Unemployment Rate by Country (2026)
Unemployment Rate by Country compares the percentage of the labor force that is actively seeking work but unable to find employment. These rankings provide valuable insights into labor market conditions, economic performance, and employment opportunities across countries worldwide.
Top Ranked
🇸🇩Sudan
61.3%
#1
Least Ranked
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
8.6%
#192
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🇿🇦South Africa
32.5%
#2
🇯🇴Jordan
21.3%
#3
🇬🇪Georgia
13.9%
#4
🇦🇲Armenia
12.8%
#5
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
12.6%
#6
🇲🇦Morocco
12.2%
#7
| # | Country | Unemployment 2026 | Unit | Continent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇩Sudan |
61.3% | % | Africa |
| 2 | 🇿🇦South Africa |
32.5% | % | Africa |
| 3 | 🇯🇴Jordan |
21.3% | % | Asia |
| 4 | 🇬🇪Georgia |
13.9% | % | Asia |
| 5 | 🇦🇲Armenia |
12.8% | % | Asia |
| 6 | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina |
12.6% | % | Europe |
| 7 | 🇲🇦Morocco |
12.2% | % | Africa |
| 8 | 🇲🇰North Macedonia |
11.5% | % | Europe |
| 9 | 🇵🇦Panama |
10.4% | % | North America |
| 10 | 🇺🇦Ukraine |
10.2% | % | Europe |
| 11 | 🇪🇸Spain |
9.8% | % | Europe |
| 12 | 🇫🇮Finland |
9.6% | % | Europe |
| 13 | 🇧🇸Bahamas |
9.4% | % | North America |
| 14 | 🇮🇷Iran |
9.2% | % | Asia |
| 15 | 🇨🇴Colombia |
9% | % | South America |
| 16 | 🇸🇷Suriname |
9% | % | South America |
| 17 | 🇷🇸Serbia |
8.8% | % | Europe |
| 18 | 🇦🇱Albania |
8.7% | % | Europe |
| 19 | 🇸🇪Sweden |
8.6% | % | Europe |
| 20 | 🇨🇻Cape Verde |
8.5% | % | Africa |
| 21 | 🇹🇷Turkey |
8.3% | % | Asia |
| 22 | 🇨🇱Chile |
8.1% | % | South America |
| 23 | 🇺🇾Uruguay |
8% | % | South America |
| 24 | 🇫🇷France |
7.9% | % | Europe |
| 25 | 🇪🇬Egypt |
7.4% | % | Africa |
| 26 | 🇬🇷Greece |
7.4% | % | Europe |
| 27 | 🇪🇪Estonia |
7.3% | % | Europe |
| 28 | 🇦🇷Argentina |
7.2% | % | South America |
| 29 | 🇨🇷Costa Rica |
7% | % | North America |
| 30 | 🇵🇰Pakistan |
6.9% | % | Asia |
| 31 | 🇧🇧Barbados |
6.8% | % | North America |
| 32 | 🇧🇷Brazil |
6.8% | % | South America |
| 33 | 🇭🇳Honduras |
6.8% | % | North America |
| 34 | 🇱🇻Latvia |
6.7% | % | Europe |
| 35 | 🇨🇦Canada |
6.5% | % | North America |
| 36 | 🇱🇹Lithuania |
6.5% | % | Europe |
| 37 | 🇵🇪Peru |
6.3% | % | South America |
| 38 | 🇧🇪Belgium |
6.2% | % | Europe |
| 39 | 🇮🇹Italy |
6% | % | Europe |
| 40 | 🇵🇷Puerto Rico |
6% | % | North America |
| 41 | 🇷🇴Romania |
6% | % | Europe |
