| Country | UNEMPLOYMENT RATE(%) |
|---|
| Afghanistan |
23.9% (2017 est.)
22.6% (2016)
|
| Albania |
14% (2017 est.)
15.2% (2016 est.)
note: these official rates may not include those working at near-subsistence farming
|
| Algeria |
11.7% (2017 est.)
10.5% (2016 est.)
|
| American Samoa |
29.8% (2005)
|
| Andorra |
3.7% (2016 est.)
4.1% (2015 est.)
|
| Angola |
6.6% (2016 est.)
|
| Anguilla |
8% (2002)
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
11% (2014 est.)
|
| Argentina |
8.1% (2017 est.)
8.5% (2016 est.)
|
| Armenia |
18.9% (2017 est.)
18.8% (2016 est.)
|
| Aruba |
6.9% (2005 est.)
|
| Australia |
5.6% (2017 est.)
5.7% (2016 est.)
|
| Austria |
5.5% (2017 est.)
6% (2016 est.)
|
| Azerbaijan |
6% (2017 est.)
6% (2016 est.)
|
| Bahamas, The |
10% (2017 est.)
12.2% (2016 est.)
|
| Bahrain |
3.8% (2017 est.)
3.7% (2016 est.)
note: official estimate; actual rate is higher
|
| Bangladesh |
4% (2017 est.)
4% (2016 est.)
note: about 40% of the population is underemployed; many persons counted as employed work only a few hours a week and at low wages
|
| Barbados |
10.5% (2017 est.)
9.7% (2016 est.)
|
| Belarus |
1% (2017 est.)
1% (2016 est.)
note: official registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers
|
| Belgium |
7.3% (2017 est.)
7.8% (2016 est.)
|
| Belize |
10.1% (2017 est.)
11.1% (2016 est.)
|
| Benin |
1% (2014 est.)
|
| Bermuda |
7% (2017 est.)
7% (2016 est.)
|
| Bhutan |
3.2% (2017 est.)
3.2% (2016 est.)
|
| Bolivia |
4% (2017 est.)
4.5% (2016 est.)
note: data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
20.5% (2017 est.)
25.4% (2016 est.)
note: official rate; actual rate is lower as many technically unemployed persons work in the gray economy
|
| Botswana |
20% (2013 est.)
17.8% (2009 est.)
|
| Brazil |
11.8% (2017 est.)
12% (2016 est.)
|
| British Virgin Islands |
2.9% (2015 est.)
|
| Brunei |
6.9% (2017 est.)
6.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Bulgaria |
6.2% (2017 est.)
7.6% (2016 est.)
|
| Burkina Faso |
77% (2004)
|
| Burma |
4% (2017 est.)
4% (2016 est.)
|
| Burundi |
NA%
|
| Cabo Verde |
9% (2017 est.)
9% (2016 est.)
|
| Cambodia |
0.3% (2017 est.)
0.2% (2016 est.)
note: high underemployment, according to official statistics
|
| Cameroon |
4.3% (2014 est.)
30% (2001 est.)
|
| Canada |
6.5% (2017 est.)
7% (2016 est.)
|
| Cayman Islands |
4% (2008)
4.4% (2004)
|
| Central African Republic |
6.9% (2016 est.)
note: (2001 est.)
|
| Chad |
NA%
|
| Chile |
7% (2017 est.)
6.5% (2016 est.)
|
| China |
3.9% (2017 est.)
4% (2016 est.)
note: data are for registered urban unemployment, which excludes private enterprises and migrants
|
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
0.1% (2011)
60% (2000 est.)
|
| Colombia |
10.5% (2017 est.)
9.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Comoros |
6.5% (2014 est.)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
NA%
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
36% (2014 est.)
|
| Cook Islands |
13.1% (2005)
|
| Costa Rica |
8.1% (2017 est.)
9.3% (2016 est.)
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
9.4% (2013 est.)
|
| Croatia |
12.4% (2017 est.)
14.8% (2016 est.)
|
| Cuba |
2.2% (2017 est.)
2% (2016 est.)
note: data are official rates; unofficial estimates are about double
|
| Curacao |
13% (2013 est.)
9.8% (2011 est.)
|
| Cyprus |
11.8% (2017 est.)
13% (2016 est.)
|
| Czechia |
2.8% (2017 est.)
4% (2016 est.)
|
| Denmark |
5.8% (2017 est.)
6.2% (2016 est.)
|
| Djibouti |
40% (2017 est.)
