# 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](/sources/unemployment).

## Countries

| Country | Latest year | Value (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| [Afghanistan](/unemployment/afghanistan) | 2025 | 13.351 |
| [Albania](/unemployment/albania) | 2025 | 10.926 |
| [Algeria](/unemployment/algeria) | 2025 | 11.633 |
| [Angola](/unemployment/angola) | 2025 | 14.108 |
| [Argentina](/unemployment/argentina) | 2025 | 7.145 |
| [Armenia](/unemployment/armenia) | 2025 | 12.871 |
| [Australia](/unemployment/australia) | 2025 | 4.09 |
| [Austria](/unemployment/austria) | 2025 | 5.582 |
| [Azerbaijan](/unemployment/azerbaijan) | 2025 | 5.457 |
| [Bahamas](/unemployment/bahamas) | 2025 | 9.207 |
| [Bahrain](/unemployment/bahrain) | 2025 | 1.102 |
| [Bangladesh](/unemployment/bangladesh) | 2025 | 3.778 |
| [Barbados](/unemployment/barbados) | 2025 | 6.524 |
| [Belarus](/unemployment/belarus) | 2025 | 3.38 |
| [Belgium](/unemployment/belgium) | 2025 | 5.906 |
| [Belize](/unemployment/belize) | 2025 | 8.856 |
| [Benin](/unemployment/benin) | 2025 | 1.589 |
| [Bhutan](/unemployment/bhutan) | 2025 | 3.227 |
| [Bolivia](/unemployment/bolivia) | 2025 | 2.967 |
| [Bosnia and Herzegovina](/unemployment/bosnia-and-herzegovina) | 2025 | 11.037 |
| [Botswana](/unemployment/botswana) | 2025 | 24.477 |
| [Brazil](/unemployment/brazil) | 2025 | 5.97 |
| [Brunei](/unemployment/brunei) | 2025 | 5.277 |
| [Bulgaria](/unemployment/bulgaria) | 2025 | 3.536 |
| [Burkina Faso](/unemployment/burkina-faso) | 2025 | 3.477 |
| [Burundi](/unemployment/burundi) | 2025 | 0.922 |
| [Cambodia](/unemployment/cambodia) | 2025 | 0.263 |
| [Cameroon](/unemployment/cameroon) | 2025 | 3.602 |
| [Canada](/unemployment/canada) | 2025 | 6.907 |
| [Cape Verde](/unemployment/cape-verde) | 2025 | 11.939 |
| [Central African Republic](/unemployment/central-african-republic) | 2025 | 6.251 |
| [Chad](/unemployment/chad) | 2025 | 1.057 |
| [Chile](/unemployment/chile) | 2025 | 8.974 |
| [China](/unemployment/china) | 2025 | 4.615 |
| [Colombia](/unemployment/colombia) | 2025 | 8.29 |
| [Comoros](/unemployment/comoros) | 2025 | 3.819 |
| [Congo](/unemployment/congo) | 2025 | 19.876 |
| [Costa Rica](/unemployment/costa-rica) | 2025 | 6.843 |
| [Cote d'Ivoire](/unemployment/cote-d-ivoire) | 2025 | 2.323 |
| [Croatia](/unemployment/croatia) | 2025 | 5.002 |
| [Cuba](/unemployment/cuba) | 2025 | 1.746 |
| [Cyprus](/unemployment/cyprus) | 2025 | 4.924 |
| [Czechia](/unemployment/czechia) | 2025 | 2.825 |
| [Democratic Republic of Congo](/unemployment/democratic-republic-of-congo) | 2025 | 4.434 |
| [Denmark](/unemployment/denmark) | 2025 | 5.529 |
| [Djibouti](/unemployment/djibouti) | 2025 | 26.015 |
| [Dominican Republic](/unemployment/dominican-republic) | 2025 | 5.092 |
| [East Timor](/unemployment/east-timor) | 2025 | 1.592 |
| [Ecuador](/unemployment/ecuador) | 2025 | 3.308 |
| [Egypt](/unemployment/egypt) | 2025 | 6.781 |