| 42 | 🇱🇺Luxembourg |
5.9% | % | Europe |
| 43 | 🇲🇺Mauritius |
5.9% | % | Africa |
| 44 | 🇵🇹Portugal |
5.9% | % | Europe |
| 45 | 🇸🇰Slovakia |
5.8% | % | Europe |
| 46 | 🇦🇹Austria |
5.7% | % | Europe |
| 47 | 🇬🇧United Kingdom |
5.6% | % | Europe |
| 48 | 🇳🇿New Zealand |
5.4% | % | Oceania |
| 49 | 🇦🇿Azerbaijan |
5.3% | % | Asia |
| 50 | 🇩🇴Dominican Republic |
5.3% | % | North America |
| 51 | 🇵🇾Paraguay |
5.2% | % | South America |
| 52 | 🇨🇳China |
5.1% | % | Asia |
| 53 | 🇫🇯Fiji |
5% | % | Oceania |
| 54 | 🇲🇳Mongolia |
5% | % | Asia |
| 55 | 🇮🇳India |
4.9% | % | Asia |
| 56 | 🇮🇩Indonesia |
4.9% | % | Asia |
| 57 | 🇮🇪Ireland |
4.8% | % | Europe |
| 58 | 🇧🇳Brunei |
4.7% | % | Asia |
| 59 | 🇵🇭Philippines |
4.7% | % | Asia |
| 60 | 🇭🇷Croatia |
4.6% | % | Europe |
| 61 | 🇨🇾Cyprus |
4.6% | % | Asia |
| 62 | 🇰🇿Kazakhstan |
4.6% | % | Asia |
| 63 | 🇧🇴Bolivia |
4.5% | % | South America |
| 64 | 🇸🇲San Marino |
4.4% | % | Europe |
| 65 | 🇺🇸United States |
4.4% | % | North America |
| 66 | 🇦🇼Aruba |
4.3% | % | North America |
| 67 | 🇸🇻El Salvador |
4.3% | % | North America |
| 68 | 🇺🇿Uzbekistan |
4.3% | % | Asia |
| 69 | 🇦🇺Australia |
4.2% | % | Oceania |
| 70 | 🇭🇺Hungary |
4.2% | % | Europe |
| 71 | 🇮🇸Iceland |
4.2% | % | Europe |
| 72 | 🇳🇴Norway |
4.2% | % | Europe |
| 73 | 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago |
4.2% | % | North America |
| 74 | 🇳🇱Netherlands |
4.1% | % | Europe |
| 75 | 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan |
4% | % | Asia |
| 76 | 🇩🇪Germany |
3.9% | % | Europe |
| 77 | 🇱🇮Liechtenstein |
3.9% | % | Europe |
| 78 | 🇸🇮Slovenia |
3.9% | % | Europe |
| 79 | 🇲🇩Moldova |
3.8% | % | Europe |
| 80 | 🇧🇬Bulgaria |
3.4% | % | Europe |
| 81 | 🇵🇱Poland |
3.4% | % | Europe |
| 82 | 🇹🇼Taiwan |
3.4% | % | Asia |
| 83 | 🇭🇰Hong Kong |
3.3% | % | Asia |
| 84 | 🇮🇱Israel |
3.2% | % | Asia |
| 85 | 🇪🇨Ecuador |
3.1% | % | South America |
| 86 | 🇨🇿Czech Republic |
3% | % | Europe |
| 87 | 🇲🇾Malaysia |
3% | % | Asia |
| 88 | 🇲🇹Malta |
3% | % | Europe |
| 89 | 🇨🇭Switzerland |
3% | % | Europe |
| 90 | 🇧🇾Belarus |
2.9% | % | Europe |
| 91 | 🇩🇰Denmark |
2.9% | % | Europe |
| 92 | 🇰🇷South Korea |
2.8% | % | Asia |
| 93 | 🇲🇽Mexico |
2.7% | % | North America |
| 94 | 🇳🇮Nicaragua |
2.7% | % | North America |
| 95 | 🇧🇿Belize |
2.6% | % | North America |
| 96 | 🇸🇨Seychelles |
2.6% | % | Africa |
| 97 | 🇯🇵Japan |
2.5% | % | Asia |
| 98 | 🇷🇺Russia |
2.4% | % | Europe |
| 99 | 🇻🇳Vietnam |
2.1% | % | Asia |