60% (2014 est.)
|
| Dominica |
23% (2000 est.)
|
| Dominican Republic |
5.5% (2017 est.)
5.5% (2016 est.)
|
| Ecuador |
4.6% (2017 est.)
5.2% (2016 est.)
|
| Egypt |
11.9% (2017 est.)
12.7% (2016 est.)
|
| El Salvador |
7% (2017 est.)
7% (2016 est.)
note: data are official rates; but underemployment is high
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
8.6% (2014 est.)
22.3% (2009 est.)
|
| Eritrea |
8.6% (2013 est.)
10% (2012 est.)
|
| Estonia |
5.9% (2017 est.)
6.8% (2016 est.)
|
| Eswatini |
28% (2014 est.)
28% (2013 est.)
|
| Ethiopia |
17.5% (2012 est.)
18% (2011 est.)
|
| European Union |
8.6% (2016 est.)
9.4% (2015 est.)
|
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
1% (2016 est.)
|
| Faroe Islands |
2.2% (2017 est.)
3.4% (2016 est.)
|
| Fiji |
5.5% (2017 est.)
5.5% (2016 est.)
|
| Finland |
8.6% (2017 est.)
8.8% (2016 est.)
|
| France |
9.5% (2017 est.)
10% (2016 est.)
note: includes overseas territories
|
| French Polynesia |
21.8% (2012)
11.7% (2010)
|
| Gabon |
28% (2015 est.)
20.4% (2014 est.)
|
| Gambia, The |
NA%
|
| Gaza Strip |
26.7% (2017 est.)
26.9% (2016 est.)
note: data exclude the West Bank
|
| Georgia |
11.5% (2017 est.)
11.8% (2016 est.)
|
| Germany |
3.8% (2017 est.)
4.2% (2016 est.)
|
| Ghana |
11.9% (2015 est.)
5.2% (2013 est.)
|
| Gibraltar |
1% (2016 est.)
|
| Greece |
22.3% (2017 est.)
23.6% (2016 est.)
|
| Greenland |
9.1% (2015 est.)
10.3% (2014 est.)
|
| Grenada |
24% (2017 est.)
28.2% (2016 est.)
|
| Guam |
4.5% (2017 est.)
3.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Guatemala |
2.3% (2017 est.)
2.4% (2016 est.)
|
| Guernsey |
1.2% (2016 est.)
|
| Guinea |
2.8% (2017 est.)
2.4% (2016 est.)
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
NA%
|
| Guyana |
11.1% (2013)
11.3% (2012)
|
| Haiti |
40.6% (2010 est.)
note: widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs
|
| Honduras |
5.9% (2017 est.)
6.3% (2016 est.)
note: about one-third of the people are underemployed
|
| Hong Kong |
3.1% (2017 est.)
3.4% (2016 est.)
|
| Hungary |
4.4% (2017 est.)
5.1% (2016 est.)
|
| Iceland |
2.8% (2017 est.)
3% (2016 est.)
|
| India |
8.8% (2017 est.)
8% (2016 est.)
|
| Indonesia |
5.6% (2017 est.)
5.6% (2016 est.)
|
| Iran |
12.4% (2017 est.)
12.4% (2016 est.)
note: data are Iranian Government numbers
|
| Iraq |
16% (2012 est.)
15% (2010 est.)
|
| Ireland |
6.4% (2017 est.)
7.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Isle of Man |
1.1% (2017 est.)
2% (April 2011 est.)
|
| Israel |
4.3% (2017 est.)
4.8% (2016 est.)
|
| Italy |
11.1% (2017 est.)
11.7% (2016 est.)
|
| Jamaica |
10.4% (2017 est.)
12.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Japan |
2.9% (2017 est.)
3.1% (2016 est.)
|
| Jersey |
4% (2015 est.)
4.6% (2014 est.)
|
| Jordan |
18.5% (2017 est.)
14.8% (2016 est.)
note: official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30%
|
| Kazakhstan |
5% (2017 est.)
5% (2016 est.)
|
| Kenya |
40% (2013 est.)
40% (2001 est.)
|
| Kiribati |
30.6% (2010 est.)
6.1% (2005)
|
| Korea, North |
25.6% (2013 est.)
25.5% (2012 est.)
|
| Korea, South |
3.7% (2017 est.)
3.7% (2016 est.)
|
| Kosovo |
30.5% (2017 est.)
