Unemployment - by country

Worldmap of all countries colored to reflect the values of Unemployment

Major world economies by its current Unemployment

Major world economies by historical values of its Unemployment

SummaryThe world's average Unemployment is equal to 8.4 %
Djibouti's Unemployment is 7 times higher than the average Unemployment of the world.
The countries with the highest Unemployment are Djibouti, Congo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marshall Islands, Yemen with a(n) Unemployment of (59), (53), (44), (36), (35) % respectively.
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List of countries by Unemployment
Country Name	View Data	Global Rank	Region & Regional Rank	Unemployment %	Year	Growth/Decline % during the Great Recession	Growth/Decline % during the last 10 years
Djibouti		1	Middle East & North Africa \| 1	59.0	31-12-2007
Congo		2	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 1	53.0	31-12-2012	-1.4	636
Bosnia and Herzegovina		3	Europe & Central Asia \| 1	44.3	31-12-2013	39	10
Marshall Islands		4	East Asia & Pacific \| 1	36.0	31-12-2006
Yemen		5	Middle East & North Africa \| 2	35.0	31-12-2003
Grenada		6	Latin America & Caribbean \| 1	33.5	31-12-2013	168	168
Mauritania		7	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 2	31.0	31-12-2012	-2.2	-3.1
Kosovo		8	Europe & Central Asia \| 2	30.9	31-12-2013	171	86
American Samoa		9	East Asia & Pacific \| 2	29.8	31-12-2005
Macedonia		10	Europe & Central Asia \| 3	28.6	31-12-2013	-10.6	-16.2
Maldives		11	South Asia \| 1	28.0	31-12-2012	-15.3	135
Greece		12	Europe & Central Asia \| 4	27.9	31-12-2013	2.2	136
Namibia		13	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 3	27.4	31-12-2012	460	45
Lesotho		14	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 4	26.5	31-12-2012	-21.4	-41.1
Spain		15	Europe & Central Asia \| 5	26.3	31-12-2013	122	122
South Africa		16	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 5	24.9	31-12-2013	-5.9	-7.7
West Bank and Gaza		17	Middle East & North Africa \| 3	23.0	31-12-2012	2.2	-25.1
Dominica		18	Latin America & Caribbean \| 2	23.0	31-12-2000
Swaziland		19	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 6	22.5	31-12-2012	-42.8	-1.3
Micronesia		20	East Asia & Pacific \| 3	22.0	31-12-2000
Guyana		21	Latin America & Caribbean \| 3	21.7	31-12-2012	-29.1	-11.4
Croatia		22	Europe & Central Asia \| 6	21.6	31-12-2013	34	-12.0
Gabon		23	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 7	20.3	31-12-2012	-3.8	6.8
Serbia		24	Europe & Central Asia \| 7	20.1	31-12-2013
St. Lucia		25	Latin America & Caribbean \| 4	20.0	31-12-2003
Sudan		26	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 8	20.0	31-12-2012	-0.7	7.0
Montenegro		27	Europe & Central Asia \| 8	19.1	31-12-2012	-22.7	-6.8
St. Vincent and the Grenadines		28	Latin America & Caribbean \| 5	18.8	31-12-2008
Timor-Leste		29	East Asia & Pacific \| 4	18.4	31-12-2010	-8.0
Syrian Arab Republic		30	Middle East & North Africa \| 4	17.8	31-12-2013	3.7	-10.0
Botswana		31	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 9	17.7	31-12-2012	1.1	-19.9
Ethiopia		32	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 10	17.5	31-12-2012	0.0	150
Cyprus		33	Europe & Central Asia \| 9	17.4	31-12-2013	-4.4	261
