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Unemployment

Unemployed share of the labour force. Both follow the ILO unemployment definition; annual averages compared.

Darker = better (lower), by rank · 178 countries · World Bank (ILO modelled) · tap a country to pin it here

Countries

178 · World Bank (ILO modelled)
  1. 1stQatar0.12025
  2. 2ndCambodia0.32025
  3. 3rdNiger0.42025
  4. 4thThailand0.82025
  5. 5thBurundi0.92025
  6. 6thChad1.12025
  7. 7thBahrain1.12025
  8. 8thLaos1.22025
  9. 9thSolomon Islands1.42025
  10. 10thMoldova1.52025
  11. 11thVietnam1.52025
  12. 12thTanzania1.62025
  13. 13thBenin1.62025
  14. 14thTimor-Leste1.62025
  15. 15thCuba1.72025
  16. 16thTogo22025
  17. 17thTonga22025
  18. 18thRussia2.12025
  19. 19thUnited Arab Emirates2.22025
  20. 20thKuwait2.22025
  21. 21stPhilippines2.22025
  22. 22ndIvory Coast2.32025
  23. 23rdJapan2.52025
  24. 24thPapua New Guinea2.62025
  25. 25thGuatemala2.62025
  26. 26thGuinea-Bissau2.72025
  27. 26thMexico2.72025
  28. 28thSouth Korea2.72025
  29. 29thSenegal2.72025
  30. 30thUganda2.72025
  31. 31stSingapore2.82025
  32. 32ndCzechia2.82025
  33. 33rdMali2.82025
  34. 34thLiberia2.92025
  35. 35thMalta2.92025
  36. 36thBolivia32025
  37. 37thPoland32025
  38. 38thGhana32025
  39. 39thSaudi Arabia32025
  40. 40thMadagascar32025
  41. 41stMyanmar32025
  42. 42ndNigeria3.12025
  43. 43rdSierra Leone3.22025
  44. 44thSlovenia3.22025
  45. 45thBhutan3.22025
  46. 46thIndonesia3.22025
  47. 47thOman3.32025
  48. 48thJamaica3.32025
  49. 49thEl Salvador3.32025
  50. 50thEcuador3.32025
  51. 51stEthiopia3.32025
  52. 52ndTrinidad and Tobago3.32025
  53. 53rdBelarus3.42025
  54. 54thBurkina Faso3.52025
  55. 55thIsrael3.52025
  56. 56thKyrgyzstan3.52025
  57. 57thBulgaria3.52025
  58. 58thNorth Korea3.52025
  59. 59thCameroon3.62025
  60. 60thIceland3.62025
  61. 61stGermany3.72025
  62. 62ndMalaysia3.82025
  63. 63rdBangladesh3.82025
  64. 64thComoros3.82025
  65. 65thNetherlands3.92025
  66. 66thSri Lanka42025
  67. 67thAustralia4.12025
  68. 68thUnited States4.22025
  69. 69thIndia4.22025
  70. 70thTurkmenistan4.32025
  71. 71stDR Congo4.42025
  72. 72ndMaldives4.52025
  73. 73rdHungary4.52025
  74. 74thChina4.62025
  75. 75thUzbekistan4.62025
  76. 76thIreland4.62025
  77. 77thNorway4.62025
  78. 78thUnited Kingdom4.72025
  79. 79thKazakhstan4.82025
  80. 80thParaguay4.82025
  81. 81stSwitzerland4.92025
  82. 82ndHonduras4.92025
  83. 83rdCyprus4.92025
  84. 84thSamoa52025
  85. 85thCroatia52025
  86. 86thNicaragua52025
  87. 87thMalawi5.12025
  88. 88thVanuatu5.12025
  89. 89thNew Zealand5.12025
  90. 90thDominican Republic5.12025
  91. 91stPeru5.12025
  92. 92ndGuinea5.22025
  93. 93rdMongolia5.22025
  94. 94thBrunei5.32025
  95. 95thVenezuela5.32025
  96. 96thFiji5.32025
  97. 97thSlovakia5.42025
  98. 98thPakistan5.42025
  99. 99thKenya5.42025
  100. 100thAzerbaijan5.52025
  101. 101stDenmark5.52025
  102. 102ndAustria5.62025
  103. 103rdMauritius5.62025
  104. 104thBelgium5.92025
  105. 105thZambia5.92025
  106. 106thBrazil62025
  107. 107thEritrea62025
  108. 108thRomania62025
  109. 109thPortugal6.22025
  110. 110thCentral African Republic6.32025
  111. 111thLuxembourg6.32025
  112. 112thItaly6.42025
  113. 113thGambia6.52025
  114. 114thBarbados6.52025
  115. 115thLatvia6.62025
  116. 116thMozambique6.62025
  117. 117thLithuania6.72025
  118. 118thEgypt6.82025
  119. 119thCosta Rica6.82025
  120. 120thCanada6.92025
  121. 121stTajikistan6.92025
  122. 122ndSerbia7.12025
  123. 123rdArgentina7.12025
  124. 124thUruguay7.52025
  125. 125thSudan7.52022
  126. 126thFrance7.52025
  127. 127thSuriname7.82025
  128. 128thColombia8.32025
  129. 129thIran8.32025
  130. 130thEstonia8.32025
  131. 131stEquatorial Guinea8.32025
  132. 132ndPanama8.42025
  133. 133rdTürkiye8.52025
  134. 134thGreece8.52025
  135. 135thSweden8.72025
  136. 136thBelize8.92025
  137. 137thChile92025
  138. 138thMorocco92025
  139. 139thSão Tomé and Príncipe9.12025
  140. 140thBahamas9.22025
  141. 141stZimbabwe9.32025
  142. 142ndSaint Lucia9.52025
  143. 143rdFinland9.52025
  144. 144thUkraine9.82021
  145. 145thMauritania10.32025
  146. 146thSpain10.42025
  147. 147thNepal10.52025
  148. 148thAlbania10.92025
  149. 149thLebanon112023
  150. 150thBosnia and Herzegovina112025
  151. 151stRwanda11.42025
  152. 152ndAlgeria11.62025
  153. 153rdCape Verde11.92025
  154. 154thGuyana122025
  155. 155thGeorgia12.12025
  156. 156thNorth Macedonia12.32025
  157. 157thSouth Sudan12.42023
  158. 158thArmenia12.92025
  159. 159thAfghanistan13.42025
  160. 160thSyria13.62025
  161. 161stMontenegro13.62025
  162. 162ndAngola14.12025
  163. 163rdHaiti14.92025
  164. 164thTunisia15.12025
  165. 165thIraq15.52025
  166. 166thLesotho16.32025
  167. 167thJordan16.52025
  168. 168thYemen17.32025
  169. 169thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines182025
  170. 170thLibya18.82025
  171. 171stSomalia18.92025
  172. 172ndNamibia19.32025
  173. 173rdRepublic of the Congo19.92025
  174. 174thGabon20.22025
  175. 175thBotswana24.52025
  176. 176thDjibouti262025
  177. 177thSouth Africa32.42025
  178. 178thEswatini34.22025