27.5% (2016 est.)
note: Kosovo has a large informal sector that may not be reflected in these data
|
| Kuwait |
2.1% (2017 est.)
2.1% (2016 est.)
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
7.4% (2017 est.)
7.5% (2016 est.)
|
| Laos |
1.5% (2016 est.)
1.5% (2016 est.)
|
| Latvia |
9% (2017 est.)
9.6% (2016 est.)
|
| Lebanon |
NA%
|
| Lesotho |
28.1% (2014 est.)
25% (2008 est.)
|
| Liberia |
2.8% (2014 est.)
|
| Libya |
30% (2004 est.)
|
| Liechtenstein |
2.4% (2015)
2.4% (2014)
|
| Lithuania |
7% (2017 est.)
7.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Luxembourg |
6.1% (2017 est.)
6.3% (2016 est.)
|
| Macau |
2% (2017 est.)
1.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Macedonia |
23.4% (2017 est.)
23.6% (2016 est.)
|
| Madagascar |
2.1% (2017 est.)
2.1% (2016 est.)
|
| Malawi |
20.4% (2013 est.)
|
| Malaysia |
3.4% (2017 est.)
3.5% (2016 est.)
|
| Maldives |
2.9% (2017 est.)
3.2% (2016 est.)
|
| Mali |
8.1% (2016 est.)
8.1% (2016 est.)
|
| Malta |
4.4% (2017 est.)
4.7% (2016 est.)
|
| Marshall Islands |
36% (2006 est.)
30.9% (2000 est.)
|
| Mauritania |
11.7% (2016 est.)
11.7% (2016 est.)
|
| Mauritius |
6.9% (2017 est.)
7.8% (2016 est.)
|
| Mexico |
3.6% (2017 est.)
3.9% (2016 est.)
note: underemployment may be as high as 25%
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
16.2% (2010 est.)
|
| Moldova |
4.1% (2017 est.)
4.2% (2016 est.)
|
| Monaco |
2% (2012)
|
| Mongolia |
7.3% (2017 est.)
7.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Montenegro |
16.1% (2017 est.)
17.1% (2016 est.)
|
| Montserrat |
5.6% (2017 est.)
6% (1998 est.)
|
| Morocco |
10% (2017 est.)
9.4% (2016 est.)
|
| Mozambique |
24.5% (2017 est.)
25% (2016 est.)
|
| Namibia |
34% (2016 est.)
28.1% (2014 est.)
|
| Nauru |
23% (2011 est.)
90% (2004 est.)
|
| Nepal |
3% (2017 est.)
3.2% (2016 est.)
|
| Netherlands |
4.8% (2017 est.)
5.9% (2016 est.)
|
| New Caledonia |
14.7% (2014)
14% (2009)
|
| New Zealand |
4.9% (2017 est.)
5.1% (2016 est.)
|
| Nicaragua |
6.5% (2017 est.)
6.2% (2016 est.)
note: underemployment was 46.5% in 2008
|
| Niger |
2.6% (2016 est.)
2.4% (2012 est.)
|
| Nigeria |
13.4% (2017 est.)
13.4% (2017 est.)
|
| Niue |
12% (2001)
|
| Northern Mariana Islands |
11.2% (2010 est.)
8% (2005 est.)
|
| Norway |
4% (2017 est.)
4.7% (2016 est.)
|
| Oman |
NA%
|
| Pakistan |
6% (2017 est.)
6% (2016 est.)
note: Pakistan has substantial underemployment
|
| Palau |
1.7% (2015 est.)
4.1% (2012)
|
| Panama |
5.5% (2017 est.)
5.5% (2016 est.)
|
| Papua New Guinea |
2.5% (2017 est.)
2.5% (2016 est.)
|
| Paraguay |
6.5% (2017 est.)
6% (2016 est.)
|
| Peru |
6.7% (2017 est.)
6.7% (2016 est.)
note: data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment
|
| Philippines |
5.7% (2017 est.)
5.5% (2016 est.)
|
| Poland |
4.8% (2017 est.)
6.2% (2016 est.)
|
| Portugal |
9.7% (2017 est.)
11.1% (2016 est.)
|
| Puerto Rico |
11.5% (2017 est.)
11.8% (2016 est.)
|
| Qatar |
0.6% (2017 est.)
0.7% (2016 est.)
|
| Romania |
5.3% (2017 est.)
5.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Russia |
5.5% (2017 est.)