Armenia		34	Europe & Central Asia \| 10	17.3	31-12-2012	153	-37.8
Tunisia		35	Middle East & North Africa \| 5	17.2	31-12-2013	-4.3	13
New Caledonia		36	East Asia & Pacific \| 5	17.1	31-12-2004
Portugal		37	Europe & Central Asia \| 11	16.8	31-12-2013	25	234
Jamaica		38	Latin America & Caribbean \| 6	16.3	31-12-2013	0.9	-11.0
The Bahamas		39	Latin America & Caribbean \| 7	16.2	31-12-2013	87	56
Iraq		40	Middle East & North Africa \| 6	16.0	31-12-2012	-15.0	-12.6
Iran		41	Middle East & North Africa \| 7	16.0	31-12-2013	3.4	-1.3
Puerto Rico		42	Latin America & Caribbean \| 8	15.9	31-12-2012	35	32
Belize		43	Latin America & Caribbean \| 9	15.5	31-12-2013	39	24
Georgia		44	Europe & Central Asia \| 12	15.0	31-12-2013	24	19
Dominican Republic		45	Latin America & Caribbean \| 10	15.0	31-12-2013	-6.9	-1.4
Albania		46	Europe & Central Asia \| 13	14.7	31-12-2012	4.8	11
Slovak Republic		47	Europe & Central Asia \| 14	14.4	31-12-2013	12	-20.9
Ireland		48	Europe & Central Asia \| 15	13.5	31-12-2013	174	242
Egypt		49	Middle East & North Africa \| 8	13.4	31-12-2013	-8.7	25
Tonga		50	East Asia & Pacific \| 6	13.3	31-12-1996
Zambia		51	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 11	13.1	31-12-2012	11	-9.7
Slovenia		52	Europe & Central Asia \| 16	13.1	31-12-2013	-4.2	9.1
Curaçao		53	Latin America & Caribbean \| 11	13.0	31-12-2013
Suriname		54	Latin America & Caribbean \| 12	12.7	31-12-2012	8.3	-2.3
Italy		55	Europe & Central Asia \| 17	12.4	31-12-2013	11	18
Lithuania		56	Europe & Central Asia \| 18	12.4	31-12-2013	145	1.5
Jordan		57	Middle East & North Africa \| 9	12.2	31-12-2012	-7.9	-24.7
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)		58	Latin America & Caribbean \| 13	12.0	31-12-2012
French Polynesia		59	East Asia & Pacific \| 7	11.7	31-12-2010	0.0
Bulgaria		60	Europe & Central Asia \| 19	11.6	31-12-2013	-20.8	-38.3
Barbados		61	Latin America & Caribbean \| 14	11.4	31-12-2013	15	13
Turkmenistan		62	Europe & Central Asia \| 20	11.3	31-12-2012	-1.7	-2.6
Uzbekistan		63	Europe & Central Asia \| 21	11.3	31-12-2012	-90.4	0.0
Northern Mariana Islands		64	East Asia & Pacific \| 8	11.2	31-12-2010	40
Antigua and Barbuda		65	Latin America & Caribbean \| 15	11.0	31-12-2001
Estonia		66	Europe & Central Asia \| 22	10.9	31-12-2013	207	8.5
Hungary		67	Europe & Central Asia \| 23	10.5	31-12-2013	35	84
Saudi Arabia		68	Middle East & North Africa \| 10	10.5	31-12-2013	67	-57.6
Algeria		69	Middle East & North Africa \| 11	10.3	31-12-2013	-35.0	-65.5
Poland		70	Europe & Central Asia \| 24	10.3	31-12-2013	-26.2	-29.3
France		71	Europe & Central Asia \| 25	10.2	31-12-2013	4.6	7.7
Turks and Caicos Islands		72	Latin America & Caribbean \| 16	10.0	31-12-1997
Senegal		73	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 12	9.9	31-12-2012	0.0	-2.0
Latvia		74	Europe & Central Asia \| 26	9.8	31-12-2013	163	-13.6
Colombia		75	Latin America & Caribbean \| 17	9.7	31-12-2013	8.1	-40.2
Belarus		76	Europe & Central Asia \| 27	9.7	31-12-2012	-90.3	-4.9
Morocco		77	Middle East & North Africa \| 12	9.5	31-12-2013	18	-52.6
Greenland		78	Europe & Central Asia \| 28	9.4	31-12-2013	-42.5	-6.0
Turkey		79	Europe & Central Asia \| 29	9.2	31-12-2012	38	-11.5
Kenya		80	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 13	9.2	31-12-2012	-1.1	-5.2
