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Country leaderboards for 20 official figures — economy, people, jobs, health, safety and energy — across over 200 countries, ranked from the World Bank's published data, with the year of each figure.

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators · last updated by the World Bank 2026-10-08

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Unemployment: country leaderboard

Unemployment, % of labour force (ILO modelled estimate, as published by the World Bank). Countries whose latest figure is more than 3 years older than the newest are listed at the end without a rank.

RankCountryUnemploymentYear
1Eswatini34.2%2025
2South Africa32.4%2025
3Djibouti26.0%2025
4Botswana24.5%2025
5West Bank and Gaza24.4%2022
6Gabon20.2%2025
7Congo, Rep.19.9%2025
8Namibia19.3%2025
9Somalia, Fed. Rep.18.9%2025
10Libya18.8%2025
11St. Vincent and the Grenadines18.0%2025
12Yemen, Rep.17.3%2025
13Jordan16.5%2025
14Lesotho16.3%2025
15Iraq15.5%2025
16Tunisia15.1%2025
17Haiti14.9%2025
18Angola14.1%2025
19Montenegro13.6%2025
20Syrian Arab Republic13.6%2025
21Afghanistan13.4%2025
22Armenia12.9%2025
23South Sudan12.4%2023
24North Macedonia12.3%2025
25Georgia12.1%2025
26Guyana12.0%2025
27Cabo Verde11.9%2025
28French Polynesia11.7%2025
29Algeria11.6%2025
30Virgin Islands (U.S.)11.4%2025
31Rwanda11.4%2025
32New Caledonia11.2%2025
33Bosnia and Herzegovina11.0%2025
34Lebanon11.0%2023
35Albania10.9%2025
36Nepal10.5%2025
37Spain10.4%2025
38Mauritania10.3%2025
39Finland9.5%2025
40St. Lucia9.5%2025
41Zimbabwe9.3%2025
42Bahamas, The9.2%2025
43Sao Tome and Principe9.1%2025
44Morocco9.0%2025
45Chile9.0%2025
46Belize8.9%2025
47Sweden8.7%2025
48Greece8.5%2025
49Turkiye8.5%2025
50Panama8.4%2025
51Equatorial Guinea8.3%2025
52Estonia8.3%2025
53Iran, Islamic Rep.8.3%2025
54Colombia8.3%2025
55Suriname7.8%2025
56France7.5%2025
57Sudan7.5%2022
58Uruguay7.5%2025
59Argentina7.1%2025
60Serbia7.1%2025
61Tajikistan6.9%2025
62Canada6.9%2025
63Costa Rica6.8%2025
64Egypt, Arab Rep.6.8%2025
65Lithuania6.7%2025
66Mozambique6.6%2025
67Latvia6.6%2025
68Barbados6.5%2025
69Gambia, The6.5%2025
70Italy6.4%2025
71Luxembourg6.3%2025
72Central African Republic6.3%2025
73Channel Islands6.2%2025
74Portugal6.2%2025
75Romania6.0%2025
76Puerto Rico (US)6.0%2025
77Eritrea6.0%2025
78Brazil6.0%2025
79Zambia5.9%2025
80Belgium5.9%2025
81Mauritius5.6%2025
82Austria5.6%2025
83Guam5.6%2025
84Denmark5.5%2025
85Azerbaijan5.5%2025
86Kenya5.4%2025
87Pakistan5.4%2025
88Slovak Republic5.4%2025
89Fiji5.3%2025
90Venezuela, RB5.3%2025
91Brunei Darussalam5.3%2025
92Mongolia5.2%2025
93Guinea5.2%2025
94Peru5.1%2025
95Dominican Republic5.1%2025
96New Zealand5.1%2025
97Vanuatu5.1%2025
98Malawi5.1%2025
99Nicaragua5.0%2025
100Croatia5.0%2025
101Samoa5.0%2025
102Cyprus4.9%2025
103Honduras4.9%2025
104Switzerland4.9%2025
105Paraguay4.8%2025
106Kazakhstan4.8%2025
107United Kingdom4.7%2025
108Norway4.6%2025
109Ireland4.6%2025
110Uzbekistan4.6%2025
111China4.6%2025
112Hungary4.5%2025
113Maldives4.5%2025
114Congo, Dem. Rep.4.4%2025
115Turkmenistan4.3%2025
116India4.2%2025
117United States4.2%2025
118Australia4.1%2025
119Sri Lanka4.0%2025
120Netherlands3.9%2025
121Comoros3.8%2025
122Bangladesh3.8%2025
123Malaysia3.8%2025
124Germany3.7%2025
125Iceland3.6%2025
126Cameroon3.6%2025
127Korea, Dem. People's Rep.3.5%2025
128Bulgaria3.5%2025
129Kyrgyz Republic3.5%2025
130Israel3.5%2025
131Burkina Faso3.5%2025
132Belarus3.4%2025
133Trinidad and Tobago3.3%2025
134Ethiopia3.3%2025
135Ecuador3.3%2025
136El Salvador3.3%2025
137Jamaica3.3%2025
138Oman3.3%2025
139Indonesia3.2%2025
140Bhutan3.2%2025
141Slovenia3.2%2025
142Sierra Leone3.1%2025
143Nigeria3.1%2025
144Myanmar3.0%2025
145Madagascar3.0%2025
146Saudi Arabia3.0%2025
147Ghana3.0%2025
148Poland3.0%2025
149Bolivia3.0%2025
150Malta2.9%2025
151Liberia2.9%2025
152Mali2.8%2025
153Czechia2.8%2025
154Singapore2.8%2025
155Hong Kong SAR, China2.8%2025
156Uganda2.7%2025
157Senegal2.7%2025
158Korea, Rep.2.7%2025
159Guinea-Bissau2.7%2025
160Mexico2.7%2025
161Guatemala2.6%2025
162Papua New Guinea2.6%2025
163Japan2.5%2025
164Macao SAR, China2.3%2025
165Cote d'Ivoire2.3%2025
166Philippines2.2%2025
167Kuwait2.2%2025
168United Arab Emirates2.2%2025
169Russian Federation2.1%2025
170Tonga2.0%2025
171Togo2.0%2025
172Cuba1.7%2025
173Timor-Leste1.6%2025
174Benin1.6%2025
175Tanzania1.6%2025
176Viet Nam1.5%2025
177Moldova1.5%2025
178Solomon Islands1.4%2025
179Lao PDR1.2%2025
180Bahrain1.1%2025
181Chad1.1%2025
182Burundi0.9%2025
183Thailand0.8%2025
184Niger0.4%2025
185Cambodia0.3%2025
186Qatar0.1%2025
—Ukraine9.8%2021

186 countries ranked · 217 economies listed by the World Bank