Data for 1991

Unemployment Rate, 1991

Name: Unemployment Rate, 1991
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

1991, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Unemployment Rate, 1991 covers 187 countries. Montenegro is highest, at 30.118; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.596. The middle country reads 5.697.

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Unemployment Rate · Data for 1991

HighestMontenegro

30.118

LowestPakistan

0.596

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

187countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
182distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Unemployment Rate, 1991, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Unemployment Rate, 1991: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	30.118
2	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.118
3	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	24.500
4	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	23.137
5	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	22.410
6	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.439
7	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.600
8	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	20.521
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.911
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.770
11	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	19.140
12	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.003
13	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18.900
14	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.601
15	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18.520
16	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18.124
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	17.550
18	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	17.224
19	Suriname`SUR`South America	17.189
20	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.816
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.521
22	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	16.180
23	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.935
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.929
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15.771
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15.619
27	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.495
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	14.661
29	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.493
30	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	13.820
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	13.621
32	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	13.527
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.502
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	13.387
35	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	13.371
36	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.335
37	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	12.334
38	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	12.170
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.100
40	Guyana`GUY`South America	12.092
41	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.591
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	11.140
=43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.100
=43	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11.100
45	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	10.917
46	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	10.666
47	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.614
48	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.465
49	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.316
50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10.304
51	Colombia`COL`South America	10.120
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.097
53	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.971
54	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.778
55	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.647
56	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.586
57	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.493
58	Venezuela`VEN`South America	9.450
59	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	9.380
60	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.134
61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.099
62	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.986
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.950
64	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.639
65	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8.594
66	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	8.550
67	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.500
68	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	8.428
69	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.306
70	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	8.230
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	8.210
72	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.976
73	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.972
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7.909
75	India`IND`Southern Asia	7.641
76	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7.572
77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7.530
78	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.329
79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.316
80	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.285
81	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.080
82	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.984
83	Brazil`BRA`South America	6.887
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.863
85	United States`USA`Northern America	6.800
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6.750
87	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	6.677
88	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.595
89	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.503
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	6.443
91	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.335
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.233
93	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.169
94	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.697
95	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.679
96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.665
97	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.440
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.407
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5.370
100	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.316
101	Chile`CHL`South America	5.230
102	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.129
103	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.110
104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.100
105	Peru`PER`South America	4.926
106	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.900
107	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.795
108	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4.793
109	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.700
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.618
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.580
112	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.560
113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.371
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.135
115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4.057
116	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.056
117	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.919
118	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.831
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.727
120	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.700
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.600
122	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	3.509
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.489
124	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.453
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.448
126	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.420
127	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.284
128	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3.272
129	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.243
130	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.147
131	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.145
132	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.010
133	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.009
134	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.000
135	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.935
136	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.861
137	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2.845
138	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.838
139	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.793
140	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.780
141	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.735
=142	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.700
=142	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.700
144	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.630
145	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2.617
146	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.548
147	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.497
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.467
149	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.407
150	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.370
151	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.270
152	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.200
153	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.197
154	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.180
155	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.140
156	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.100
157	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.059
158	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.967
=159	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.900
=159	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.900
=159	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.900
162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.823
163	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.818
164	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.800
165	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.774
166	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.637
167	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.629
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.588
169	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.482
170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.468
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.400
172	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.399
173	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.381
174	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.348
175	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.100
176	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.047
177	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.000
=178	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.900
=178	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.900
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.884
181	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.870
182	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.828
183	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.788
184	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.768
185	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.668
186	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.600
187	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.596

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Montenegro30.118
2Djibouti26.118
3North Macedonia24.500
4South Africa23.137
5Barbados22.410

Lowest

187Pakistan0.596
186Belarus0.600
185Chad0.668
184Cambodia0.768
183Maldives0.788

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.697. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1991.
182 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 1.900. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1991). Unemployment Rate, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/unemployment-rate/1991

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