Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates)
Unemployed people aged 15 and over as a share of the labour force, from the ILO modelled estimates. The ILO fills gaps in national data with a statistical model so that almost all countries have comparable annual figures. Values for the current and following years are ILO projections.
Highest in 2025
34.2%
Eswatini
Lowest in 2025
0.1%
Qatar
World, 2025
4.9%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
181
181 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of the labour force aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9% | 4.2% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| 2024 | 4.9% | 4.0% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| 2023 | 4.9% | 3.6% | 4.7% | 4.2% |
| 2022 | 5.3% | 3.7% | 5.0% | 4.8% |
| 2021 | 6.0% | 5.3% | 4.6% | 6.4% |
| 2020 | 6.6% | 8.1% | 5.0% | 7.9% |
| 2019 | 5.6% | 3.7% | 4.6% | 6.5% |
| 2018 | 5.8% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 7.7% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | 4.4% | 4.5% | 7.6% |
| 2016 | 6.0% | 4.9% | 4.6% | 7.6% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 181 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Eswatini (34.2%) and the lowest Qatar (0.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 5.1% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 107 countries and fell in 72.
- The figure for the world was 4.9% in 2025, against 6.6% in 2020 (−1.7 percentage points).
About this measure
Before comparing
- Modelled estimates can differ from national survey results.
- Projections are shown separately and are not used as the latest value.
Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Eswatini 34.2%
- 2 South Africa 32.4%
- 3 Djibouti 26.0%
- 4 Botswana 24.5%
- 5 Gabon 20.2%
- 6 Republic of the Congo 19.9%
- 7 Namibia 19.3%
- 8 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 18.9%
- 9 Libya 18.8%
- 10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.0%
- 11 Yemen 17.3%
- 12 Jordan 16.5%
- 13 Lesotho 16.3%
- 14 Iraq 15.5%
- 15 Tunisia 15.1%
- 16 Haiti 14.9%
- 17 Angola 14.1%
- 18 Montenegro 13.6%
- 19 Syria 13.6%
- 20 Afghanistan 13.4%
- 21 Armenia 12.9%
- 22 North Macedonia 12.3%
- 23 Georgia 12.1%
- 24 Guyana 12.0%
- 25 Cabo Verde 11.9%
- 26 French Polynesia 11.7%
- 27 Algeria 11.6%
- 28 US Virgin Islands 11.4%
- 29 Rwanda 11.4%
- 30 New Caledonia 11.2%
- 31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.0%
- 32 Albania 10.9%
- 33 Nepal 10.5%
- 34 Spain 10.4%
- 35 Mauritania 10.3%
- 36 Finland 9.5%
- 37 Saint Lucia 9.5%
- 38 Zimbabwe 9.3%
- 39 Bahamas 9.2%
- 40 São Tomé and Príncipe 9.1%
- 41 Morocco 9.0%
- 42 Chile 9.0%
- 43 Belize 8.9%
- 44 Sweden 8.7%
- 45 Greece 8.5%
- 46 Türkiye 8.5%
- 47 Panama 8.4%
