ILO estimate of the unemployment rate by country, 2025
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.
181 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Eswatini (34.2%). Lowest: Qatar (0.1%). The median is 5.1%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 181. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates).
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eswatini | 34.2% | 2025 | |
| 2 | South Africa | 32.4% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Djibouti | 26.0% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Botswana | 24.5% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Gabon | 20.2% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Republic of the Congo | 19.9% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Namibia | 19.3% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.9% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Libya | 18.8% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.0% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Yemen | 17.3% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Jordan | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Lesotho | 16.3% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Iraq | 15.5% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Tunisia | 15.1% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Haiti | 14.9% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Angola | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Montenegro | 13.6% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Syria | 13.6% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 13.4% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Armenia | 12.9% | 2025 | |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 12.3% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Georgia | 12.1% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Guyana | 12.0% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 11.9% | 2025 | |
| 26 | French Polynesia | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Algeria | 11.6% | 2025 | |
| 28 | US Virgin Islands | 11.4% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Rwanda | 11.4% | 2025 | |
| 30 | New Caledonia | 11.2% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.0% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Albania | 10.9% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Nepal | 10.5% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Spain | 10.4% | 2025 | |
| 35 | Mauritania | 10.3% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Finland | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 9.3% | 2025 | |
| 39 | Bahamas | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| 40 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 9.1% | 2025 | |
| 41 | Morocco | 9.0% | 2025 | |
| 42 | Chile | 9.0% | 2025 | |
| 43 | Belize | 8.9% | 2025 | |
| 44 | Sweden | 8.7% | 2025 | |
| 45 | Greece | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Türkiye | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Panama | 8.4% | 2025 | |
| 48 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.3% | 2025 | |
| 49 | Estonia | 8.3% | 2025 | |
| 50 | Iran | 8.3% | 2025 | |
| 51 | Colombia | 8.3% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Suriname | 7.8% | 2025 | |
| 53 | France | 7.5% | 2025 | |
| 54 | Uruguay | 7.5% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Argentina | 7.1% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Serbia | 7.1% | 2025 | |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 6.9% | 2025 | |
| 58 | Canada | 6.9% | 2025 | |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 6.8% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Egypt | 6.8% | 2025 | |
| 61 | Lithuania | 6.7% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Mozambique | 6.6% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Latvia | 6.6% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Barbados | 6.5% | 2025 | |
| 65 | Gambia | 6.5% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Italy | 6.4% | 2025 | |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 6.3% | 2025 | |
| 68 | Central African Republic | 6.3% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Portugal | 6.2% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Romania | 6.0% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Puerto Rico (US) | 6.0% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Eritrea | 6.0% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Brazil | 6.0% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Zambia | 5.9% | 2025 | |
| 75 | Belgium | 5.9% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Mauritius | 5.6% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Austria | 5.6% | 2025 | |
| 78 | Guam | 5.6% | 2025 | |
| 79 | Denmark | 5.5% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 5.5% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Kenya | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Pakistan | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Slovakia | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Fiji | 5.3% | 2025 | |
| 85 | Venezuela | 5.3% | 2025 | |
| 86 | Brunei | 5.3% | 2025 | |
| 87 | Mongolia | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Guinea | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Peru | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| 91 | New Zealand | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| 92 | Vanuatu | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| 93 | Malawi | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Croatia | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Samoa | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Cyprus | 4.9% | 2025 | |
| 98 | Honduras | 4.9% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Switzerland | 4.9% | 2025 | |
| 100 | Paraguay | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| 102 | United Kingdom | 4.7% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Norway | 4.6% | 2025 | |
| 104 | Ireland | 4.6% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 4.6% | 2025 | |
| 106 | China | 4.6% | 2025 | |
| 107 | Hungary | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Maldives | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| 109 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| 111 | India | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| 112 | United States | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Australia | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| 115 | Netherlands | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| 116 | Comoros | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Bangladesh | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Malaysia | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| 119 | Germany | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| 120 | Iceland | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| 121 | Cameroon | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| 122 | North Korea | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| 125 | Israel | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| 126 | Burkina Faso | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Belarus | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| 130 | Ecuador | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| 131 | El Salvador | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| 132 | Jamaica | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| 133 | Oman | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| 134 | Indonesia | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Bhutan | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 136 | Slovenia | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 138 | Nigeria | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| 139 | Myanmar | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 140 | Madagascar | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 141 | Saudi Arabia | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 142 | Ghana | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 143 | Poland | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 144 | Bolivia | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 145 | Malta | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| 146 | Liberia | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| 147 | Mali | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Czechia | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| 149 | Singapore | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| 150 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| 151 | Uganda | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| 152 | Senegal | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| 153 | South Korea | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| 155 | Mexico | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Guatemala | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| 158 | Japan | 2.5% | 2025 | |
| 159 | Macao SAR, China | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| 160 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| 161 | Philippines | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| 162 | Kuwait | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| 164 | Russia | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| 165 | Tonga | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| 166 | Togo | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| 167 | Cuba | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| 168 | Timor-Leste | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| 169 | Benin | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| 170 | Tanzania | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| 171 | Viet Nam | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| 172 | Moldova | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| 174 | Laos | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| 175 | Bahrain | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Chad | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Burundi | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| 178 | Thailand | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| 179 | Niger | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| 180 | Cambodia | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| 181 | Qatar | 0.1% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by ILOSTAT; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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