Libya		81	Middle East & North Africa \| 13	8.9	31-12-2012	-3.3	-3.3
Lebanon		82	Middle East & North Africa \| 14	8.9	31-12-2012	-55.5	8.5
India		83	South Asia \| 2	8.8	31-12-2013	24	-3.4
Belgium		84	Europe & Central Asia \| 30	8.8	31-12-2013	-2.5	5.6
Afghanistan		85	South Asia \| 3	8.6	31-12-2012	3.6	3.6
Fiji		86	East Asia & Pacific \| 9	8.4	31-12-2012	34	45
Kyrgyz Republic		87	Europe & Central Asia \| 31	8.4	31-12-2012	1.2	-32.8
Mauritius		88	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 14	8.3	31-12-2013	-22.3	-8.0
Netherlands		89	Europe & Central Asia \| 32	8.3	31-12-2013	-12.7	77
Guam		90	East Asia & Pacific \| 10	8.2	31-12-2010	-28.1
Oman		91	Middle East & North Africa \| 15	8.1	31-12-2012	-1.2	-6.9
Mali		92	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 15	8.1	31-12-2012	2.4	-3.6
Finland		93	Europe & Central Asia \| 33	8.1	31-12-2013	17	-8.2
Sweden		94	Europe & Central Asia \| 34	8.1	31-12-2013	48	100
Bermuda		95	North America \| 1	8.0	31-12-2012	281	60
Ukraine		96	Europe & Central Asia \| 35	8.0	31-12-2013	29	-21.9
Eritrea		97	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 16	7.9	31-12-2012	-2.4	-6.0
Costa Rica		98	Latin America & Caribbean \| 18	7.9	31-12-2013	27	24
Venezuela		99	Latin America & Caribbean \| 19	7.9	31-12-2013	-11.2	-54.1
Chad		100	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 17	7.8	31-12-2012	1.3	2.6
The Gambia		101	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 18	7.7	31-12-2012	-2.5	-3.8
Nicaragua		102	Latin America & Caribbean \| 20	7.7	31-12-2012	55	31
Burundi		103	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 19	7.7	31-12-2012	-1.2	-4.9
Togo		104	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 20	7.6	31-12-2012	-1.3	-3.8
Malawi		105	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 21	7.6	31-12-2012	-3.8	-1.3
Cape Verde		106	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 22	7.6	31-12-2012	0.0	-5.0
Somalia		107	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 23	7.6	31-12-2012	0.0	0.0
Equatorial Guinea		108	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 24	7.6	31-12-2012	193	7.0
Argentina		109	Latin America & Caribbean \| 21	7.5	31-12-2013	0.0	-59.8
Guinea-Bissau		110	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 25	7.5	31-12-2012	0.0	0.0
Mozambique		111	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 26	7.5	31-12-2012	1.3	-1.3
Angola		112	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 27	7.5	31-12-2012	4.1	1.4
Central African Republic		113	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 28	7.5	31-12-2012	0.0	-2.6
Nigeria		114	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 29	7.5	31-12-2012	31	-2.6
Bahrain		115	Middle East & North Africa \| 16	7.4	31-12-2012	-10.6	14
Bolivia		116	Latin America & Caribbean \| 22	7.4	31-12-2013	49	39
Philippines		117	East Asia & Pacific \| 11	7.4	31-12-2013	-5.1	-31.4
United States		118	North America \| 2	7.3	31-12-2013	94	40
Romania		119	Europe & Central Asia \| 36	7.3	31-12-2013	28	-32.5
United Kingdom		120	Europe & Central Asia \| 37	7.2	31-12-2013	162	54
Canada		121	North America \| 3	7.1	31-12-2013	30	-3.9
Czech Republic		122	Europe & Central Asia \| 38	7.1	31-12-2013	-3.6	-30.6