- 48 Equatorial Guinea 8.3%
- 49 Estonia 8.3%
- 50 Iran 8.3%
- 51 Colombia 8.3%
- 52 Suriname 7.8%
- 53 France 7.5%
- 54 Uruguay 7.5%
- 55 Argentina 7.1%
- 56 Serbia 7.1%
- 57 Tajikistan 6.9%
- 58 Canada 6.9%
- 59 Costa Rica 6.8%
- 60 Egypt 6.8%
- 61 Lithuania 6.7%
- 62 Mozambique 6.6%
- 63 Latvia 6.6%
- 64 Barbados 6.5%
- 65 Gambia 6.5%
- 66 Italy 6.4%
- 67 Luxembourg 6.3%
- 68 Central African Republic 6.3%
- 69 Portugal 6.2%
- 70 Romania 6.0%
- 71 Puerto Rico (US) 6.0%
- 72 Eritrea 6.0%
- 73 Brazil 6.0%
- 74 Zambia 5.9%
- 75 Belgium 5.9%
- 76 Mauritius 5.6%
- 77 Austria 5.6%
- 78 Guam 5.6%
- 79 Denmark 5.5%
- 80 Azerbaijan 5.5%
- 81 Kenya 5.4%
- 82 Pakistan 5.4%
- 83 Slovakia 5.4%
- 84 Fiji 5.3%
- 85 Venezuela 5.3%
- 86 Brunei 5.3%
- 87 Mongolia 5.2%
- 88 Guinea 5.2%
- 89 Peru 5.1%
- 90 Dominican Republic 5.1%
- 91 New Zealand 5.1%
- 92 Vanuatu 5.1%
- 93 Malawi 5.1%
- 94 Nicaragua 5.0%
- 95 Croatia 5.0%
- 96 Samoa 5.0%
- 97 Cyprus 4.9%
- 98 Honduras 4.9%
- 99 Switzerland 4.9%
- 100 Paraguay 4.8%
- 101 Kazakhstan 4.8%
- 102 United Kingdom 4.7%
- 103 Norway 4.6%
- 104 Ireland 4.6%
- 105 Uzbekistan 4.6%
- 106 China 4.6%
- 107 Hungary 4.5%
- 108 Maldives 4.5%
- 109 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.4%
- 110 Turkmenistan 4.3%
- 111 India 4.2%
- 112 United States 4.2%
- 113 Australia 4.1%
- 114 Sri Lanka 4.0%
- 115 Netherlands 3.9%
- 116 Comoros 3.8%
- 117 Bangladesh 3.8%
- 118 Malaysia 3.8%
- 119 Germany 3.7%
- 120 Iceland 3.6%
- 121 Cameroon 3.6%
- 122 North Korea 3.5%
- 123 Bulgaria 3.5%
- 124 Kyrgyzstan 3.5%
- 125 Israel 3.5%
- 126 Burkina Faso 3.5%
- 127 Belarus 3.4%
- 128 Trinidad and Tobago 3.3%
- 129 Ethiopia 3.3%
- 130 Ecuador 3.3%
- 131 El Salvador 3.3%
- 132 Jamaica 3.3%
- 133 Oman 3.3%
- 134 Indonesia 3.2%
- 135 Bhutan 3.2%
- 136 Slovenia 3.2%
- 137 Sierra Leone 3.2%
- 138 Nigeria 3.1%
- 139 Myanmar 3.0%
- 140 Madagascar 3.0%
- 141 Saudi Arabia 3.0%
- 142 Ghana 3.0%
- 143 Poland 3.0%
- 144 Bolivia 3.0%
- 145 Malta 2.9%
- 146 Liberia 2.9%
- 147 Mali 2.8%
- 148 Czechia 2.8%
- 149 Singapore 2.8%
- 150 Hong Kong SAR, China 2.8%
- 151 Uganda 2.7%
- 152 Senegal 2.7%
- 153 South Korea 2.7%
- 154 Guinea-Bissau 2.7%
- 155 Mexico 2.7%
- 156 Guatemala 2.6%
- 157 Papua New Guinea 2.6%
- 158 Japan 2.5%
- 159 Macao SAR, China 2.3%
- 160 Côte d'Ivoire 2.3%
- 161 Philippines 2.2%
- 162 Kuwait 2.2%
- 163 United Arab Emirates 2.2%
- 164 Russia 2.1%
- 165 Tonga 2.0%
- 166 Togo 2.0%
- 167 Cuba 1.7%
- 168 Timor-Leste 1.6%
- 169 Benin 1.6%
- 170 Tanzania 1.6%
- 171 Viet Nam 1.5%
- 172 Moldova 1.5%
- 173 Solomon Islands 1.4%
- 174 Laos 1.2%
- 175 Bahrain 1.1%
- 176 Chad 1.1%
- 177 Burundi 0.9%
- 178 Thailand 0.8%
- 179 Niger 0.4%
- 180 Cambodia 0.3%
- 181 Qatar 0.1%
- World 4.9%
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