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Unemployment by country 2025 | worldgovdata
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World Bank (WDI)
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187 countries · 1991–2025
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2025
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East Asia & Pacific
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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
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Country
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Value
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1
Qatar
0.13%
2
Cambodia
0.26%
3
Niger
0.39%
4
Thailand
0.78%
5
Burundi
0.92%
6
Chad
1.1%
7
Bahrain
1.1%
8
Lao PDR
1.2%
9
Solomon Islands
1.4%
10
Moldova
1.5%
11
Viet Nam
1.5%
12
Tanzania
1.6%
13
Benin
1.6%
14
Timor-Leste
1.6%
15
Cuba
1.7%
16
Togo
2%
17
Tonga
2%
18
Russian Federation
2.1%
19
United Arab Emirates
2.2%
20
Kuwait
2.2%
21
Philippines
2.2%
22
Cote d'Ivoire
2.3%
23
Macao SAR, China
2.3%
24
Japan
2.5%
25
Papua New Guinea
2.6%
26
Guatemala
2.6%
27
Guinea-Bissau
2.7%
28
Mexico
2.7%
29
Korea, Rep.
2.7%
30
Senegal
2.7%
31
Uganda
2.7%
32
Hong Kong SAR, China
2.8%
33
Singapore
2.8%
34
Czechia
2.8%
35
Mali
2.8%
36
Liberia
2.9%
37
Malta
2.9%
38
Bolivia
3%
39
Poland
3%
40
Ghana
3%
41
Saudi Arabia
3%
42
Madagascar
3%
43
Myanmar
3%
44
Nigeria
3.1%
45
Sierra Leone
3.2%
46
Slovenia
3.2%
47
Bhutan
3.2%
48
Indonesia
3.2%
49
Oman
3.3%
50
Jamaica
3.3%
51
El Salvador
3.3%
52
Ecuador
3.3%
53
Ethiopia
3.3%
54
Trinidad and Tobago
3.3%
55
Belarus
3.4%
56
Burkina Faso
3.5%
57
Israel
3.5%
58
Kyrgyz Republic
3.5%
59
Bulgaria
3.5%
60
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
3.5%
61
Cameroon
3.6%
62
Iceland
3.6%
63
Germany
3.7%
64
Malaysia
3.8%
65
Bangladesh
3.8%
66
Comoros
3.8%
67
Netherlands
3.9%
68
Sri Lanka
4%
69
Australia
4.1%
70
United States
4.2%
71
India
4.2%
72
Turkmenistan
4.3%
73
Congo, Dem. Rep.
4.4%
74
Maldives
4.5%
75
Hungary
4.5%
76
China
4.6%
77
Uzbekistan
4.6%
78
Ireland
4.6%
79
Norway
4.6%
80
United Kingdom
4.7%
81
Kazakhstan
4.8%
82
Paraguay
4.8%
83
Switzerland
4.9%
84
Honduras
4.9%
85
Cyprus
4.9%
86
Samoa
5%
87
Croatia
5%
88
Nicaragua
5%
89
Malawi
5.1%
90
Vanuatu
5.1%
91
New Zealand
5.1%
92
Dominican Republic
5.1%
93
Peru
5.1%
94
Guinea
5.2%
95
Mongolia
5.2%
96
Brunei Darussalam
5.3%
97
Venezuela, RB
5.3%
98
Fiji
5.3%
99
Slovak Republic
5.4%
100
Pakistan
5.4%
101
Kenya
5.4%
102
Azerbaijan
5.5%
103
Denmark
5.5%
104
Guam
5.6%
105
Austria
5.6%
106
Mauritius
5.6%
107
Belgium
5.9%
108
Zambia
5.9%
109
Brazil
6%
110
Eritrea
6%
111
Puerto Rico (US)
6%
112
Romania
6%
113
Portugal
6.2%
114
Channel Islands
6.2%
115
Central African Republic
6.3%
116
Luxembourg
6.3%
117
Italy
6.4%
118
Gambia, The
6.5%
119
Barbados
6.5%
120
Latvia
6.6%
121
Mozambique
6.6%
122
Lithuania
6.7%
123
Egypt, Arab Rep.
6.8%
124
Costa Rica
6.8%
125
Canada
6.9%
126
Tajikistan
6.9%
127
Serbia
7.1%
128
Argentina
7.1%
129
Uruguay
7.5%
130
France
7.5%
131
Suriname
7.8%
132
Colombia
8.3%
133
Iran, Islamic Rep.
8.3%
134
Estonia
8.3%
135
Equatorial Guinea
8.3%
136
Panama
8.4%
137
Turkiye
8.5%
138
Greece
8.5%
139
Sweden
8.7%
140
Belize
8.9%
141
Chile
9%
142
Morocco
9%
143
Sao Tome and Principe
9.1%
144
Bahamas, The
9.2%
145
Zimbabwe
9.3%
146
St. Lucia
9.5%
147
Finland
9.5%
148
Mauritania
10.3%
149
Spain
10.4%
150
Nepal
10.5%
151
Albania
10.9%
152
Bosnia and Herzegovina
11%
153
New Caledonia
11.2%
154
Rwanda
11.4%
155
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
11.4%
156
Algeria
11.6%
157
French Polynesia
11.7%
158
Cabo Verde
11.9%
159
Guyana
12%
160
Georgia
12.1%
161
North Macedonia
12.3%
162
Armenia
12.9%
163
Afghanistan
13.4%
164
Syrian Arab Republic
13.6%
165
Montenegro
13.6%
166
Angola
14.1%
167
Haiti
14.9%
168
Tunisia
15.1%
169
Iraq
15.5%
170
Lesotho
16.3%
171
Jordan
16.5%
172
Yemen, Rep.
17.3%
173
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
18%
174
Libya
18.8%
175
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
18.9%
176
Namibia
19.3%
177
Congo, Rep.
19.9%
178
Gabon
20.2%
179
Botswana
24.5%
180
Djibouti
26%
181
South Africa
32.4%
182
Eswatini
34.2%
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