US states

51 · BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
  1. 1stSouth Dakota1.8
  2. 2ndVermont2.3
  3. 3rdNorth Dakota2.4
  4. 4thNew Hampshire2.6
  5. 5thNebraska2.7
  6. 6thHawaii2.8
  7. 7thVirginia2.9
  8. 8thAlabama3
  9. 9thMaine3
  10. 10thMontana3
  11. 11thWisconsin3
  12. 12thWyoming3.1
  13. 13thMinnesota3.1
  14. 14thIowa3.1
  15. 15thMaryland3.2
  16. 16thMississippi3.2
  17. 17thOklahoma3.2
  18. 18thUtah3.3
  19. 19thConnecticut3.3
  20. 20thFlorida3.4
  21. 21stTennessee3.4
  22. 22ndGeorgia3.4
  23. 23rdArkansas3.5
  24. 24thKansas3.5
  25. 25thIdaho3.6
  26. 26thNorth Carolina3.6
  27. 27thArizona3.7
  28. 28thMissouri3.7
  29. 29thPennsylvania3.8
  30. 30thDelaware3.9
  31. 31stMassachusetts4
  32. 32ndIndiana4
  33. 33rdWest Virginia4.1
  34. 34thNew Mexico4.1
  35. 35thSouth Carolina4.1
  36. 36thTexas4.1
  37. 37thColorado4.1
  38. 38thNew York4.2
  39. 39thRhode Island4.2
  40. 40thLouisiana4.3
  41. 41stOregon4.3
  42. 42ndOhio4.4
  43. 43rdWashington4.5
  44. 44thAlaska4.5
  45. 45thNew Jersey4.6
  46. 46thMichigan4.7
  47. 47thKentucky4.8
  48. 48thIllinois5
  49. 49thCalifornia5.3
  50. 50thDistrict of Columbia5.3
  51. 51stNevada5.4

178 countries ranked and 51 US states.

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