How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment, 186 countries & territories. Share of the labour force without work but available for and seeking employment (ILO modelled estimate).
lowest≥ 2.7%≥ 3.3%≥ 4.8%≥ 5.8%≥ 8.3%≥ 11.8% no data
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST)… via World Bank· 2021 / 2025
Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (0.1%) to the highest value (34.2%).
The ranking
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Eswatini 34.2% 2025 - 2
South Africa 32.4% 2025 - 3
Djibouti 26% 2025 - 4
Botswana 24.5% 2025 - 5
Palestine 24.4% 2022 - 6
Gabon 20.2% 2025 - 7
Congo 19.9% 2025 - 8
Namibia 19.3% 2025 - 9
Somalia 18.9% 2025 - 10
Libya 18.8% 2025 - 11
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18% 2025 - 12
Yemen 17.3% 2025 - 13
Jordan 16.5% 2025 - 14
Lesotho 16.3% 2025 - 15
Iraq 15.5% 2025 - 16
Tunisia 15.1% 2025 - 17
Haiti 14.9% 2025 - 18
Angola 14.1% 2025 - 19
Montenegro 13.6% 2025 - 20
Syria 13.6% 2025 - 21
Afghanistan 13.4% 2025 - 22
Armenia 12.9% 2025 - 23
South Sudan 12.4% 2023 - 24
North Macedonia 12.3% 2025 - 25
Georgia 12.1% 2025 - 26
Guyana 12% 2025 - 27
Cape Verde 11.9% 2025 - 28
French Polynesia (France) 11.7% 2025 - 29
Algeria 11.6% 2025 - 30
United States Virgin Islands (United States) 11.4% 2025 - 31
Rwanda 11.4% 2025 - 32
New Caledonia (France) 11.2% 2025 - 33
Bosnia and Herzegovina 11% 2025 - 34
Lebanon 11% 2023 - 35
Albania 10.9% 2025 - 36
Nepal 10.5% 2025 - 37
Spain 10.4% 2025 - 38
Mauritania 10.3% 2025 - 39
Ukraine 9.8% 2021 - 40
Finland 9.5% 2025 - 41
Saint Lucia 9.5% 2025 - 42
Zimbabwe 9.3% 2025 - 43
Bahamas 9.2% 2025 - 44
São Tomé and Príncipe 9.1% 2025 - 45
Morocco 9% 2025 - 46
Chile 9% 2025 - 47
Belize 8.9% 2025 - 48
Sweden 8.7% 2025 - 49
Greece 8.5% 2025 - 50
Türkiye 8.5% 2025
Reference years differ by country (2021–2025); each row shows its own year.