Unemployment rate
The unemployment rate measures the percentage of the labor force that is currently unemployed but is actively seeking employment and available to work. Those who are not seeking employment, such as students or retirees, are not included. A high unemployment rate indicates that a large proportion of the labor force is unable to find work, which can lead to reduced consumer spending, decreased production, and economic slowdown. Conversely, a low unemployment rate can indicate a strong economy with plenty of job opportunities for workers.
| Country | Latest | Prior | Change | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eswatini | 34.4 % | 22.19 % | 55.02% | 2025-04-15 |
| South Africa | 33.17 % | 28.4 % | 16.81% | 2025-04-15 |
| Djibouti | 25.88 % | 26.28 % | -1.54% | 2025-04-15 |
| Botswana | 23.14 % | 23.61 % | -1.99% | 2025-04-15 |
| Sudan | 20.81 % | 18.73 % | 11.12% | 2025-04-15 |
| Gabon | 20.06 % | 20.36 % | -1.47% | 2025-04-15 |
| Congo | 19.69 % | 19.86 % | -0.83% | 2025-04-15 |
| Namibia | 19.15 % | 19.63 % | -2.44% | 2025-04-15 |
| Somalia | 18.86 % | 19.19 % | -1.73% | 2025-04-15 |
| Libya | 18.62 % | 18.52 % | 0.50% | 2025-04-15 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.06 % | 18.59 % | -2.87% | 2025-04-15 |
| Jordan | 18 % | 19.05 % | -5.53% | 2025-04-15 |
| Yemen | 17.09 % | 17.53 % | -2.55% | 2025-04-15 |
| Tunisia | 16.2 % | 17.72 % | -8.54% | 2025-04-15 |
| Lesotho | 16.15 % | 16.31 % | -1.02% | 2025-04-15 |
| Iraq | 15.52 % | 15.56 % | -0.23% | 2025-04-15 |
| Haiti | 15.06 % | 14.86 % | 1.35% | 2025-04-15 |
| Angola | 14.46 % | 14.22 % | 1.69% | 2025-04-15 |
| Montenegro | 14.1 % | 14.39 % | -2.01% | 2025-04-15 |
| North Macedonia | 13.42 % | 13.15 % | 2.03% | 2025-04-15 |
| Armenia | 13.33 % | 8.38 % | 59.10% | 2025-04-15 |
| Afghanistan | 13.3 % | 15.38 % | -13.55% | 2025-04-15 |
| Syria | 12.96 % | 13.49 % | -3.89% | 2025-04-15 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.6 % | 12.6 % | 0.00% | 2024-07-01 |
| South Sudan | 12.04 % | 12.98 % | -7.22% | 2025-04-15 |
| Virgin Islands | 12.01 % | 12.26 % | -1.98% | 2025-04-15 |
| Rwanda | 11.99 % | 14.95 % | -19.75% | 2025-04-15 |
| Cabo Verde | 11.88 % | 12.07 % | -1.56% | 2025-04-15 |
| French Polynesia | 11.75 % | 11.67 % | 0.69% | 2025-04-15 |
| Lebanon | 11.68 % | 12.64 % | -7.57% | 2025-04-15 |
| Tajikistan | 11.64 % | 6.9 % | 68.67% | 2025-04-15 |
| Georgia | 11.48 % | 11.75 % | -2.29% | 2025-04-15 |
| Algeria | 11.43 % | 12.25 % | -6.72% | 2025-04-15 |
| Spain | 11.3 % | 11.5 % | -1.74% | 2024-08-01 |
| New Caledonia | 11.15 % | 10.83 % | 2.98% | 2025-04-15 |
| Saint Lucia | 10.93 % | 14.74 % | -25.88% | 2025-04-15 |
