Country Comparison > Unemployment rate

Rank	Country	Unemployment rate (%)
1	Zimbabwe	95
2	Burkina Faso	77
3	Djibouti	60
4	Syria	50
5	Senegal	48
6	Haiti	40.6
7	Kenya	40
8	Congo, Republic of the	36
9	Marshall Islands	36
10	Afghanistan	35
11	Kosovo	34.8
12	Grenada	33.5
13	Kiribati	30.6
14	Libya	30
15	American Samoa	29.8
16	Lesotho	28.1
17	Namibia	28.1
18	Swaziland	28
19	Gabon	28
20	South Africa	27.6
21	Yemen	27
22	West Bank	26.7
23	Gaza Strip	26.7
24	Venezuela	26.4
25	Korea, North	25.6
26	Macedonia	23.4
27	Dominica	23
28	Nauru	23
29	Mozambique	22.4
30	Greece	22.3
31	French Polynesia	21.8
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.5
33	Malawi	20.4
34	Botswana	20
35	Saint Lucia	20
36	Sudan	19.6
37	Armenia	18.9
38	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.8
39	Ethiopia	17.5
40	Montenegro	17.1
41	Spain	17.1
42	Jordan	16.5
43	Micronesia, Federated States of	16.2
44	Iraq	16
45	Serbia	16
46	Zambia	15
47	Oman	15
48	New Caledonia	14.7
49	Albania	14
50	Saint Helena	14
51	Croatia	13.9
52	Nigeria	13.4
53	Brazil	13.1
54	Cook Islands	13.1
55	Curacao	13
56	Virgin Islands	13
57	Tunisia	13
58	Iran	12.4
59	Jamaica	12.2
60	Egypt	12.2
61	Sao Tome and Principe	12.2
62	Wallis and Futuna	12.2
63	Sint Maarten	12
64	Niue	12
65	Ghana	11.9
66	Algeria	11.7
67	Mauritania	11.7
68	Maldives	11.6
69	Georgia	11.5
70	Puerto Rico	11.5
71	Italy	11.4
72	Northern Mariana Islands	11.2
73	Turkey	11.2
74	Guyana	11.1
75	Antigua and Barbuda	11
76	Turkmenistan	11
77	Tanzania	10.3
78	Belize	10.1
79	Bahamas, The	10
80	Turks and Caicos Islands	10
81	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	9.9
82	Barbados	9.8
83	Portugal	9.7
84	Ukraine	9.5
85	France	9.5
86	Cote d'Ivoire	9.4
87	Uganda	9.4
88	Morocco	9.3
89	Colombia	9.3
90	Greenland	9.1
91	Suriname	9.1
92	Sierra Leone	9.1
93	Latvia	9
94	Cape Verde	9
95	Bermuda	9
96	India	8.8
97	Finland	8.7
98	British Virgin Islands	8.7
99	Equatorial Guinea	8.6
100	Eritrea	8.6
101	Estonia	8.4
102	Guam	8.4
103	Slovakia	8.1
104	Mali	8.1
105	Costa Rica	8.1
106	Argentina	8.1
107	Anguilla	8
108	Central African Republic	8
109	Mongolia	8
110	San Marino	8
111	Belgium	7.5
112	Kyrgyzstan	7.4
113	Uruguay	7.3
114	Lithuania	7
115	Chile	7
116	El Salvador	7
117	Aruba	6.9
118	Brunei	6.9
119	Mauritius	6.9
120	Togo	6.9
121	Slovenia	6.8
122	Peru	6.7
123	Sweden	6.6
124	Bulgaria	6.6
125	Canada	6.5
126	Comoros	6.5
127	Nicaragua	6.5
128	Paraguay	6.5
129	Ireland	6.4
130	Azerbaijan	6
131	Montserrat	6
132	Pakistan	6
133	Philippines	6
134	Luxembourg	5.9
135	Honduras	5.9
136	Denmark	5.8
137	Australia	5.6
138	Saudi Arabia	5.6
139	Russia	5.5
140	Panama	5.5
141	Dominican Republic	5.5
142	Fiji	5.5
143	Austria	5.4
144	Indonesia	5.4
145	Romania	5.3
146	Netherlands	5.1
147	Ecuador	5.1
148	Kazakhstan	5
149	New Zealand	4.9
150	Uzbekistan	4.9
151	Poland	4.8
152	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.5
153	Malta	4.4
154	United States	4.4
155	United Kingdom	4.4
156	East Timor	4.4
157	Hungary	4.4
158	Israel	4.3
159	Cameroon	4.3
160	Moldova	4.3
161	Trinidad and Tobago	4.1
162	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	4.1
163	Bangladesh	4.1
164	Bolivia	4
165	Burma	4
166	Sri Lanka	4
167	China	4
168	Cayman Islands	4
169	Jersey	4
170	Norway	4
171	Korea, South	3.8
172	Germany	3.8
173	Bahrain	3.8
174	Taiwan	3.8
175	Andorra	3.7
176	Mexico	3.6
177	United Arab Emirates	3.6
178	Malaysia	3.4
179	Nepal	3.3
180	Bhutan	3.2
181	Switzerland	3
182	Seychelles	3
183	Japan	2.9
184	Czech Republic	2.8
185	Faroe Islands	2.8
186	Iceland	2.8
187	Guinea	2.8
188	Liberia	2.8
189	Isle of Man	2.7
190	Rwanda	2.7
191	Hong Kong	2.6
192	Niger	2.6
193	Papua New Guinea	2.5
194	Tajikistan	2.4
195	Liechtenstein	2.4
196	Guatemala	2.4
197	Vietnam	2.3
198	Singapore	2.2
199	Cuba	2.2
200	Kuwait	2.1
201	Madagascar	2.1
202	Macau	2
203	Monaco	2
204	Vanuatu	1.7
205	Palau	1.7
206	Laos	1.5
207	Guernsey	1.2
208	Tonga	1.1
209	Gibraltar	1
210	Benin	1
211	Belarus	1
212	Thailand	0.7
213	Qatar	0.6
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, 2018