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Countries by Unemployment Rate (2025)

Unemployment Rate in 2025: highest in South Africa (32.4%), lowest in Thailand (1%), median 4.9% across the 49 countries in this dataset, according to IMF.

Browse Unemployment Rate (measured in %) across 50 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from IMF.

Unit: %50 countries and regionsSource: IMF
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1980–2031

Highest Unemployment Rate, 2025

  1. 1.South Africa32.4%
  2. 2.Ukraine11.6%
  3. 3.Spain10.5%
  4. 4.Finland9.7%
  5. 5.Greece8.9%
  6. 6.Sweden8.9%
  7. 7.Chile8.5%
  8. 8.Turkey8.3%
  9. 9.Colombia8%
  10. 10.France7.7%

Lowest Unemployment Rate, 2025

  1. 40.Denmark2.9%
  2. 41.Switzerland2.8%
  3. 42.Czech Republic2.8%
  4. 43.South Korea2.8%
  5. 44.Mexico2.6%
  6. 45.Japan2.5%
  7. 46.Russia2.2%
  8. 47.Vietnam2.2%
  9. 48.Singapore2%
  10. 49.Thailand1%

All 49 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

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

South AfricaRank 1 of 49UkraineRank 2 of 49SpainRank 3 of 49FinlandRank 4 of 49GreeceRank 5 of 49SwedenRank 6 of 49ChileRank 7 of 49TurkeyRank 8 of 49ColombiaRank 9 of 49FranceRank 10 of 49ArgentinaRank 11 of 49EgyptRank 12 of 49PakistanRank 13 of 49CanadaRank 14 of 49BelgiumRank 15 of 49ItalyRank 16 of 49RomaniaRank 17 of 49BrazilRank 18 of 49PortugalRank 19 of 49PeruRank 20 of 49AustriaRank 21 of 49New ZealandRank 22 of 49ChinaRank 23 of 49IndiaRank 24 of 49United KingdomRank 25 of 49IndonesiaRank 26 of 49IrelandRank 27 of 49NorwayRank 28 of 49HungaryRank 29 of 49United StatesRank 30 of 49AustraliaRank 31 of 49PhilippinesRank 32 of 49NetherlandsRank 33 of 49GermanyRank 34 of 49Hong KongRank 35 of 49Saudi ArabiaRank 36 of 49PolandRank 37 of 49IsraelRank 38 of 49MalaysiaRank 39 of 49DenmarkRank 40 of 49SwitzerlandRank 41 of 49Czech RepublicRank 42 of 49South KoreaRank 43 of 49MexicoRank 44 of 49JapanRank 45 of 49RussiaRank 46 of 49VietnamRank 47 of 49SingaporeRank 48 of 49ThailandRank 49 of 49

Other countries and regions

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Unemployment Rate Data Coverage

This page lists 50 countries with available Unemployment Rate data. Data sourced from IMF. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.