Data for 2007

Unemployment Rate, 2007

Name: Unemployment Rate, 2007
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2007, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Unemployment Rate, 2007 covers 187 countries. North Macedonia is highest, at 35.231; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.398. The middle country reads 6.002. Against 2006, 186 values changed (52 up, 134 down), the same countries are covered.

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Unemployment Rate · Data for 2007

HighestNorth Macedonia

35.231

LowestPakistan

0.398

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

187countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
185distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	35.231
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	28.984
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.240
4	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.292
5	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.260
6	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	22.120
7	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.909
8	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	19.400
9	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	18.934
10	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.771
11	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.687
12	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	18.282
13	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18.257
14	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	18.060
15	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.976
16	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.800
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.066
18	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.021
19	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15.966
20	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.942
21	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15.534
22	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.754
23	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.000
24	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13.790
25	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	13.294
26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	13.280
27	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.100
28	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.486
29	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12.365
30	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	12.266
31	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.740
32	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.580
33	Colombia`COL`South America	11.204
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11.160
35	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10.930
36	Guyana`GUY`South America	10.840
37	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10.772
38	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.642
39	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.559
40	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.425
41	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	10.394
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10.285
43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9.909
44	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.560
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9.551
46	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	9.523
47	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.482
48	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	9.421
49	Uruguay`URY`South America	9.403
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	9.379
51	Brazil`BRA`South America	9.280
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	9.017
53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8.980
54	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8.800
55	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	8.732
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.646
57	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.510
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.475
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	8.470
60	Chile`CHL`South America	8.427
61	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8.420
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.351
63	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	8.300
64	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	8.232
65	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8.060
66	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.008
67	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.965
68	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	7.880
69	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.841
70	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.592
71	India`IND`Southern Asia	7.562
72	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.459
=73	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	7.410
=73	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.410
75	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.406
76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.279
77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	7.260
78	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.200
79	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.878
80	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.855
81	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.854
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.607
83	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.472
84	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.413
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6.410
86	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	6.351
87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.330
88	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.284
89	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	6.187
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.161
91	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.156
92	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.076
93	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.052
94	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.002
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.970
96	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.734
=97	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.719
=97	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5.719
99	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.665
100	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.562
101	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5.540
102	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5.425
103	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.399
104	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.316
105	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.230
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.158
107	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.104
108	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.008
109	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.990
110	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.980
111	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.909
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.890
113	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.876
114	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.818
115	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.787
116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.713
117	United States`USA`Northern America	4.622
118	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4.592
119	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4.557
120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.474
121	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.381
122	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.350
123	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.309
124	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4.250
125	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.153
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.109
127	Peru`PER`South America	4.080
128	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.065
129	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.022
130	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.015
131	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.010
132	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.946
133	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3.900
134	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.888
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.822
136	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.801
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.794
138	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.700
139	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.661
140	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.641
141	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.628
142	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3.547
143	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.523
144	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.434
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3.404
146	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.310
147	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.300
148	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.269
149	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.211
150	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.202
151	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3.142
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.125
153	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.094
154	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.082
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.063
156	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.023
157	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.013
158	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.934
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.874
160	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.847
161	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.800
162	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.749
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.667
164	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.642
165	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.614
166	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.493
167	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.404
168	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.337
169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.251
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.232
171	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.169
172	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.026
173	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.021
174	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.978
175	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.788
176	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.500
177	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.372
178	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.257
179	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.210
180	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.180
181	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.068
182	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.006
183	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.902
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.839
185	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.684
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.520
187	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.398

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

187Pakistan0.398
186Qatar0.520
185Myanmar0.684
184Chad0.839
183Benin0.902

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.002. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
52 · 134rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Algeria12.270 → 13.790+1.520
Maldives8.345 → 9.421+1.076
Haiti15.866 → 16.800+0.934
Guam7.400 → 8.300+0.900
Ireland4.355 → 4.980+0.625

Fell most

Montenegro24.815 → 19.400−5.415
Poland13.794 → 9.551−4.243
Serbia20.850 → 18.060−2.790
Zambia13.229 → 10.559−2.670
Slovakia13.395 → 11.160−2.235

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 2007.
185 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 7.410. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2007). Unemployment Rate, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/unemployment-rate/2007

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