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Definition: This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.
Description: The map displayed here shows how Unemployment rate varies by country. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020
| Country | Unemployment rate (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 77 | 2004 |
| Syria | 50 | 2017 |
| Senegal | 48 | 2007 |
| Haiti | 41 | 2010 |
| Djibouti | 40 | 2017 |
| Kenya | 40 | 2013 |
| Congo, Republic of the | 36 | 2014 |
| Namibia | 34 | 2016 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33 | 2019 |
| Kiribati | 31 | 2010 |
| Libya | 30 | 2004 |
| South Africa | 29 | 2019 |
| Lesotho | 28 | 2014 |
| Gabon | 28 | 2015 |
| Swaziland | 28 | 2014 |
| Yemen | 27 | 2014 |
| Korea, North | 26 | 2013 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 2017 |
| Grenada | 24 | 2017 |
| Afghanistan | 24 | 2017 |
| Dominica | 23 | 2000 |
| Nauru | 23 | 2011 |
| Malawi | 20 | 2013 |
| Botswana | 20 | 2013 |
| Saint Lucia | 20 | 2003 |
| Sudan | 20 | 2017 |
| Jordan | 19 | 2019 |
| Armenia | 19 | 2017 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19 | 2008 |
| Ethiopia | 18 | 2012 |
| Greece | 17 | 2019 |
| Macedonia | 17 | 2019 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 2017 |
| Iraq | 16 | 2012 |
| Montenegro | 16 | 2019 |
| Tunisia | 16 | 2017 |
| Sierra Leone | 15 | 2017 |
| Zambia | 15 | 2008 |
| New Caledonia | 15 | 2014 |
| Spain | 14 | 2019 |
| Serbia | 14 | 2017 |
| Turkey | 14 | 2019 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 12 | 2017 |
| Brazil | 12 | 2019 |
| Ghana | 12 | 2015 |
| Georgia | 12 | 2016 |
| Iran | 12 | 2017 |
| Algeria | 12 | 2017 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 2014 |
| Guyana | 11 | 2013 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 11 | 2014 |
| Turkmenistan | 11 | 2014 |
| Puerto Rico | 11 | 2017 |
| Colombia | 11 | 2019 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 2014 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 2017 |
| Bahamas, The | 10 | 2017 |
| Barbados | 10 | 2017 |
| Italy | 10 | 2019 |
| Argentina | 10 | 2019 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 2007 |
| Uganda | 9 | 2014 |
| Morocco | 9 | 2019 |
| Greenland | 9 | 2015 |
| Cape Verde | 9 | 2017 |
| Belize | 9 | 2017 |
| Qatar | 9 | 2017 |
| Suriname | 9 | 2017 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 2019 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 2014 |
| India | 9 | 2017 |
| Lithuania | 8 | 2019 |
| France | 8 | 2019 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 2017 |
| San Marino | 8 | 2017 |
| Croatia | 8 | 2019 |
| Mongolia | 8 | 2017 |
| Mali | 8 | 2017 |
| Egypt | 8 | 2019 |
| Jamaica | 8 | 2019 |
| Slovenia | 8 | 2019 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 2017 |
| Austria | 7 | 2019 |
| Chile | 7 | 2019 |
| El Salvador | 7 | 2017 |
| Central African Republic | 7 | 2017 |
| Brunei | 7 | 2017 |
| Togo | 7 | 2016 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 2018 |
| Sweden | 7 | 2019 |
| Mauritius | 7 | 2019 |
| Finland | 7 | 2019 |
| Angola | 7 | 2016 |
| Peru | 7 | 2019 |
| Portugal | 7 | 2019 |
| Comoros | 7 | 2014 |
| Nicaragua | 6 | 2017 |
| Panama | 6 | 2018 |
| Latvia | 6 | 2019 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 2017 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6 | 2017 |
| Albania | 6 | 2019 |
| Eritrea | 6 | 2017 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 2019 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 2017 |
| Canada | 6 | 2019 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 2019 |
| Honduras | 6 | 2017 |
| Poland | 5 | 2019 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 2019 |
| Belgium | 5 | 2019 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 2018 |
| Samoa | 5 | 2017 |
| Australia | 5 | 2019 |
| Philippines | 5 | 2019 |
| Dominican Republic | 5 | 2017 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 2017 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 2019 |
| Uzbekistan | 5 | 2017 |
| Moldova | 5 | 2019 |
| Ireland | 5 | 2019 |
| Germany | 5 | 2019 |
| Estonia | 5 | 2019 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 2017 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 2019 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 2019 |
| Russia | 5 | 2019 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 | 1997 |
| Fiji | 5 | 2017 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 2017 |
| East Timor | 4 | 2014 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 2014 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 2019 |
| Cayman Islands | 4 | 2008 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 2017 |
| Burma | 4 | 2017 |
| United States | 4 | 2018 |
| Israel | 4 | 2019 |
| Korea, South | 4 | 2019 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 2019 |
| Norway | 4 | 2019 |
| Andorra | 4 | 2016 |
| China | 4 | 2019 |
| Iceland | 4 | 2019 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 2017 |
| Mexico | 3 | 2019 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2019 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2019 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2019 |
| Bhutan | 3 | 2017 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2019 |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2019 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 2018 |
| Romania | 3 | 2019 |
| Denmark | 3 | 2019 |
| Nepal | 3 | 2017 |
| Seychelles | 3 | 2017 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2019 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2019 |
| Liberia | 3 | 2014 |
| Guinea | 3 | 2017 |
| Rwanda | 3 | 2014 |
| Cuba | 3 | 2017 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 2017 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 2015 |
| Tajikistan | 2 | 2016 |
| Japan | 2 | 2019 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2019 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 2017 |
| Singapore | 2 | 2019 |
| Macau | 2 | 2017 |
| Monaco | 2 | 2012 |
| Madagascar | 2 | 2017 |
| Vanuatu | 2 | 1999 |
| Palau | 2 | 2015 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 2016 |
| Tonga | 1 | 2011 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 2017 |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1 | 2016 |
| Benin | 1 | 2014 |
| Thailand | 1 | 2019 |
| Belarus | 1 | 2017 |
| Malta | 1 | 2019 |
| Laos | 1 | 2017 |
| Niger | 0 | 2017 |
| Cambodia | 0 | 2017 |
