Countries ranked by unemployment rate

Every country ranked by unemployment rate, highest to lowest. Eswatini tops the list at 34.2%; Qatar is lowest at 0.1%.

Highest

1Eswatini34.2%
2South Africa32.4%
3Djibouti26.0%
4Botswana24.5%
5Palestine24.4%

Lowest

186Qatar0.1%
185Cambodia0.3%
184Niger0.4%
183Thailand0.8%
182Burundi0.9%

Full ranking — all 186 countries

#	Country	Unemployment rate
1	Eswatini	34.2%
2	South Africa	32.4%
3	Djibouti	26.0%
4	Botswana	24.5%
5	Palestine	24.4%
6	Gabon	20.2%
7	Congo	19.9%
8	Namibia	19.3%
9	Somalia	18.9%
10	Libya	18.8%
11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.0%
12	Yemen	17.3%
13	Jordan	16.5%
14	Lesotho	16.3%
15	Iraq	15.5%
16	Tunisia	15.1%
17	Haiti	14.9%
18	Angola	14.1%
19	Montenegro	13.6%
20	Syria	13.6%
21	Afghanistan	13.4%
22	Armenia	12.9%
23	South Sudan	12.4%
24	North Macedonia	12.3%
25	Georgia	12.1%
26	Guyana	12.0%
27	Cape Verde	11.9%
28	French Polynesia	11.7%
29	Algeria	11.6%
30	Rwanda	11.4%
31	United States Virgin Islands	11.4%
32	New Caledonia	11.2%
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.0%
34	Lebanon	11.0%
35	Albania	10.9%
36	Nepal	10.5%
37	Spain	10.4%
38	Mauritania	10.3%
39	Ukraine	9.8%
40	Finland	9.5%
41	Saint Lucia	9.5%
42	Zimbabwe	9.3%
43	Bahamas	9.2%
44	Sao Tome and Principe	9.1%
45	Chile	9.0%
46	Morocco	9.0%
47	Belize	8.9%
48	Sweden	8.7%
49	Greece	8.5%
50	Turkey	8.5%
51	Panama	8.4%
52	Colombia	8.3%
53	Estonia	8.3%
54	Equatorial Guinea	8.3%
55	Iran	8.3%
56	Suriname	7.8%
57	France	7.5%
58	Sudan	7.5%
59	Uruguay	7.5%
60	Argentina	7.1%
61	Serbia	7.1%
62	Canada	6.9%
63	Tajikistan	6.9%
64	Costa Rica	6.8%
65	Egypt	6.8%
66	Lithuania	6.7%
67	Latvia	6.6%
68	Mozambique	6.6%
69	Barbados	6.5%
70	Gambia	6.5%
71	Italy	6.4%
72	Central African Republic	6.3%
73	Luxembourg	6.3%
74	Portugal	6.2%
75	Brazil	6.0%
76	Eritrea	6.0%
77	Puerto Rico	6.0%
78	Romania	6.0%
79	Belgium	5.9%
80	Zambia	5.9%
81	Austria	5.6%
82	Guam	5.6%
83	Mauritius	5.6%
84	Azerbaijan	5.5%
85	Denmark	5.5%
86	Kenya	5.4%
87	Pakistan	5.4%
88	Slovakia	5.4%
89	Brunei	5.3%
90	Fiji	5.3%
91	Venezuela	5.3%
92	Guinea	5.2%
93	Mongolia	5.2%
94	Dominican Republic	5.1%
95	Malawi	5.1%
96	New Zealand	5.1%
97	Peru	5.1%
98	Vanuatu	5.1%
99	Croatia	5.0%
100	Nicaragua	5.0%
101	Samoa	5.0%
102	Switzerland	4.9%
103	Cyprus	4.9%
104	Honduras	4.9%
105	Kazakhstan	4.8%
106	Paraguay	4.8%
107	United Kingdom	4.7%
108	China	4.6%
109	Ireland	4.6%
110	Norway	4.6%
111	Uzbekistan	4.6%
112	Hungary	4.5%
113	Maldives	4.5%
114	Democratic Republic of Congo	4.4%
115	Turkmenistan	4.3%
116	India	4.2%
117	United States	4.2%
118	Australia	4.1%
119	Sri Lanka	4.0%
120	Netherlands	3.9%
121	Bangladesh	3.8%
122	Comoros	3.8%
123	Malaysia	3.8%
124	Germany	3.7%
125	Cameroon	3.6%
126	Iceland	3.6%
127	Burkina Faso	3.5%
128	Bulgaria	3.5%
129	Israel	3.5%
130	Kyrgyzstan	3.5%
131	North Korea	3.5%
132	Belarus	3.4%
133	Ecuador	3.3%
134	Ethiopia	3.3%
135	Jamaica	3.3%
136	Oman	3.3%
137	El Salvador	3.3%
138	Trinidad and Tobago	3.3%
139	Bhutan	3.2%
140	Indonesia	3.2%
141	Slovenia	3.2%
142	Nigeria	3.1%
143	Sierra Leone	3.1%
144	Bolivia	3.0%
145	Ghana	3.0%
146	Madagascar	3.0%
147	Myanmar	3.0%
148	Poland	3.0%
149	Saudi Arabia	3.0%
150	Liberia	2.9%
151	Malta	2.9%
152	Czechia	2.8%
153	Hong Kong	2.8%
154	Mali	2.8%
155	Singapore	2.8%
156	Guinea-Bissau	2.7%
157	South Korea	2.7%
158	Mexico	2.7%
159	Senegal	2.7%
160	Uganda	2.7%
161	Guatemala	2.6%
162	Papua New Guinea	2.6%
163	Japan	2.5%
164	Cote d'Ivoire	2.3%
165	Macao	2.3%
166	United Arab Emirates	2.2%
167	Kuwait	2.2%
168	Philippines	2.2%
169	Russia	2.1%
170	Togo	2.0%
171	Tonga	2.0%
172	Cuba	1.7%
173	Benin	1.6%
174	East Timor	1.6%
175	Tanzania	1.6%
176	Moldova	1.5%
177	Vietnam	1.5%
178	Solomon Islands	1.4%
179	Laos	1.2%
180	Bahrain	1.1%
181	Chad	1.1%
182	Burundi	0.9%
183	Thailand	0.8%
184	Niger	0.4%
185	Cambodia	0.3%
186	Qatar	0.1%

Common questions

Which country has the highest unemployment rate?

Eswatini, at 34.2% — the highest of all 186 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest unemployment rate?

Qatar, at 0.1%, ranks lowest among the 186 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

186 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

ILO / World Bank (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: ILO / World Bank (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive unemployment rate map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.