Country Comparison > Unemployment rate

Rank	Country	Unemployment rate (%)
1	Burkina Faso	77
2	Syria	50
3	Senegal	48
4	Haiti	40.6
5	Kenya	40
6	Djibouti	40
7	Congo, Republic of the	36
8	Marshall Islands	36
9	Namibia	34
10	Kiribati	30.6
11	Kosovo	30.5
12	Libya	30
13	American Samoa	29.8
14	Lesotho	28.1
15	Gabon	28
16	Swaziland	28
17	West Bank	27.9
18	Gaza Strip	27.9
19	South Africa	27.5
20	Venezuela	27.1
21	Yemen	27
22	Korea, North	25.6
23	Mozambique	24.5
24	Grenada	24
25	Afghanistan	23.9
26	Dominica	23
27	Nauru	23
28	Macedonia	22.4
29	French Polynesia	21.8
30	Greece	21.5
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.5
32	Malawi	20.4
33	Botswana	20
34	Saint Lucia	20
35	Sudan	19.6
36	Armenia	18.9
37	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.8
38	Jordan	18.3
39	Ethiopia	17.5
40	Spain	17.2
41	Nigeria	16.5
42	Micronesia, Federated States of	16.2
43	Montenegro	16.1
44	Iraq	16
45	Tunisia	15.5
46	Zambia	15
47	Sierra Leone	15
48	New Caledonia	14.7
49	Serbia	14.1
50	Saint Helena	14
51	Albania	13.8
52	Cook Islands	13.1
53	Brazil	12.8
54	Croatia	12.4
55	Jamaica	12.2
56	Egypt	12.2
57	Sao Tome and Principe	12.2
58	Niue	12
59	Ghana	11.9
60	Iran	11.8
61	Georgia	11.8
62	Algeria	11.7
63	Italy	11.3
64	Zimbabwe	11.3
65	Northern Mariana Islands	11.2
66	Guyana	11.1
67	Antigua and Barbuda	11
68	Turkmenistan	11
69	Turkey	10.9
70	Puerto Rico	10.8
71	Virgin Islands	10.4
72	Tanzania	10.3
73	Mauritania	10.2
74	Morocco	10.2
75	Barbados	10.1
76	Bahamas, The	10.1
77	Turks and Caicos Islands	10
78	Lebanon	9.7
79	Cote d'Ivoire	9.4
80	France	9.4
81	Uganda	9.4
82	Colombia	9.3
83	Ukraine	9.2
84	Greenland	9.1
85	Cape Verde	9
86	Belize	9
87	Suriname	8.9
88	Portugal	8.9
89	Qatar	8.9
90	Wallis and Futuna	8.8
91	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.7
92	Latvia	8.7
93	Equatorial Guinea	8.6
94	Finland	8.5
95	India	8.5
96	Argentina	8.4
97	Costa Rica	8.1
98	Slovakia	8.1
99	San Marino	8.1
100	Mongolia	8
101	Anguilla	8
102	Mali	7.9
103	Aruba	7.7
104	Uruguay	7.6
105	Belgium	7.1
106	Mauritius	7.1
107	Lithuania	7.1
108	Kyrgyzstan	7.1
109	Bermuda	7
110	El Salvador	7
111	Central African Republic	6.9
112	Brunei	6.9
113	Togo	6.9
114	Peru	6.9
115	Sweden	6.7
116	Chile	6.7
117	Ireland	6.7
118	Angola	6.6
119	Slovenia	6.6
120	Comoros	6.5
121	Nicaragua	6.4
122	Canada	6.3
123	Bulgaria	6.2
124	Pakistan	6
125	Panama	6
126	Saudi Arabia	6
127	Estonia	5.8
128	Eritrea	5.8
129	Luxembourg	5.8
130	Denmark	5.7
131	Philippines	5.7
132	Paraguay	5.7
133	Australia	5.6
134	Montserrat	5.6
135	Honduras	5.6
136	Austria	5.5
137	Indonesia	5.4
138	Russia	5.2
139	Samoa	5.2
140	Dominican Republic	5.1
141	Azerbaijan	5
142	Kazakhstan	5
143	Uzbekistan	5
144	Trinidad and Tobago	4.9
145	Romania	4.9
146	Poland	4.9
147	Netherlands	4.9
148	New Zealand	4.7
149	Malta	4.6
150	Ecuador	4.6
151	Fiji	4.5
152	Guam	4.5
153	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.5
154	East Timor	4.4
155	United Kingdom	4.4
156	United States	4.4
157	Sri Lanka	4.4
158	Bangladesh	4.4
159	Cameroon	4.3
160	Hungary	4.2
161	Israel	4.2
162	Norway	4.2
163	Moldova	4.1
164	Jersey	4
165	Cayman Islands	4
166	Bolivia	4
167	Burma	4
168	China	3.9
169	Germany	3.8
170	Taiwan	3.8
171	Korea, South	3.7
172	Andorra	3.7
173	Bahrain	3.6
174	Mexico	3.4
175	Malaysia	3.4
176	Bhutan	3.2
177	Switzerland	3.2
178	Hong Kong	3.1
179	Nepal	3
180	Seychelles	3
181	British Virgin Islands	2.9
182	Japan	2.9
183	Maldives	2.9
184	Czech Republic	2.9
185	Liberia	2.8
186	Iceland	2.8
187	Guinea	2.7
188	Rwanda	2.7
189	Cuba	2.6
190	Papua New Guinea	2.5
191	Tajikistan	2.4
192	Liechtenstein	2.4
193	Guatemala	2.3
194	Faroe Islands	2.2
195	Vietnam	2.2
196	Singapore	2.2
197	Macau	2
198	Monaco	2
199	Madagascar	1.8
200	Palau	1.7
201	Vanuatu	1.7
202	United Arab Emirates	1.6
203	Guernsey	1.2
204	Isle of Man	1.1
205	Kuwait	1.1
206	Tonga	1.1
207	Gibraltar	1
208	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	1
209	Benin	1
210	Belarus	0.8
211	Laos	0.7
212	Thailand	0.7
213	Niger	0.3
214	Cambodia	0.3
215	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0.1

Definition: This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2019

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