| 100 | 🇸🇬Singapore |
2% | % | Asia |
| 101 | 🇲🇴Macau |
1.7% | % | Asia |
| 102 | 🇦🇩Andorra |
1.1% | % | Europe |
| 103 | 🇹🇭Thailand |
1% | % | Asia |
| 104 | 🇦🇫Afghanistan |
13.3% | % | Asia |
| 105 | 🇩🇿Algeria |
11.5% | % | Africa |
| 106 | 🇦🇴Angola |
14.5% | % | Africa |
| 107 | 🇧🇭Bahrain |
1.2% | % | Asia |
| 108 | 🇧🇩Bangladesh |
4.7% | % | Asia |
| 109 | 🇧🇯Benin |
1.8% | % | Africa |
| 110 | 🇧🇹Bhutan |
2.9% | % | Asia |
| 111 | 🇧🇼Botswana |
23.2% | % | Africa |
| 112 | 🇧🇫Burkina Faso |
5.2% | % | Africa |
| 113 | 🇧🇮Burundi |
1% | % | Africa |
| 114 | 🇰🇭Cambodia |
0.3% | % | Asia |
| 115 | 🇨🇲Cameroon |
57% | % | Africa |
| 116 | 🇨🇫Central African Republic |
5.9% | % | Africa |
| 117 | 🇹🇩Chad |
1.1% | % | Africa |
| 119 | 🇰🇲Comoros |
3.9% | % | Africa |
| 120 | 🇨🇬Congo |
19.7% | % | Africa |
| 121 | 🇨🇺Cuba |
1.6% | % | North America |
| 122 | 🇩🇯Djibouti |
25.9% | % | Africa |
| 123 | 🇨🇩DR Congo |
4.6% | % | Africa |
| 124 | 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea |
7.9% | % | Africa |
| 125 | 🇪🇷Eritrea |
5.6% | % | Africa |
| 126 | 🇸🇿Eswatini |
34.4% | % | Africa |
| 127 | 🇪🇹Ethiopia |
3.4% | % | Africa |
| 128 | 🇵🇫French Polynesia |
11.8% | % | Oceania |
| 129 | 🇬🇦Gabon |
20.1% | % | Africa |
| 130 | 🇬🇲Gambia |
6.5% | % | Africa |
| 131 | 🇬🇭Ghana |
3.1% | % | Africa |
| 132 | 🇬🇺Guam |
5.6% | % | Oceania |
| 133 | 🇬🇹Guatemala |
2.3% | % | North America |
| 134 | 🇬🇬Guernsey |
6.3% | % | Europe |
| 135 | 🇬🇳Guinea |
5.3% | % | Africa |
| 136 | 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau |
2.7% | % | Africa |
| 137 | 🇬🇾Guyana |
10.2% | % | South America |
| 138 | 🇭🇹Haiti |
15.1% | % | North America |
| 139 | 🇮🇶Iraq |
15.6% | % | Asia |
| 140 | 🇨🇮Ivory Coast |
2.3% | % | Africa |
| 141 | 🇯🇲Jamaica |
4.9% | % | North America |
| 142 | 🇯🇪Jersey |
6.3% | % | Europe |
| 143 | 🇰🇪Kenya |
5.5% | % | Africa |
| 144 | 🇰🇼Kuwait |
2.2% | % | Asia |
| 145 | 🇱🇦Laos |
1.3% | % | Asia |
| 146 | 🇱🇸Lesotho |
16.2% | % | Africa |
| 147 | 🇱🇷Liberia |
2.9% | % | Africa |
| 148 | 🇱🇾Libya |
18.7% | % | Africa |
| 149 | 🇲🇬Madagascar |
3.1% | % | Africa |
| 150 | 🇲🇼Malawi |
5.1% | % | Africa |
| 151 | 🇲🇻Maldives |
4.7% | % | Asia |
| 152 | 🇲🇱Mali |
3.1% | % | Africa |
| 153 | 🇲🇷Mauritania |
10.4% | % | Africa |
| 154 | 🇲🇪Montenegro |
14.1% | % | Europe |
| 155 | 🇲🇿Mozambique |
3.6% | % | Africa |
| 156 | 🇲🇲Myanmar |
3.1% | % | Asia |
| 157 | 🇳🇦Namibia |
19.2% | % | Africa |
| 158 | 🇳🇵Nepal |
10.8% | % | Asia |
