Economy

World unemployment comparison

The ILO-modelled unemployment rate for one reference year, with a short trend for the economies at the top of that year.

Reference year: 2025
World Bank

Top of the ranking

Rank	Economy	Value
1	Eswatini	34.2%
2	South Africa	32.4%
3	Djibouti	26%
4	Botswana	24.5%
5	Gabon	20.2%
6	Congo, Rep.	19.9%
7	Namibia	19.3%
8	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.9%
9	Libya	18.8%
10	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18%

Chart

The table under the chart lists the same figures. A gap is a missing publication, not a zero.

Economy	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Eswatini	34.2%	36.5%	34.6%	34.6%	34.2%
South Africa	34%	33.3%	32.1%	32.3%	32.4%
Djibouti	27.6%	26.3%	26.1%	26%	26%
Botswana	23.1%	23.6%	23.4%	23.8%	24.5%
Gabon	21.2%	20.3%	20.2%	20.1%	20.2%

What the figures show

Eswatini recorded the highest value (34.2%) among economies with available data for 2025.
Qatar recorded the lowest value (0.1%) among economies with available data for 2025.
The three highest values were recorded by Eswatini, South Africa, and Djibouti.
The median value was 5.1%.
The average value was 6.7%.
Eswatini recorded 34.2% in 2025, compared with 34.6% in 2024.
Eswatini ranked 1 in 2025 and 1 in 2024 among economies with data in both years.
Eswatini recorded 34.2% in 2025, compared with 33% in 2020.

All economies with data

Rank	Economy	Value
1	Eswatini	34.2%
2	South Africa	32.4%
3	Djibouti	26%
4	Botswana	24.5%
5	Gabon	20.2%
6	Congo, Rep.	19.9%
7	Namibia	19.3%
8	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.9%
9	Libya	18.8%
10	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18%
11	Yemen, Rep.	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	Syrian Arab Republic	13.6%
20	Afghanistan	13.4%
21	Armenia	12.9%
22	North Macedonia	12.3%
23	Georgia	12.1%
24	Guyana	12%
25	Cabo Verde	11.9%
26	French Polynesia	11.7%
27	Algeria	11.6%
28	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	11.4%
29	Rwanda	11.4%
30	New Caledonia	11.2%
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11%
32	Albania	10.9%
33	Nepal	10.5%
34	Spain	10.4%
35	Mauritania	10.3%
36	Finland	9.5%
37	St. Lucia	9.5%
38	Zimbabwe	9.3%
39	Bahamas, The	9.2%
40	Sao Tome and Principe	9.1%
41	Morocco	9%
42	Chile	9%
43	Belize	8.9%
44	Sweden	8.7%
45	Greece	8.5%
46	Turkiye	8.5%
47	Panama	8.4%
48	Equatorial Guinea	8.3%
49	Estonia	8.3%
50	Iran, Islamic Rep.	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, Arab Rep.	6.8%
61	Lithuania	6.7%
62	Mozambique	6.6%
63	Latvia	6.6%
64	Barbados	6.5%
65	Gambia, The	6.5%
66	Italy	6.4%
67	Luxembourg	6.3%
68	Central African Republic	6.3%
69	Channel Islands	6.2%
70	Portugal	6.2%
71	Romania	6%
72	Puerto Rico (US)	6%
73	Eritrea	6%
74	Brazil	6%
75	Zambia	5.9%
76	Belgium	5.9%
77	Mauritius	5.6%
78	Austria	5.6%
79	Guam	5.6%
80	Denmark	5.5%
81	Azerbaijan	5.5%
82	Kenya	5.4%
83	Pakistan	5.4%
84	Slovak Republic	5.4%
85	Fiji	5.3%
86	Venezuela, RB	5.3%
87	Brunei Darussalam	5.3%
88	Mongolia	5.2%
89	Guinea	5.2%
90	Peru	5.1%
91	Dominican Republic	5.1%
92	New Zealand	5.1%
93	Vanuatu	5.1%
94	Malawi	5.1%
95	Nicaragua	5%
96	Croatia	5%
97	Samoa	5%
98	Cyprus	4.9%
99	Honduras	4.9%
100	Switzerland	4.9%
101	Paraguay	4.8%
102	Kazakhstan	4.8%
103	United Kingdom	4.7%
104	Norway	4.6%
105	Ireland	4.6%
106	Uzbekistan	4.6%
107	China	4.6%
108	Hungary	4.5%
109	Maldives	4.5%
110	Congo, Dem. Rep.	4.4%
111	Turkmenistan	4.3%
112	India	4.2%
113	United States	4.2%
114	Australia	4.1%
115	Sri Lanka	4%
116	Netherlands	3.9%
117	Comoros	3.8%
118	Bangladesh	3.8%
119	Malaysia	3.8%
120	Germany	3.7%
121	Iceland	3.6%
122	Cameroon	3.6%
123	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	3.5%
124	Bulgaria	3.5%
125	Kyrgyz Republic	3.5%
126	Israel	3.5%
127	Burkina Faso	3.5%
128	Belarus	3.4%
129	Trinidad and Tobago	3.3%
130	Ethiopia	3.3%
131	Ecuador	3.3%
132	El Salvador	3.3%
133	Jamaica	3.3%
134	Oman	3.3%
135	Indonesia	3.2%
136	Bhutan	3.2%
137	Slovenia	3.2%
138	Sierra Leone	3.2%
139	Nigeria	3.1%
140	Myanmar	3%
141	Madagascar	3%
142	Saudi Arabia	3%
143	Ghana	3%
144	Poland	3%
145	Bolivia	3%
146	Malta	2.9%
147	Liberia	2.9%
148	Mali	2.8%
149	Czechia	2.8%
150	Singapore	2.8%
151	Hong Kong SAR, China	2.8%
152	Uganda	2.7%
153	Senegal	2.7%
154	Korea, Rep.	2.7%
155	Guinea-Bissau	2.7%
156	Mexico	2.7%
157	Guatemala	2.6%
158	Papua New Guinea	2.6%
159	Japan	2.5%
160	Macao SAR, China	2.3%
161	Cote d'Ivoire	2.3%
162	Philippines	2.2%
163	Kuwait	2.2%
164	United Arab Emirates	2.2%
165	Russian Federation	2.1%
166	Tonga	2%
167	Togo	2%
168	Cuba	1.7%
169	Timor-Leste	1.6%
170	Benin	1.6%
171	Tanzania	1.6%
172	Viet Nam	1.5%
173	Moldova	1.5%
174	Solomon Islands	1.4%
175	Lao PDR	1.2%
176	Bahrain	1.1%
177	Chad	1.1%
178	Burundi	0.9%
179	Thailand	0.8%
180	Niger	0.4%
181	Cambodia	0.3%
182	Qatar	0.1%

Methodology

Economies are ranked for 2025 only. The reference year is the latest year in which at least 80 economies have a non-null figure. World, regional, and income-group aggregates are excluded. A country's own latest year is not substituted into this ranking.

Missing data

A missing figure is left out. It is not treated as zero, and it is not estimated.

Source

Indicator: Unemployment rate
World Bank code: SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Unit: Percent
Last BizNavi sync: Sep 22, 2026

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.