| [El Salvador](/unemployment/el-salvador) | 2025 | 3.303 |
| [Equatorial Guinea](/unemployment/equatorial-guinea) | 2025 | 8.337 |
| [Eritrea](/unemployment/eritrea) | 2025 | 5.978 |
| [Estonia](/unemployment/estonia) | 2025 | 8.313 |
| [Eswatini](/unemployment/eswatini) | 2025 | 34.202 |
| [Ethiopia](/unemployment/ethiopia) | 2025 | 3.323 |
| [Fiji](/unemployment/fiji) | 2025 | 5.347 |
| [Finland](/unemployment/finland) | 2025 | 9.461 |
| [France](/unemployment/france) | 2025 | 7.542 |
| [French Polynesia](/unemployment/french-polynesia) | 2025 | 11.662 |
| [Gabon](/unemployment/gabon) | 2025 | 20.154 |
| [Gambia](/unemployment/gambia) | 2025 | 6.521 |
| [Georgia](/unemployment/georgia) | 2025 | 12.097 |
| [Germany](/unemployment/germany) | 2025 | 3.711 |
| [Ghana](/unemployment/ghana) | 2025 | 2.979 |
| [Greece](/unemployment/greece) | 2025 | 8.54 |
| [Guam](/unemployment/guam) | 2025 | 5.569 |
| [Guatemala](/unemployment/guatemala) | 2025 | 2.604 |
| [Guinea](/unemployment/guinea) | 2025 | 5.163 |
| [Guinea-Bissau](/unemployment/guinea-bissau) | 2025 | 2.673 |
| [Guyana](/unemployment/guyana) | 2025 | 11.962 |
| [Haiti](/unemployment/haiti) | 2025 | 14.944 |
| [Honduras](/unemployment/honduras) | 2025 | 4.92 |
| [Hong Kong](/unemployment/hong-kong) | 2025 | 2.799 |
| [Hungary](/unemployment/hungary) | 2025 | 4.521 |
| [Iceland](/unemployment/iceland) | 2025 | 3.625 |
| [India](/unemployment/india) | 2025 | 4.219 |
| [Indonesia](/unemployment/indonesia) | 2025 | 3.237 |
| [Iran](/unemployment/iran) | 2025 | 8.301 |
| [Iraq](/unemployment/iraq) | 2025 | 15.485 |
| [Ireland](/unemployment/ireland) | 2025 | 4.632 |
| [Israel](/unemployment/israel) | 2025 | 3.489 |
| [Italy](/unemployment/italy) | 2025 | 6.391 |
| [Jamaica](/unemployment/jamaica) | 2025 | 3.286 |
| [Japan](/unemployment/japan) | 2025 | 2.451 |
| [Jordan](/unemployment/jordan) | 2025 | 16.535 |
| [Kazakhstan](/unemployment/kazakhstan) | 2025 | 4.771 |
| [Kenya](/unemployment/kenya) | 2025 | 5.449 |
| [Kuwait](/unemployment/kuwait) | 2025 | 2.181 |
| [Kyrgyzstan](/unemployment/kyrgyzstan) | 2025 | 3.526 |
| [Laos](/unemployment/laos) | 2025 | 1.187 |
| [Latvia](/unemployment/latvia) | 2025 | 6.568 |
| [Lebanon](/unemployment/lebanon) | 2023 | 10.985 |
| [Lesotho](/unemployment/lesotho) | 2025 | 16.315 |
| [Liberia](/unemployment/liberia) | 2025 | 2.884 |
| [Libya](/unemployment/libya) | 2025 | 18.758 |
| [Lithuania](/unemployment/lithuania) | 2025 | 6.731 |
| [Luxembourg](/unemployment/luxembourg) | 2025 | 6.343 |
| [Macao](/unemployment/macao) | 2025 | 2.347 |
| [Madagascar](/unemployment/madagascar) | 2025 | 3.041 |
| [Malawi](/unemployment/malawi) | 2025 | 5.072 |
| [Malaysia](/unemployment/malaysia) | 2025 | 3.764 |
| [Maldives](/unemployment/maldives) | 2025 | 4.514 |
| [Mali](/unemployment/mali) | 2025 | 2.831 |
| [Malta](/unemployment/malta) | 2025 | 2.896 |
| [Mauritania](/unemployment/mauritania) | 2025 | 10.319 |
| [Mauritius](/unemployment/mauritius) | 2025 | 5.635 |