San Marino		123	Europe & Central Asia \| 39	7.0	31-12-2012	29	169
Comoros		124	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 30	7.0	31-12-2012	-2.7	-4.1
Haiti		125	Latin America & Caribbean \| 23	7.0	31-12-2012	-2.7	-9.1
Aruba		126	Latin America & Caribbean \| 24	6.9	31-12-2005
Faeroe Islands		127	Europe & Central Asia \| 40	6.8	31-12-2011	86
Pakistan		128	South Asia \| 4	6.6	31-12-2013	136	-23.1
Paraguay		129	Latin America & Caribbean \| 25	6.6	31-12-2013	18	-62.1
Indonesia		130	East Asia & Pacific \| 12	6.6	31-12-2013	-36.8	-42.5
Uruguay		131	Latin America & Caribbean \| 26	6.5	31-12-2013	-32.4	-69.1
New Zealand		132	East Asia & Pacific \| 13	6.4	31-12-2013	63	30
Malta		133	Middle East & North Africa \| 17	6.4	31-12-2013	1.4	-8.6
El Salvador		134	Latin America & Caribbean \| 27	6.3	31-12-2013	11	-1.6
Virgin Islands		135	Latin America & Caribbean \| 28	6.2	31-12-2004
Chile		136	Latin America & Caribbean \| 29	6.0	31-12-2013	23	-31.5
Azerbaijan		137	Europe & Central Asia \| 41	6.0	31-12-2013	-86.8	1.8
Denmark		138	Europe & Central Asia \| 42	6.0	31-12-2013	24	18
Trinidad and Tobago		139	Latin America & Caribbean \| 30	5.9	31-12-2013	-17.1	-48.1
Moldova		140	Europe & Central Asia \| 43	5.8	31-12-2013	-13.5	-17.6
Israel		141	Middle East & North Africa \| 18	5.8	31-12-2013	-8.4	-33.7
Russia		142	Europe & Central Asia \| 44	5.8	31-12-2013	18	-30.4
Brazil		143	Latin America & Caribbean \| 31	5.7	31-12-2013	-15.6	-39.6
Australia		144	East Asia & Pacific \| 14	5.7	31-12-2013	14	-17.5
Kazakhstan		145	Europe & Central Asia \| 45	5.3	31-12-2013	-10.8	-39.8
Germany		146	Europe & Central Asia \| 46	5.3	31-12-2013	-25.2	-43.9
Myanmar		147	East Asia & Pacific \| 15	5.2	31-12-2013	-52.0	29
Mongolia		148	East Asia & Pacific \| 16	5.2	31-12-2012	80	-30.7
Sri Lanka		149	South Asia \| 5	5.1	31-12-2013	-25.0	-50.0
Niger		150	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 31	5.1	31-12-2012	0.0	2.0
Mexico		151	Latin America & Caribbean \| 32	4.9	31-12-2012	72	69
Luxembourg		152	Europe & Central Asia \| 47	4.9	31-12-2013	39	49
Austria		153	Europe & Central Asia \| 48	4.9	31-12-2013	47	2.1
North Korea		154	East Asia & Pacific \| 17	4.6	31-12-2012	8.9	0.0
Solomon Islands		155	East Asia & Pacific \| 18	4.6	31-12-2012	11	-13.2
China		156	East Asia & Pacific \| 19	4.5	31-12-2012	10	2.3
Panama		157	Latin America & Caribbean \| 33	4.5	31-12-2013	-27.3	-72.5
Bangladesh		158	South Asia \| 6	4.5	31-12-2012	21	32
St. Kitts and Nevis		159	Latin America & Caribbean \| 34	4.5	31-12-1997
Iceland		160	Europe & Central Asia \| 49	4.5	31-12-2013	515	107
Honduras		161	Latin America & Caribbean \| 35	4.5	31-12-2013	-88.5	-84.3
Cuba		162	Latin America & Caribbean \| 36	4.3	31-12-2013	-10.5	15
Palau		163	East Asia & Pacific \| 20	4.2	31-12-2005
Ecuador		164	Latin America & Caribbean \| 37	4.2	31-12-2013	35	-42.4
Uganda		165	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 32	4.2	31-12-2012	110	20
Guatemala		166	Latin America & Caribbean \| 38	4.2	31-12-2012	11	35
Japan		167	East Asia & Pacific \| 21	4.1	31-12-2013	22	-18.5
Zimbabwe		168	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 33	4.0	31-12-2012	2,162	-94.3
Andorra		169	Europe & Central Asia \| 50	4.0	31-12-2012
Cayman Islands		170	Latin America & Caribbean \| 39	4.0	31-12-2008