| Nepal | 10.71 % | 10.97 % | -2.39% | 2025-04-15 |
| Mauritania | 10.37 % | 10.63 % | -2.37% | 2025-04-15 |
| Albania | 10.25 % | 11.08 % | -7.52% | 2025-04-15 |
| Guyana | 10.17 % | 10.33 % | -1.62% | 2025-04-15 |
| Ukraine | 9.83 % | 9.48 % | 3.69% | 2025-04-15 |
| Greece | 9.7 % | 9.9 % | -2.02% | 2024-08-01 |
| Colombia | 9.61 % | 9.41 % | 2.06% | 2025-04-15 |
| Iran | 9.19 % | 8.73 % | 5.24% | 2025-04-15 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 9.17 % | 14.24 % | -35.61% | 2025-04-15 |
| Chile | 9.06 % | 9.07 % | -0.17% | 2025-04-15 |
| Morocco | 8.94 % | 9.77 % | -8.50% | 2025-04-15 |
| Turkey | 8.9 % | 9 % | -1.11% | 2024-07-01 |
| Zimbabwe | 8.55 % | 9.12 % | -6.16% | 2025-04-15 |
| Bahamas | 8.46 % | 9.5 % | -10.94% | 2025-04-15 |
| Uruguay | 8.4 % | 8.39 % | 0.15% | 2025-04-15 |
| Sweden | 8.4 % | 8.3 % | 1.20% | 2024-08-01 |
| Italy | 8.3 % | 8.3 % | 0.00% | 2003-12-01 |
| Finland | 8.3 % | 8.4 % | -1.19% | 2024-08-01 |
| Lithuania | 8 % | 7.7 % | 3.90% | 2024-08-01 |
| Estonia | 7.9 % | 7.5 % | 5.33% | 2024-08-01 |
| Argentina | 7.88 % | 6.84 % | 15.13% | 2025-04-15 |
| Costa Rica | 7.85 % | 8.52 % | -7.87% | 2025-04-15 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 7.82 % | 8.52 % | -8.13% | 2025-04-15 |
| Brazil | 7.63 % | 7.78 % | -1.83% | 2025-04-15 |
| Barbados | 7.53 % | 7.96 % | -5.36% | 2025-04-15 |
| France | 7.5 % | 7.5 % | 0.00% | 2024-08-01 |
| Serbia | 7.39 % | 7.84 % | -5.69% | 2025-04-15 |
| Suriname | 7.33 % | 8.02 % | -8.61% | 2025-04-15 |
| Egypt | 7.2 % | 6.27 % | 14.84% | 2025-04-15 |
| Latvia | 7 % | 6.9 % | 1.45% | 2024-08-01 |
| Belize | 7 % | 8.22 % | -14.83% | 2025-04-15 |
| Panama | 6.52 % | 7.65 % | -14.78% | 2025-04-15 |
| Gambia | 6.5 % | 4.14 % | 57.02% | 2025-04-15 |
| Canada | 6.45 % | 5.42 % | 19.05% | 2025-04-15 |
| Portugal | 6.4 % | 6.2 % | 3.23% | 2024-08-01 |
| Denmark | 6.2 % | 5.9 % | 5.08% | 2024-08-01 |
| Paraguay | 6.09 % | 5.63 % | 8.24% | 2025-04-15 |
| Honduras | 6.06 % | 6.78 % | -10.66% | 2025-04-15 |
| Zambia | 5.96 % | 4.22 % | 41.26% | 2025-04-15 |
| Luxembourg | 5.9 % | 5.8 % | 1.72% | 2024-08-01 |
| Central African Republic | 5.9 % | 6.26 % | -5.71% | 2025-04-15 |
| Azerbaijan | 5.59 % | 5.64 % | -0.82% | 2025-04-15 |
| Guam | 5.59 % | 5.54 % | 0.87% | 2025-04-15 |
| Eritrea | 5.55 % | 5.85 % | -5.09% | 2025-04-15 |
| Mauritius | 5.48 % | 4.89 % | 12.08% | 2025-04-15 |
| Venezuela | 5.48 % | 5.9 % | -7.25% | 2025-04-15 |
| Dominican Republic | 5.47 % | 5.61 % | -2.37% | 2025-04-15 |
| Puerto Rico | 5.47 % | 6.21 % | -11.88% | 2025-04-15 |
| Pakistan | 5.47 % | 5.72 % | -4.29% | 2025-04-15 |
| Kenya | 5.43 % | 5.6 % | -2.98% | 2025-04-15 |
| Mongolia | 5.42 % | 5.41 % | 0.33% | 2025-04-15 |
