Unemployment with basic education, male (% of male labor force with basic education) - Country Ranking
Definition: The percentage of the labor force with a basic level of education who are unemployed. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).
Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 33.52 | 2020 |
| 2 | Djibouti | 29.33 | 2017 |
| 3 | Slovak Republic | 29.32 | 2020 |
| 4 | Georgia | 29.03 | 2020 |
| 5 | Botswana | 28.43 | 2020 |
| 6 | Montenegro | 27.78 | 2020 |
| 7 | Armenia | 26.06 | 2020 |
| 8 | Lesotho | 24.23 | 2019 |
| 9 | North Macedonia | 23.35 | 2020 |
| 10 | Eswatini | 23.24 | 2016 |
| 11 | Lithuania | 22.40 | 2020 |
| 12 | Sweden | 21.98 | 2020 |
| 13 | Congo | 21.35 | 2009 |
| 14 | Jordan | 21.14 | 2020 |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.85 | 2020 |
| 16 | Namibia | 20.75 | 2018 |
| 17 | New Caledonia | 20.26 | 2014 |
| 18 | Somalia | 19.52 | 2019 |
| 19 | St. Lucia | 19.14 | 2019 |
| 20 | Spain | 18.44 | 2020 |
| 21 | Latvia | 18.37 | 2020 |
| 22 | Azerbaijan | 18.04 | 2020 |
| 23 | Finland | 17.42 | 2020 |
| 24 | Greece | 15.92 | 2020 |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 14.60 | 2020 |
| 26 | Mauritania | 14.48 | 2017 |
| 27 | Brazil | 14.47 | 2020 |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 14.43 | 2019 |
| 29 | Haiti | 14.22 | 2012 |
| 30 | Rwanda | 13.99 | 2020 |
| 31 | France | 13.94 | 2020 |
| 32 | Austria | 13.81 | 2020 |
| 33 | Argentina | 13.66 | 2020 |
| 34 | Canada | 13.51 | 2021 |
| 35 | Angola | 13.40 | 2014 |
| 36 | Sudan | 13.20 | 2011 |
| 37 | Guyana | 13.08 | 2019 |
| 38 | Estonia | 13.02 | 2020 |
| 39 | Turkey | 12.86 | 2020 |
| 40 | Zambia | 12.80 | 2019 |
| 41 | Lao PDR | 12.77 | 2017 |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 12.50 | 2020 |
| 43 | Yemen | 12.21 | 2014 |
| 44 | Slovenia | 12.04 | 2020 |
| 45 | Russia | 11.87 | 2020 |
| 46 | Ukraine | 11.78 | 2020 |
| 47 | Belarus | 11.54 | 2020 |
| 48 | Italy | 11.51 | 2020 |
| 49 | Belgium | 11.29 | 2020 |
| 50 | Samoa | 11.14 | 2017 |
| 51 | Chile | 10.97 | 2020 |
| 52 | Cabo Verde | 10.89 | 2019 |
| 53 | Barbados | 10.71 | 2019 |
| 54 | Australia | 10.70 | 2017 |
| 55 | Hungary | 10.67 | 2020 |
| 56 | Czech Republic | 10.54 | 2020 |
| 57 | Kiribati | 10.37 | 2019 |
| 58 | Panama | 10.27 | 2021 |
| 59 | Luxembourg | 10.23 | 2020 |
| 60 | Algeria | 10.19 | 2017 |
| 61 | Morocco | 9.98 | 2012 |
| 62 | Afghanistan | 9.97 | 2020 |
| 63 | Croatia | 9.74 | 2020 |
| 64 | The Gambia | 9.71 | 2018 |
| 65 | Germany | 9.69 | 2020 |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 9.25 | 2009 |
| 67 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 9.20 | 2020 |
| 68 | Norway | 9.15 | 2020 |
| 69 | Nepal | 9.14 | 2017 |
| 70 | Serbia | 9.11 | 2020 |
| 71 | Liberia | 9.00 | 2017 |
| 72 | Denmark | 8.92 | 2020 |
| 73 | Iceland | 8.89 | 2020 |
| 74 | Niger | 8.74 | 2017 |
| 75 | Lebanon | 8.61 | 2019 |
| 76 | Romania | 8.36 | 2020 |
| 77 | Uruguay | 8.34 | 2019 |
| 78 | Tunisia | 8.25 | 2017 |
| 79 | Brunei | 8.05 | 2019 |
| 80 | Comoros | 8.04 | 2014 |
| 81 | Switzerland | 7.93 | 2020 |
| 82 | Ireland | 7.87 | 2020 |
| 83 | Poland | 7.84 | 2020 |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 7.70 | 2019 |
