3.69% (2018 est.)
Tajikistan2.4% (2016 est.)

2.5% (2015 est.)

note: official rate; actual unemployment is much higher
Tanzania10.3% (2014 est.)
Thailand0.99% (2019 est.)

1.06% (2018 est.)
Togo6.9% (2016 est.)
Tokelau2% (2015 est.)

note: Underemployment may be as high as 6.6%
Tonga1.1% (2011 est.)

1.1% (2006)
Trinidad and Tobago4.9% (2017 est.)

4% (2016 est.)
Tunisia15.5% (2017 est.)

15.5% (2016 est.)
Turkey13.68% (2019 est.)

11% (2018 est.)
Turkmenistan11% (2014 est.)

10.6% (2013)
Turks and Caicos Islands10% (1997 est.)
Tuvalu

NA

Uganda9.4% (2014 est.)
Ukraine8.89% (2019 est.)

9.42% (2018 est.)

note: officially registered workers; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers
United Arab Emirates1.6% (2016 est.)

3.6% (2014 est.)
United Kingdom3.17% (2019 est.)

2.51% (2018 est.)
United States3.89% (2018 est.)

4.4% (2017 est.)
Uruguay7.6% (2017 est.)

7.9% (2016 est.)
Uzbekistan5% (2017 est.)

5.1% (2016 est.)

note: official data; another 20% are underemployed
Vanuatu1.7% (1999 est.)
Venezuela6.9% (2018 est.)

27.1% (2017 est.)
Vietnam3.11% (2018 est.)

2.2% (2017 est.)
Virgin Islands10.4% (2017 est.)

11% (2016 est.)
Wallis and Futuna8.8% (2013 est.)

12.2% (2008 est.)
West Bank27.9% (2017 est.)

27% (2016 est.)

note: excludes Gaza Strip
World7.7% (2017 est.)

7.5% (2016 est.)

note: combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2007 est.)
Yemen27% (2014 est.)

35% (2003 est.)
Zambia15% (2008 est.)

50% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe11.3% (2014 est.)

80% (2005 est.)

note: data include both unemployment and underemployment; true unemployment is unknown and, under current economic conditions, unknowable

Source: CIA Factbook