| Belgium | 5.4 % | 5.4 % | 0.00% | 2024-08-01 |
| Slovakia | 5.3 % | 5.3 % | 0.00% | 2024-08-01 |
| Romania | 5.3 % | 5.3 % | 0.00% | 2024-08-01 |
| Cyprus | 5.3 % | 5.3 % | 0.00% | 2024-08-01 |
| Guinea | 5.23 % | 5.4 % | -3.20% | 2025-04-15 |
| Austria | 5.2 % | 5.2 % | 0.00% | 2024-08-01 |
| Burkina Faso | 5.17 % | 5 % | 3.30% | 2025-04-15 |
| Brunei | 5.14 % | 4.46 % | 15.26% | 2025-04-15 |
| Vanuatu | 5.06 % | 5.23 % | -3.14% | 2025-04-15 |
| Malawi | 5.05 % | 5.03 % | 0.38% | 2025-04-15 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 % | 6.64 % | -24.79% | 2025-04-15 |
| United Kingdom | 4.9 % | 4.7 % | 4.26% | 2020-09-01 |
| Croatia | 4.9 % | 5 % | -2.00% | 2024-08-01 |
| Jamaica | 4.89 % | 5.38 % | -9.15% | 2025-04-15 |
| New Zealand | 4.87 % | 3.73 % | 30.54% | 2025-04-15 |
| Peru | 4.83 % | 3.51 % | 37.71% | 2025-04-15 |
| Kazakhstan | 4.79 % | 4.66 % | 2.81% | 2025-04-15 |
| Ecuador | 4.77 % | 3.55 % | 34.38% | 2025-04-15 |
| Bangladesh | 4.68 % | 4.19 % | 11.80% | 2025-04-15 |
| Maldives | 4.64 % | 4.22 % | 9.96% | 2025-04-15 |
| Nicaragua | 4.57 % | 4.75 % | -3.62% | 2025-04-15 |
| China | 4.57 % | 4.97 % | -7.97% | 2025-04-15 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.56 % | 4.5 % | 1.27% | 2025-04-15 |
| Samoa | 4.55 % | 9.48 % | -52.01% | 2025-04-15 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4.55 % | 3.54 % | 28.49% | 2025-04-15 |
| Uzbekistan | 4.49 % | 4.33 % | 3.74% | 2025-04-15 |
| Fiji | 4.31 % | 4.25 % | 1.39% | 2025-04-15 |
| Turkmenistan | 4.3 % | 4.1 % | 4.95% | 2025-04-15 |
| Switzerland | 4.3 % | 4.3 % | 0.00% | 2024-06-01 |
| Ireland | 4.3 % | 4.4 % | -2.27% | 2024-09-01 |
| Hungary | 4.3 % | 4.3 % | 0.00% | 2024-08-01 |
| India | 4.2 % | 4.67 % | -9.98% | 2025-04-15 |
| United States of America | 4.2 % | 4.3 % | -2.33% | 2024-08-01 |
| Australia | 4.07 % | 3.62 % | 12.55% | 2025-04-15 |
| Norway | 4 % | 4 % | 0.00% | 2024-08-01 |
| Bulgaria | 4 % | 4 % | 0.00% | 2024-08-01 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3.9 % | 5.01 % | -22.19% | 2025-04-15 |
| Comoros | 3.88 % | 5.7 % | -31.96% | 2025-04-15 |
| Malaysia | 3.83 % | 3.61 % | 5.98% | 2025-04-15 |
| Netherlands | 3.7 % | 3.6 % | 2.78% | 2024-08-01 |
| Mozambique | 3.53 % | 3.67 % | -4.00% | 2025-04-15 |
| Cameroon | 3.52 % | 3.7 % | -4.82% | 2025-04-15 |
| Germany | 3.5 % | 3.4 % | 2.94% | 2024-08-01 |
| Ethiopia | 3.4 % | 3.33 % | 2.01% | 2025-04-15 |
| Belarus | 3.36 % | 3.47 % | -3.06% | 2025-04-15 |
| Slovenia | 3.3 % | 3.3 % | 0.00% | 2024-08-01 |
| Indonesia | 3.3 % | 3.28 % | 0.70% | 2025-04-15 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3.29 % | 4.04 % | -18.61% | 2025-04-15 |
| Singapore | 3.18 % | 3.2 % | -0.53% | 2025-04-15 |
