Data for 1995

Unemployment Rate, 1995

Name: Unemployment Rate, 1995
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1995, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Unemployment Rate, 1995 covers 187 countries. North Macedonia is highest, at 35.600; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.611. The middle country reads 7.160. Against 1994, 186 values changed (79 up, 107 down), the same countries are covered.

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Unemployment Rate · Data for 1995

HighestNorth Macedonia

35.600

LowestPakistan

0.611

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

187countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
184distinct 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	35.600
2	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.840
3	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	30.196
4	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	27.303
5	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.705
6	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	22.675
7	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.650
8	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.394
9	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	21.340
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	20.944
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	20.226
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.005
13	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.660
14	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.585
15	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.331
16	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	19.000
17	Argentina`ARG`South America	18.800
18	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18.629
19	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	17.700
20	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	17.540
21	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	17.388
22	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	17.220
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.005
24	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.978
25	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16.834
26	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	16.348
27	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	15.830
28	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.797
29	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15.627
30	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14.607
31	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.600
32	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.342
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	14.054
34	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.930
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	13.695
36	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	13.400
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	13.109
38	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	12.883
39	Belize`BLZ`Central America	12.480
40	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	12.334
41	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	12.270
42	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.970
43	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.941
44	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.938
45	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.834
46	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.661
47	Guyana`GUY`South America	11.566
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.100
49	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	11.040
50	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	10.980
51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	10.830
52	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	10.714
53	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	10.611
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.473
55	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.240
56	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.168
57	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.153
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.116
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.020
60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	10.007
61	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9.904
62	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.766
63	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9.659
64	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.590
65	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.489
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	9.449
67	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9.337
68	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	8.988
69	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.897
70	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.782
71	Colombia`COL`South America	8.720
72	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	8.694
73	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.598
74	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8.473
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.431
76	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8.421
77	Suriname`SUR`South America	8.390
78	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.300
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.270
80	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	8.158
81	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.134
82	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	8.010
83	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	7.900
84	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.868
85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.800
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7.650
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	7.644
88	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7.600
89	India`IND`Southern Asia	7.570
90	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.510
91	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7.414
=92	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7.200
=92	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.200
94	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.160
95	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.157
96	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.150
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7.095
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.092
99	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.064
100	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.992
101	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	6.974
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	6.700
103	Panama`PAN`Central America	6.512
104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.484
105	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.461
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.439
107	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6.365
108	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.330
109	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.325
110	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.307
111	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.092
112	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.871
113	United States`USA`Northern America	5.650
114	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5.620
115	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.566
116	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.500
117	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.349
118	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.300
119	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.196
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5.180
121	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.066
122	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.895
123	Peru`PER`South America	4.708
124	Chile`CHL`South America	4.700
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.675
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.651
127	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.611
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.494
129	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.408
130	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.345
131	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.317
132	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.167
133	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4.152
134	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.100
135	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.082
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.990
137	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.680
138	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.672
139	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.581
140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.450
141	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.400
142	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.348
143	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3.300
144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3.285
145	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.244
146	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.240
147	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3.220
148	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.193
=149	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.150
=149	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.150
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.126
152	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3.114
153	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.095
154	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.094
155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.005
156	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.000
157	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.918
158	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.848
159	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.846
160	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.758
161	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.664
162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.603
=163	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.600
=163	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.600
165	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.588
166	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.532
167	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.441
168	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.117
169	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.063
170	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.987
171	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.955
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.841
173	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.800
174	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.539
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.494
176	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.464
177	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.400
178	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.305
179	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.100
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.044
181	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.973
182	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.870
183	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.790
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.755
185	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.754
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.694
187	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.611

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1North Macedonia35.600
2Algeria31.840
3Montenegro30.196
4Djibouti27.303
5South Africa22.705

Lowest

187Pakistan0.611
186Kuwait0.694
185Myanmar0.754
184Chad0.755
183Maldives0.790

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 7.160. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
79 · 107rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Argentina11.760 → 18.800+7.040
North Macedonia30.000 → 35.600+5.600
Belarus12.800 → 17.700+4.900
Algeria27.740 → 31.840+4.100
Lithuania13.800 → 17.540+3.740

Fell most

Albania20.835 → 14.607−6.228
Suriname12.700 → 8.390−4.310
Barbados22.980 → 19.660−3.320
Bahamas13.830 → 10.830−3.000
Ireland14.544 → 11.970−2.574

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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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 1995.
184 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 7.200. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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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) (1995). Unemployment Rate, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/unemployment-rate/1995

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