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Countries by Unemployment (ILO estimates) (2024)

Unemployment (ILO estimates) in 2024: highest in Eswatini (34.64%), lowest in Qatar (0.13%), median 5.13% across the 181 countries in this dataset, according to ILO ILOSTAT.

Browse Unemployment (ILO estimates) (measured in %) across 186 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from ILO ILOSTAT.

Unit: %186 countries and regionsSource: ILO ILOSTAT
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1991–2027

Highest Unemployment (ILO estimates), 2024

  1. 1.Eswatini34.64%
  2. 2.South Africa32.28%
  3. 3.Djibouti26.01%
  4. 4.Botswana23.81%
  5. 5.Gabon20.09%
  6. 6.Republic of the Congo19.9%
  7. 7.Namibia19.16%
  8. 8.Libya19.09%
  9. 9.Somalia18.95%
  10. 10.St. Vincent and the Grenadines18.09%

Lowest Unemployment (ILO estimates), 2024

  1. 172.Solomon Islands1.44%
  2. 173.Moldova1.43%
  3. 174.Lao PDR1.17%
  4. 175.Bahrain1.08%
  5. 176.Chad1.05%
  6. 177.Burundi0.92%
  7. 178.Thailand0.78%
  8. 179.Niger0.38%
  9. 180.Cambodia0.25%
  10. 181.Qatar0.13%

All 181 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Unemployment (ILO estimates) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

EswatiniRank 1 of 181South AfricaRank 2 of 181DjiboutiRank 3 of 181BotswanaRank 4 of 181GabonRank 5 of 181Republic of the CongoRank 6 of 181NamibiaRank 7 of 181LibyaRank 8 of 181SomaliaRank 9 of 181St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 10 of 181YemenRank 11 of 181JordanRank 12 of 181LesothoRank 13 of 181TunisiaRank 14 of 181IraqRank 15 of 181HaitiRank 16 of 181AngolaRank 17 of 181AfghanistanRank 18 of 181Syrian Arab RepublicRank 19 of 181MontenegroRank 20 of 181ArmeniaRank 21 of 181North MacedoniaRank 22 of 181Cabo VerdeRank 23 of 181GuyanaRank 24 of 181AlgeriaRank 25 of 181French PolynesiaRank 26 of 181GeorgiaRank 27 of 181US Virgin IslandsRank 28 of 181SpainRank 29 of 181RwandaRank 30 of 181New CaledoniaRank 31 of 181Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 32 of 181AlbaniaRank 33 of 181NepalRank 34 of 181MauritaniaRank 35 of 181St. LuciaRank 36 of 181GreeceRank 37 of 181ColombiaRank 38 of 181ZimbabweRank 39 of 181MoroccoRank 40 of 181Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 41 of 181The BahamasRank 42 of 181TurkeyRank 43 of 181ChileRank 44 of 181BelizeRank 45 of 181PanamaRank 46 of 181FinlandRank 47 of 181SwedenRank 48 of 181Equatorial GuineaRank 49 of 181UruguayRank 50 of 181IranRank 51 of 181SurinameRank 52 of 181EstoniaRank 53 of 181FranceRank 54 of 181SerbiaRank 55 of 181ArgentinaRank 56 of 181TajikistanRank 57 of 181Costa RicaRank 58 of 181LatviaRank 59 of 181LithuaniaRank 60 of 181EgyptRank 61 of 181BrazilRank 62 of 181MozambiqueRank 63 of 181ItalyRank 64 of 181PortugalRank 65 of 181The GambiaRank 66 of 181BarbadosRank 67 of 181LuxembourgRank 68 of 181CanadaRank 69 of 181Central African RepublicRank 70 of 181EritreaRank 71 of 181ZambiaRank 72 of 181BelgiumRank 73 of 181ParaguayRank 74 of 181AzerbaijanRank 75 of 181Puerto RicoRank 76 of 181MauritiusRank 77 of 181PakistanRank 78 of 181KenyaRank 79 of 181RomaniaRank 80 of 181FijiRank 81 of 181DenmarkRank 82 of 181VenezuelaRank 83 of 181Dominican RepublicRank 84 of 181SlovakiaRank 85 of 181GuamRank 86 of 181AustriaRank 87 of 181PeruRank 88 of 181Brunei DarussalamRank 89 of 181MongoliaRank 90 of 181GuineaRank 91 of 181MalawiRank 92 of 181CroatiaRank 93 of 181VanuatuRank 94 of 181NicaraguaRank 95 of 181HondurasRank 96 of 181CyprusRank 97 of 181SamoaRank 98 of 181KazakhstanRank 99 of 181New ZealandRank 100 of 181ChinaRank 101 of 181HungaryRank 102 of 181UzbekistanRank 103 of 181DR CongoRank 104 of 181United KingdomRank 105 of 181SwitzerlandRank 106 of 181IrelandRank 107 of 181MaldivesRank 108 of 181Sri LankaRank 109 of 181BulgariaRank 110 of 181IndiaRank 111 of 181United StatesRank 112 of 181TurkmenistanRank 113 of 181NorwayRank 114 of 181AustraliaRank 115 of 181MalaysiaRank 116 of 181ComorosRank 117 of 181NetherlandsRank 118 of 181SloveniaRank 119 of 181BangladeshRank 120 of 181CameroonRank 121 of 181IcelandRank 122 of 181IsraelRank 123 of 181North KoreaRank 124 of 181Saudi ArabiaRank 125 of 181Kyrgyz RepublicRank 126 of 181BelarusRank 127 of 181EcuadorRank 128 of 181Burkina FasoRank 129 of 181GermanyRank 130 of 181EthiopiaRank 131 of 181Trinidad and TobagoRank 132 of 181IndonesiaRank 133 of 181BhutanRank 134 of 181BoliviaRank 135 of 181El SalvadorRank 136 of 181OmanRank 137 of 181JamaicaRank 138 of 181Sierra LeoneRank 139 of 181MaltaRank 140 of 181MadagascarRank 141 of 181NigeriaRank 142 of 181Hong KongRank 143 of 181MaliRank 144 of 181LiberiaRank 145 of 181MyanmarRank 146 of 181GhanaRank 147 of 181PolandRank 148 of 181SenegalRank 149 of 181South KoreaRank 150 of 181UgandaRank 151 of 181SingaporeRank 152 of 181MexicoRank 153 of 181Guinea-BissauRank 154 of 181Papua New GuineaRank 155 of 181GuatemalaRank 156 of 181Czech RepublicRank 157 of 181JapanRank 158 of 181RussiaRank 159 of 181Cote d'IvoireRank 160 of 181MacaoRank 161 of 181PhilippinesRank 162 of 181United Arab EmiratesRank 163 of 181KuwaitRank 164 of 181TongaRank 165 of 181TogoRank 166 of 181CubaRank 167 of 181BeninRank 168 of 181VietnamRank 169 of 181TanzaniaRank 170 of 181Timor-LesteRank 171 of 181Solomon IslandsRank 172 of 181MoldovaRank 173 of 181Lao PDRRank 174 of 181BahrainRank 175 of 181ChadRank 176 of 181BurundiRank 177 of 181ThailandRank 178 of 181NigerRank 179 of 181CambodiaRank 180 of 181QatarRank 181 of 181

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Unemployment (ILO estimates) Data Coverage

This page lists 186 countries with available Unemployment (ILO estimates) data. Data sourced from ILO ILOSTAT. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.