| Oman | 3.16 % | 1.5 % | 111.44% | 2025-04-15 |
| Israel | 3.15 % | 3.35 % | -6.03% | 2025-04-15 |
| Sierra Leone | 3.13 % | 3.21 % | -2.46% | 2025-04-15 |
| Malta | 3.1 % | 3 % | 3.33% | 2024-08-01 |
| Iceland | 3.1 % | 3.1 % | 0.00% | 2024-07-01 |
| Bolivia | 3.09 % | 4.06 % | -23.85% | 2025-04-15 |
| Mali | 3.06 % | 3.25 % | -5.93% | 2025-04-15 |
| Myanmar | 3.03 % | 2.92 % | 3.73% | 2025-04-15 |
| Madagascar | 3.01 % | 1.82 % | 65.49% | 2025-04-15 |
| Ghana | 3.01 % | 3.56 % | -15.46% | 2025-04-15 |
| Senegal | 2.99 % | 2.97 % | 0.91% | 2025-04-15 |
| Nigeria | 2.99 % | 3.58 % | -16.41% | 2025-04-15 |
| Uganda | 2.94 % | 2.85 % | 3.16% | 2025-04-15 |
| Poland | 2.9 % | 2.9 % | 0.00% | 2024-08-01 |
| Liberia | 2.88 % | 2.85 % | 1.12% | 2025-04-15 |
| Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) | 2.86 % | 3.01 % | -4.92% | 2025-04-15 |
| Bhutan | 2.86 % | 6.04 % | -52.69% | 2025-04-15 |
| El Salvador | 2.84 % | 2.77 % | 2.64% | 2025-04-15 |
| Hong Kong | 2.79 % | 4.03 % | -30.63% | 2025-04-15 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2.74 % | 2.74 % | 0.07% | 2025-04-15 |
| Mexico | 2.71 % | 2.82 % | -3.90% | 2025-04-15 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2.62 % | 3.12 % | -15.93% | 2025-04-15 |
| South Korea | 2.6 % | 2.66 % | -2.14% | 2025-04-15 |
| Czechia | 2.6 % | 2.7 % | -3.70% | 2024-08-01 |
| Tanzania | 2.58 % | 2.56 % | 0.78% | 2025-04-15 |
| Russia | 2.53 % | 3.16 % | -20.01% | 2025-04-15 |
| Japan | 2.5 % | 2.7 % | -7.41% | 2024-08-01 |
| Macao | 2.44 % | 1.65 % | 48.15% | 2025-04-15 |
| Ivory Coast | 2.29 % | 2.43 % | -5.80% | 2025-04-15 |
| Guatemala | 2.22 % | 3.16 % | -29.67% | 2025-04-15 |
| Tonga | 2.19 % | 2.37 % | -7.32% | 2025-04-15 |
| Philippines | 2.15 % | 2.24 % | -4.06% | 2025-04-15 |
| Kuwait | 2.14 % | 2.12 % | 0.94% | 2025-04-15 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2.13 % | 2.95 % | -27.77% | 2025-04-15 |
| Togo | 1.94 % | 3.72 % | -47.91% | 2025-04-15 |
| Benin | 1.72 % | 1.41 % | 22.04% | 2025-04-15 |
| Timor-Leste | 1.6 % | 1.79 % | -10.45% | 2025-04-15 |
| Cuba | 1.53 % | 1.18 % | 29.99% | 2025-04-15 |
| Solomon Islands | 1.47 % | 1.6 % | -8.18% | 2025-04-15 |
| Moldova | 1.43 % | 1.55 % | -7.48% | 2025-04-15 |
| Vietnam | 1.43 % | 1.65 % | -13.48% | 2025-04-15 |
| Laos | 1.22 % | 3.79 % | -67.84% | 2025-04-15 |
| Bahrain | 1.1 % | 1.3 % | -15.43% | 2025-04-15 |
| Chad | 1.09 % | 0.99 % | 9.68% | 2025-04-15 |
| Burundi | 0.9 % | 0.86 % | 4.88% | 2025-04-15 |
| Thailand | 0.69 % | 0.89 % | -22.13% | 2025-04-15 |
| Niger | 0.36 % | 0.53 % | -33.40% | 2025-04-15 |
| Cambodia | 0.27 % | 0.22 % | 24.42% | 2025-04-15 |
| Qatar | 0.13 % | 0.13 % | -4.55% | 2025-04-15 |