| 159 | 🇳🇨New Caledonia |
11.2% | % | Oceania |
| 160 | 🇳🇪Niger |
0.4% | % | Africa |
| 161 | 🇳🇬Nigeria |
3% | % | Africa |
| 162 | 🇰🇵North Korea |
2.9% | % | Asia |
| 163 | 🇴🇲Oman |
3.2% | % | Asia |
| 164 | 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea |
2.8% | % | Oceania |
| 165 | 🇶🇦Qatar |
0.2% | % | Asia |
| 166 | 🇷🇼Rwanda |
12% | % | Africa |
| 167 | 🇱🇨Saint Lucia |
11% | % | North America |
| 168 | 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
18.1% | % | North America |
| 169 | 🇼🇸Samoa |
4.6% | % | Oceania |
| 170 | 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe |
9.2% | % | Africa |
| 171 | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia |
3.9% | % | Asia |
| 172 | 🇸🇳Senegal |
3% | % | Africa |
| 173 | 🇸🇱Sierra Leone |
3.2% | % | Africa |
| 174 | 🇸🇧Solomon Islands |
1.5% | % | Oceania |
| 175 | 🇸🇴Somalia |
18.9% | % | Africa |
| 176 | 🇱🇰Sri Lanka |
5% | % | Asia |
| 177 | 🇸🇾Syria |
13% | % | Asia |
| 178 | 🇹🇯Tajikistan |
11.7% | % | Asia |
| 179 | 🇹🇿Tanzania |
2.6% | % | Africa |
| 180 | 🇹🇱Timor-Leste |
1.7% | % | Asia |
| 181 | 🇹🇬Togo |
2% | % | Africa |
| 182 | 🇹🇴Tonga |
2.2% | % | Oceania |
| 183 | 🇹🇳Tunisia |
16.3% | % | Africa |
| 184 | 🇹🇲Turkmenistan |
4.4% | % | Asia |
| 185 | 🇺🇬Uganda |
3% | % | Africa |
| 186 | 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates |
2.2% | % | Asia |
| 187 | 🇻🇮U.S. Virgin Islands |
12.1% | % | North America |
| 188 | 🇻🇺Vanuatu |
5.1% | % | Oceania |
| 189 | 🇻🇪Venezuela |
5.5% | % | South America |
| 190 | 🇾🇪Yemen |
17.1% | % | Asia |
| 191 | 🇿🇲Zambia |
6% | % | Africa |
| 192 | 🇿🇼Zimbabwe |
8.6% | % | Africa |
About Unemployment Rate by Country
Unemployment Rate by Country measures the percentage of a nation’s labor force that is unemployed but actively seeking employment. It is one of the most widely used indicators for evaluating labor market health and overall economic performance.
A lower unemployment rate generally indicates stronger job creation and economic stability, while a higher unemployment rate may signal economic challenges or weaker labor market conditions. However, unemployment rates should be analyzed alongside labor force participation, wage growth, and economic growth for a more complete picture of employment conditions.
The unemployment rankings on this page provide the latest available estimates for countries and territories worldwide, helping users compare labor market performance across regions and economies.