| [Mexico](/unemployment/mexico) | 2025 | 2.673 |
| [Moldova](/unemployment/moldova) | 2025 | 1.505 |
| [Mongolia](/unemployment/mongolia) | 2025 | 5.233 |
| [Montenegro](/unemployment/montenegro) | 2025 | 13.572 |
| [Morocco](/unemployment/morocco) | 2025 | 9 |
| [Mozambique](/unemployment/mozambique) | 2025 | 6.628 |
| [Myanmar](/unemployment/myanmar) | 2025 | 3.047 |
| [Namibia](/unemployment/namibia) | 2025 | 19.291 |
| [Nepal](/unemployment/nepal) | 2025 | 10.465 |
| [Netherlands](/unemployment/netherlands) | 2025 | 3.874 |
| [New Caledonia](/unemployment/new-caledonia) | 2025 | 11.174 |
| [New Zealand](/unemployment/new-zealand) | 2025 | 5.076 |
| [Nicaragua](/unemployment/nicaragua) | 2025 | 5.04 |
| [Niger](/unemployment/niger) | 2025 | 0.394 |
| [Nigeria](/unemployment/nigeria) | 2025 | 3.064 |
| [North Korea](/unemployment/north-korea) | 2025 | 3.545 |
| [North Macedonia](/unemployment/north-macedonia) | 2025 | 12.256 |
| [Norway](/unemployment/norway) | 2025 | 4.637 |
| [Oman](/unemployment/oman) | 2025 | 3.251 |
| [Pakistan](/unemployment/pakistan) | 2025 | 5.42 |
| [Palestine](/unemployment/palestine) | 2022 | 24.42 |
| [Panama](/unemployment/panama) | 2025 | 8.36 |
| [Papua New Guinea](/unemployment/papua-new-guinea) | 2025 | 2.571 |
| [Paraguay](/unemployment/paraguay) | 2025 | 4.803 |
| [Peru](/unemployment/peru) | 2025 | 5.117 |
| [Philippines](/unemployment/philippines) | 2025 | 2.235 |
| [Poland](/unemployment/poland) | 2025 | 2.976 |
| [Portugal](/unemployment/portugal) | 2025 | 6.164 |
| [Puerto Rico](/unemployment/puerto-rico) | 2025 | 5.991 |
| [Qatar](/unemployment/qatar) | 2025 | 0.13 |
| [Romania](/unemployment/romania) | 2025 | 5.992 |
| [Russia](/unemployment/russia) | 2025 | 2.133 |
| [Rwanda](/unemployment/rwanda) | 2025 | 11.363 |
| [Saint Lucia](/unemployment/saint-lucia) | 2025 | 9.452 |
| [Saint Vincent and the Grenadines](/unemployment/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines) | 2025 | 18.003 |
| [Samoa](/unemployment/samoa) | 2025 | 4.996 |
| [Sao Tome and Principe](/unemployment/sao-tome-and-principe) | 2025 | 9.132 |
| [Saudi Arabia](/unemployment/saudi-arabia) | 2025 | 3.038 |
| [Senegal](/unemployment/senegal) | 2025 | 2.735 |
| [Serbia](/unemployment/serbia) | 2025 | 7.123 |
| [Sierra Leone](/unemployment/sierra-leone) | 2025 | 3.15 |
| [Singapore](/unemployment/singapore) | 2025 | 2.818 |
| [Slovakia](/unemployment/slovakia) | 2025 | 5.359 |
| [Slovenia](/unemployment/slovenia) | 2025 | 3.175 |
| [Solomon Islands](/unemployment/solomon-islands) | 2025 | 1.431 |
| [Somalia](/unemployment/somalia) | 2025 | 18.948 |
| [South Africa](/unemployment/south-africa) | 2025 | 32.391 |
| [South Korea](/unemployment/south-korea) | 2025 | 2.683 |
| [South Sudan](/unemployment/south-sudan) | 2023 | 12.374 |
| [Spain](/unemployment/spain) | 2025 | 10.376 |
| [Sri Lanka](/unemployment/sri-lanka) | 2025 | 4.005 |
| [Sudan](/unemployment/sudan) | 2022 | 7.53 |
