Unemployment rate: all countries and regions

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.

Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method.

Countries

CountryLatest yearValue (%)
Afghanistan202513.351
Albania202510.926
Algeria202511.633
Angola202514.108
Argentina20257.145
Armenia202512.871
Australia20254.09
Austria20255.582
Azerbaijan20255.457
Bahamas20259.207
Bahrain20251.102
Bangladesh20253.778
Barbados20256.524
Belarus20253.38
Belgium20255.906
Belize20258.856
Benin20251.589
Bhutan20253.227
Bolivia20252.967
Bosnia and Herzegovina202511.037
Botswana202524.477
Brazil20255.97
Brunei20255.277
Bulgaria20253.536
Burkina Faso20253.477
Burundi20250.922
Cambodia20250.263
Cameroon20253.602
Canada20256.907
Cape Verde202511.939
Central African Republic20256.251
Chad20251.057
Chile20258.974
China20254.615
Colombia20258.29
Comoros20253.819
Congo202519.876
Costa Rica20256.843
Cote d'Ivoire20252.323
Croatia20255.002
Cuba20251.746
Cyprus20254.924
Czechia20252.825
Democratic Republic of Congo20254.434
Denmark20255.529
Djibouti202526.015
Dominican Republic20255.092
East Timor20251.592
Ecuador20253.308
Egypt20256.781
El Salvador20253.303
Equatorial Guinea20258.337
Eritrea20255.978
Estonia20258.313
Eswatini202534.202
Ethiopia20253.323
Fiji20255.347
Finland20259.461
France20257.542
French Polynesia202511.662
Gabon202520.154
Gambia20256.521
Georgia202512.097
Germany20253.711
Ghana20252.979
Greece20258.54
Guam20255.569
Guatemala20252.604
Guinea20255.163
Guinea-Bissau20252.673
Guyana202511.962
Haiti202514.944
Honduras20254.92
Hong Kong20252.799
Hungary20254.521
Iceland20253.625
India20254.219
Indonesia20253.237
Iran20258.301
Iraq202515.485
Ireland20254.632
Israel20253.489
Italy20256.391
Jamaica20253.286
Japan20252.451
Jordan202516.535
Kazakhstan20254.771
Kenya20255.449
Kuwait20252.181
Kyrgyzstan20253.526
Laos20251.187
Latvia20256.568
Lebanon202310.985
Lesotho202516.315
Liberia20252.884
Libya202518.758
Lithuania20256.731
Luxembourg20256.343
Macao20252.347
Madagascar20253.041
Malawi20255.072
Malaysia20253.764
Maldives20254.514
Mali20252.831
Malta20252.896
Mauritania202510.319
Mauritius20255.635
Mexico20252.673
Moldova20251.505
Mongolia20255.233
Montenegro202513.572
Morocco20259
Mozambique20256.628
Myanmar20253.047
Namibia202519.291
Nepal202510.465
Netherlands20253.874
New Caledonia202511.174
New Zealand20255.076
Nicaragua20255.04
Niger20250.394
Nigeria20253.064
North Korea20253.545
North Macedonia202512.256
Norway20254.637
Oman20253.251
Pakistan20255.42
Palestine202224.42
Panama20258.36
Papua New Guinea20252.571
Paraguay20254.803
Peru20255.117
Philippines20252.235
Poland20252.976
Portugal20256.164
Puerto Rico20255.991
Qatar20250.13
Romania20255.992
Russia20252.133
Rwanda202511.363
Saint Lucia20259.452
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202518.003
Samoa20254.996
Sao Tome and Principe20259.132
Saudi Arabia20253.038
Senegal20252.735
Serbia20257.123
Sierra Leone20253.15
Singapore20252.818
Slovakia20255.359
Slovenia20253.175
Solomon Islands20251.431
Somalia202518.948
South Africa202532.391
South Korea20252.683
South Sudan202312.374
Spain202510.376
Sri Lanka20254.005
Sudan20227.53
Suriname20257.834
Sweden20258.694
Switzerland20254.873
Syria202513.569
Tajikistan20256.931
Tanzania20251.572
Thailand20250.781
Togo20251.995
Tonga20252.008
Trinidad and Tobago20253.329
Tunisia202515.108
Turkey20258.52
Turkmenistan20254.267
Uganda20252.746
Ukraine20219.834
United Arab Emirates20252.174
United Kingdom20254.746
United States20254.198
United States Virgin Islands202511.443
Uruguay20257.516
Uzbekistan20254.622
Vanuatu20255.073
Venezuela20255.307
Vietnam20251.523
Yemen202517.322
Zambia20255.918
Zimbabwe20259.293

Regions and groups

Aggregates as Our World in Data defines them.

Region or groupLatest yearValue (%)
Channel Islands20256.169
East Asia and Pacific (WB)20253.8060296
Europe and Central Asia (WB)20255.3593197
European Union (27)20255.9260454
High-income countries20254.4067345
Latin America and Caribbean (WB)20255.459077
Low-income countries20254.8902125
Lower-middle-income countries20254.504344
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (WB)20257.782055
North America (WB)20254.5110865
South Asia (WB)20254.2432046
Sub-Saharan Africa (WB)20255.6611867
Upper-middle-income countries20255.183914
World20254.791333