5.5% (2016 est.)
|
| Rwanda |
2.7% (2014 est.)
|
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
14% (1998 est.)
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
4.5% (1997)
|
| Saint Lucia |
20% (2003 est.)
|
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
8.7% (2015 est.)
9.9% (2008 est.)
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
18.8% (2008 est.)
|
| Samoa |
NA%
|
| San Marino |
8% (2017 est.)
8.6% (2016 est.)
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
12.2% (2017 est.)
12.6% (2016 est.)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
5.8% (2017 est.)
5.6% (2016 est.)
note: data are for total population; unemployment among Saudi nationals is more than double
|
| Senegal |
48% (2007 est.)
|
| Serbia |
16% (2017 est.)
15.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Seychelles |
4.1% (2017 est.)
4.5% (2016 est.)
|
| Sierra Leone |
9.1% (2014 est.)
|
| Singapore |
2.2% (2017 est.)
2.1% (2016 est.)
|
| Sint Maarten |
12% (2012 est.)
10.6% (2008 est.)
|
| Slovakia |
8.1% (2017 est.)
9.6% (2016 est.)
|
| Slovenia |
6.6% (2017 est.)
8% (2016 est.)
|
| Solomon Islands |
NA%
|
| Somalia |
NA%
|
| South Africa |
27.6% (2017 est.)
26.7% (2016 est.)
|
| Spain |
17.1% (2017 est.)
19.6% (2016 est.)
|
| Sri Lanka |
4.5% (2017 est.)
4% (2016 est.)
|
| Sudan |
19.6% (2017 est.)
20.6% (2016 est.)
|
| Suriname |
9.1% (2017 est.)
11% (2016 est.)
|
| Sweden |
6.6% (2017 est.)
7% (2016 est.)
|
| Switzerland |
3% (2017 est.)
3.3% (2016 est.)
|
| Syria |
50% (2017 est.)
50% (2016 est.)
|
| Taiwan |
3.8% (2017 est.)
3.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Tajikistan |
2.4% (2016 est.)
2.5% (2015 est.)
note: official rate; actual unemployment is much higher
|
| Tanzania |
10.3% (2014 est.)
|
| Thailand |
0.7% (2017 est.)
0.8% (2016 est.)
|
| Timor-Leste |
4.4% (2014 est.)
3.9% (2010 est.)
|
| Togo |
6.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Tokelau |
NA%
|
| Tonga |
1.1% (2011 est.)
1.1% (2006)
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
4.5% (2017 est.)
4.1% (2016 est.)
|
| Tunisia |
15.9% (2017 est.)
15.5% (2016 est.)
|
| Turkey |
11.2% (2017 est.)
10.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Turkmenistan |
11% (2014 est.)
10.6% (2013)
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
10% (1997 est.)
|
| Tuvalu |
NA%
|
| Uganda |
9.4% (2014 est.)
9.4% (2014 est.)
|
| Ukraine |
9.5% (2017 est.)
9.3% (2016 est.)
note: officially registered workers; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers
|
| United Arab Emirates |
1.6% (2016 est.)
3.6% (2014 est.)
|
| United Kingdom |
4.4% (2017 est.)
4.9% (2016 est.)
|
| United States |
4.4% (2017 est.)
4.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Uruguay |
7.3% (2017 est.)
7.9% (2016 est.)
|
| Uzbekistan |
4.9% (2017 est.)
4.9% (2016 est.)
note: official data; another 20% are underemployed
|
| Vanuatu |
1.7% (1999 est.)
|
| Venezuela |
26.4% (2017 est.)
20.6% (2016 est.)
|
| Vietnam |
2.2% (2017 est.)
2.3% (2016 est.)
|
| Virgin Islands |
10.4% (2017 est.)
11% (2016 est.)
|
| Wallis and Futuna |
8.8% (2013 est.)
12.2% (2008 est.)
|
| West Bank |
26.7% (2017 est.)
26.9% (2016 est.)
note: excludes Gaza Strip
|
| Western Sahara |
NA%
|
| World |
7.7% (2017 est.)
7.5% (2016 est.)
note: 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2007 est.)
|
| Yemen |
27% (2014 est.)
35% (2003 est.)
|
| Zambia |
15% (2008 est.)
50% (2000 est.)
|
| Zimbabwe |
11.3% (2014 est.)
80% (2005 est.)
note: data include both unemployment and underemployment; true unemployment is unknown and, under current economic conditions, unknowable
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