| [Suriname](/unemployment/suriname) | 2025 | 7.834 |
| [Sweden](/unemployment/sweden) | 2025 | 8.694 |
| [Switzerland](/unemployment/switzerland) | 2025 | 4.873 |
| [Syria](/unemployment/syria) | 2025 | 13.569 |
| [Tajikistan](/unemployment/tajikistan) | 2025 | 6.931 |
| [Tanzania](/unemployment/tanzania) | 2025 | 1.572 |
| [Thailand](/unemployment/thailand) | 2025 | 0.781 |
| [Togo](/unemployment/togo) | 2025 | 1.995 |
| [Tonga](/unemployment/tonga) | 2025 | 2.008 |
| [Trinidad and Tobago](/unemployment/trinidad-and-tobago) | 2025 | 3.329 |
| [Tunisia](/unemployment/tunisia) | 2025 | 15.108 |
| [Turkey](/unemployment/turkey) | 2025 | 8.52 |
| [Turkmenistan](/unemployment/turkmenistan) | 2025 | 4.267 |
| [Uganda](/unemployment/uganda) | 2025 | 2.746 |
| [Ukraine](/unemployment/ukraine) | 2021 | 9.834 |
| [United Arab Emirates](/unemployment/united-arab-emirates) | 2025 | 2.174 |
| [United Kingdom](/unemployment/united-kingdom) | 2025 | 4.746 |
| [United States](/unemployment/united-states) | 2025 | 4.198 |
| [United States Virgin Islands](/unemployment/united-states-virgin-islands) | 2025 | 11.443 |
| [Uruguay](/unemployment/uruguay) | 2025 | 7.516 |
| [Uzbekistan](/unemployment/uzbekistan) | 2025 | 4.622 |
| [Vanuatu](/unemployment/vanuatu) | 2025 | 5.073 |
| [Venezuela](/unemployment/venezuela) | 2025 | 5.307 |
| [Vietnam](/unemployment/vietnam) | 2025 | 1.523 |
| [Yemen](/unemployment/yemen) | 2025 | 17.322 |
| [Zambia](/unemployment/zambia) | 2025 | 5.918 |
| [Zimbabwe](/unemployment/zimbabwe) | 2025 | 9.293 |

## Regions and groups

Aggregates as Our World in Data defines them.

| Region or group | Latest year | Value (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| [Channel Islands](/unemployment/channel-islands) | 2025 | 6.169 |
| [East Asia and Pacific (WB)](/unemployment/east-asia-and-pacific-wb) | 2025 | 3.8060296 |
| [Europe and Central Asia (WB)](/unemployment/europe-and-central-asia-wb) | 2025 | 5.3593197 |
| [European Union (27)](/unemployment/european-union-27) | 2025 | 5.9260454 |
| [High-income countries](/unemployment/high-income-countries) | 2025 | 4.4067345 |
| [Latin America and Caribbean (WB)](/unemployment/latin-america-and-caribbean-wb) | 2025 | 5.459077 |
| [Low-income countries](/unemployment/low-income-countries) | 2025 | 4.8902125 |
| [Lower-middle-income countries](/unemployment/lower-middle-income-countries) | 2025 | 4.504344 |
| [Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (WB)](/unemployment/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-wb) | 2025 | 7.782055 |
| [North America (WB)](/unemployment/north-america-wb) | 2025 | 4.5110865 |
| [South Asia (WB)](/unemployment/south-asia-wb) | 2025 | 4.2432046 |
| [Sub-Saharan Africa (WB)](/unemployment/sub-saharan-africa-wb) | 2025 | 5.6611867 |
| [Upper-middle-income countries](/unemployment/upper-middle-income-countries) | 2025 | 5.183914 |
| [World](/unemployment/world) | 2025 | 4.791333 |

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