Côte d'Ivoire		171	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 34	4.0	31-12-2012	-2.4	-2.4
Cameroon		172	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 35	3.8	31-12-2012	24	-30.9
Brunei		173	East Asia & Pacific \| 22	3.8	31-12-2012	-12.5	19
United Arab Emirates		174	Middle East & North Africa \| 19	3.8	31-12-2012	21	52
Liberia		175	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 36	3.7	31-12-2012	-13.2	-22.9
Norway		176	Europe & Central Asia \| 51	3.6	31-12-2013	-8.6	-17.9
Peru		177	Latin America & Caribbean \| 40	3.6	31-12-2012	93	-32.1
Madagascar		178	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 37	3.6	31-12-2012	22	-18.2
Ghana		179	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 38	3.6	31-12-2012	0.0	-63.3
Tanzania		180	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 39	3.5	31-12-2012	-41.9	-2.8
Sierra Leone		181	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 40	3.4	31-12-2012	0.0	3.0
Burkina Faso		182	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 41	3.3	31-12-2012	43	10.0
Switzerland		183	Europe & Central Asia \| 52	3.2	31-12-2013	12	53
Korea		184	East Asia & Pacific \| 23	3.2	31-12-2013	12	3.2
Hong Kong SAR, China		185	East Asia & Pacific \| 24	3.1	31-12-2013	6.1	-56.0
Malaysia		186	East Asia & Pacific \| 25	3.1	31-12-2013	5.7	-21.1
Guinea		187	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 42	3.1	31-12-2012	0.0	0.0
Nepal		188	South Asia \| 7	2.7	31-12-2012	3.8	-3.6
Tajikistan		189	Europe & Central Asia \| 53	2.5	31-12-2013	-81.2	-93.8
Liechtenstein		190	Europe & Central Asia \| 54	2.3	31-12-2012	115	77
Papua New Guinea		191	East Asia & Pacific \| 26	2.3	31-12-2012	-7.7	-14.8
Bhutan		192	South Asia \| 8	2.1	31-12-2013	29	11
Monaco		193	Europe & Central Asia \| 55	2.0	31-12-2012	-90.9	-90.9
Kiribati		194	East Asia & Pacific \| 27	2.0	31-12-1992
Isle of Man		195	Europe & Central Asia \| 56	2.0	31-12-2011	20
Seychelles		196	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 43	2.0	31-12-2006
Singapore		197	East Asia & Pacific \| 28	1.9	31-12-2013	-3.2	-58.7
Macao SAR, China		198	East Asia & Pacific \| 29	1.8	31-12-2013	16	-68.3
Vanuatu		199	East Asia & Pacific \| 30	1.7	31-12-1999
Kuwait		200	Middle East & North Africa \| 20	1.5	31-12-2012	0.0	-78.6
Cambodia		201	East Asia & Pacific \| 31	1.5	31-12-2012	5.6	-16.7
Vietnam		202	East Asia & Pacific \| 32	1.3	31-12-2013	130	52
Lao PDR		203	East Asia & Pacific \| 33	1.3	31-12-2012	79	-27.8
Benin		204	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 44	1.0	31-12-2012	9.1	43
Thailand		205	East Asia & Pacific \| 34	0.70	31-12-2013	-28.6	-75.9
Rwanda		206	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 45	0.60	31-12-2012	0.0	0.0
Qatar		207	Middle East & North Africa \| 21	0.30	31-12-2013	-84.4	-28.6

Data compiled from Workbank - World Development Indicators and CIA - The World Factbook
Series definition and calculation method as stated by the Workbank - World Development Indicators:
Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
Series definition and calculation method as stated by the CIA - The World Factbook:
This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.

Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators