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Countries by Long-term unemployment (2025)

Long-term unemployment in 2025: highest in North Macedonia (71.62%), lowest in South Korea (1.01%), median 25.06% across the 44 countries in this dataset, according to OECD.

Browse Long-term unemployment (measured in %) across 47 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from OECD.

Unit: %47 countries and regionsSource: OECD
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:2000–2025

Highest Long-term unemployment, 2025

  1. 1.North Macedonia71.62%
  2. 2.South Africa70.43%
  3. 3.Slovakia63.58%
  4. 4.Greece56.99%
  5. 5.Italy52.77%
  6. 6.Bulgaria42.34%
  7. 7.Portugal39.15%
  8. 8.Croatia37.63%
  9. 9.Lithuania36.05%
  10. 10.Romania35.14%

Lowest Long-term unemployment, 2025

  1. 35.Netherlands14.05%
  2. 36.United States13.78%
  3. 37.Canada13.45%
  4. 38.Denmark11.59%
  5. 39.Israel8.75%
  6. 40.Costa Rica8.73%
  7. 41.Colombia8.22%
  8. 42.Iceland3.61%
  9. 43.Mexico2.24%
  10. 44.South Korea1.01%

All 44 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Long-term unemployment trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

Other countries and regions

Long-term unemployment Data Coverage

This page lists 47 countries with available Long-term unemployment data. Data sourced from OECD. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.