| 85 | Israel | 7.31 | 2020 |
| 86 | Iran | 7.29 | 2020 |
| 87 | Mauritius | 7.20 | 2020 |
| 88 | United States | 7.15 | 2021 |
| 89 | Uganda | 7.03 | 2017 |
| 90 | Iraq | 7.01 | 2012 |
| 91 | New Zealand | 6.82 | 2020 |
| 92 | Suriname | 6.75 | 2016 |
| 93 | United Kingdom | 6.72 | 2019 |
| 94 | Nigeria | 6.68 | 2019 |
| 95 | Cyprus | 6.54 | 2020 |
| 96 | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.43 | 2018 |
| 97 | Colombia | 6.34 | 2019 |
| 98 | Netherlands | 6.31 | 2020 |
| 99 | The Bahamas | 6.24 | 1994 |
| 100 | Mongolia | 6.13 | 2020 |
| 101 | Belize | 6.09 | 2019 |
| 102 | Portugal | 5.89 | 2020 |
| 103 | Palau | 5.82 | 2000 |
| 104 | Malta | 5.51 | 2020 |
| 105 | Singapore | 5.50 | 2020 |
| 106 | Cayman Islands | 5.48 | 2015 |
| 107 | Kazakhstan | 5.46 | 2017 |
| 108 | Egypt | 5.43 | 2020 |
| 109 | Burkina Faso | 5.00 | 2018 |
| 110 | Peru | 4.95 | 2020 |
| 111 | Monaco | 4.91 | 2016 |
| 111 | Togo | 4.91 | 2017 |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 4.89 | 2018 |
| 114 | Bolivia | 4.82 | 2020 |
| 115 | Moldova | 4.81 | 2020 |
| 116 | Pakistan | 4.67 | 2019 |
| 117 | Saudi Arabia | 4.58 | 2020 |
| 118 | Philippines | 4.56 | 2016 |
| 119 | Korea | 4.45 | 2020 |
| 120 | Mexico | 4.41 | 2020 |
| 120 | Tuvalu | 4.41 | 2016 |
| 122 | El Salvador | 4.40 | 2020 |
| 123 | Mozambique | 4.38 | 2015 |
| 124 | Guinea | 4.31 | 2019 |
| 125 | Nicaragua | 4.30 | 2014 |
| 126 | Paraguay | 4.29 | 2017 |
| 127 | Malaysia | 4.12 | 2020 |
| 128 | Kenya | 4.06 | 2019 |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 3.87 | 2020 |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.87 | 2016 |
| 131 | Tanzania | 3.82 | 2014 |
| 132 | Tonga | 3.78 | 2018 |
| 133 | Honduras | 3.72 | 2019 |
| 134 | Venezuela | 3.67 | 2017 |
| 135 | Indonesia | 3.30 | 2020 |
| 136 | Timor-Leste | 3.18 | 2016 |
| 137 | India | 3.16 | 2020 |
| 138 | Albania | 3.14 | 2019 |
| 139 | Ghana | 3.03 | 2017 |
| 140 | Burundi | 2.89 | 2014 |
| 141 | Senegal | 2.88 | 2019 |
| 142 | Macao SAR, China | 2.78 | 2016 |
| 143 | Sri Lanka | 2.63 | 2019 |
| 144 | Cuba | 2.62 | 2010 |
| 145 | Fiji | 2.60 | 2016 |
| 146 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 2.58 | 2012 |
| 147 | Oman | 2.54 | 2016 |
| 148 | Jamaica | 2.53 | 2020 |
| 149 | San Marino | 2.49 | 2016 |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.46 | 2018 |
| 151 | Bangladesh | 2.40 | 2017 |
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | 2.35 | 2010 |
| 152 | Seychelles | 2.35 | 2017 |
| 154 | Cameroon | 2.19 | 2014 |
| 155 | Guatemala | 2.15 | 2019 |
| 156 | Mali | 2.08 | 2018 |
| 157 | Ethiopia | 1.94 | 2013 |
| 157 | Ecuador | 1.94 | 2019 |
| 159 | Vietnam | 1.65 | 2020 |
| 160 | Chad | 1.32 | 2018 |
| 161 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.28 | 2017 |
| 162 | Madagascar | 1.12 | 2015 |
| 163 | Thailand | 1.02 | 2020 |
| 164 | United Arab Emirates | 0.97 | 2018 |
| 165 | Cambodia | 0.89 | 2019 |
| 166 | Malawi | 0.83 | 2020 |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 0.59 | 2013 |
| 168 | Bhutan | 0.48 | 2015 |
| 169 | Benin | 0.44 | 2018 |
| 170 | Kuwait | 0.34 | 2016 |
| 171 | Myanmar | 0.29 | 2019 |
| 172 | Qatar | 0.04 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual