Data for 2010

Unemployment Rate, 2010

Name: Unemployment Rate, 2010
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2010, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Unemployment Rate, 2010 covers 187 countries. North Macedonia is highest, at 33.135; Qatar is lowest, at 0.450. The middle country reads 7.037. Against 2009, 186 values changed (104 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Unemployment Rate · Data for 2010

HighestNorth Macedonia

33.135

LowestQatar

0.450

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

187countries
1measure
2010the 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	33.135
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	27.312
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26.856
4	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.368
5	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.683
6	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	22.120
7	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	21.416
8	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	20.390
9	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	20.203
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.924
11	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	19.860
12	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	19.649
13	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	19.523
14	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	19.482
15	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.321
16	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.300
17	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	19.204
18	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.741
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	17.860
20	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	17.814
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	17.118
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	16.707
23	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.595
24	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	16.100
25	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16.068
26	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	15.244
27	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15.168
28	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.628
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14.534
30	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.435
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.387
32	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14.086
33	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.998
34	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.679
35	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.190
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	13.049
37	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.777
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	12.719
39	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.500
40	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	12.473
41	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	12.133
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11.879
43	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.637
44	Guyana`GUY`South America	11.632
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	11.620
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.172
47	Colombia`COL`South America	11.153
48	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	11.059
49	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	10.875
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10.771
51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10.690
52	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.670
53	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.563
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.279
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.093
56	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.960
57	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.673
58	United States`USA`Northern America	9.633
59	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9.578
60	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.279
61	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.090
62	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8.757
=63	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.610
=63	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8.610
65	Chile`CHL`South America	8.547
66	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.480
67	Brazil`BRA`South America	8.420
68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.412
69	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.394
70	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8.363
71	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.293
72	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.267
73	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	8.200
74	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.178
75	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8.100
76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7.973
77	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.847
78	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7.830
79	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.809
80	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.746
81	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.714
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.654
83	India`IND`Southern Asia	7.631
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.630
85	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	7.564
86	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7.407
87	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	7.281
88	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.236
89	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7.171
90	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.158
91	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.150
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.112
93	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.043
94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7.037
95	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	7.024
96	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.959
97	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.861
98	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.768
99	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.607
100	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.557
101	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.549
102	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	6.487
103	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6.359
104	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.052
105	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.854
106	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.845
107	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5.770
108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.658
109	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.630
110	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5.621
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5.614
112	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.550
113	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.469
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.384
115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5.360
116	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5.303
117	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.214
118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.212
119	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.102
120	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.018
121	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.991
122	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.893
123	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.883
124	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.808
125	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.784
126	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.780
127	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4.681
128	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.569
129	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.530
130	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.423
131	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.345
132	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.340
133	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.329
134	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.280
135	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.190
136	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.120
137	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.119
138	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.110
139	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4.098
140	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.088
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.033
142	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.000
143	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.911
144	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.744
145	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.725
146	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.623
147	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.605
148	Peru`PER`South America	3.600
149	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.527
150	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.503
151	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.497
152	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3.419
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.379
154	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.324
=155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.320
=155	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.320
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.301
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.259
159	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.121
160	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.030
161	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.972
162	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	2.840
163	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.798
164	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.795
165	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.793
166	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.609
167	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.500
168	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.379
169	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.295
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.266
171	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.002
172	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.820
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.617
174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.615
175	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.501
176	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.375
177	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.130
178	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.114
179	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.040
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.911
181	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.771
182	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.725
183	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.718
184	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.708
185	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.653
186	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.622
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.450

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

187Qatar0.450
186Thailand0.622
185Pakistan0.653
184Laos0.708
183Niger0.718

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 7.037. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
104 · 82rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Lithuania13.785 → 17.814+4.029
Bulgaria6.817 → 10.279+3.462
Bosnia and Herzegovina24.068 → 27.312+3.244
Greece9.546 → 12.719+3.173
Estonia13.548 → 16.707+3.159

Fell most

Cabo Verde13.517 → 10.670−2.847
Chile11.313 → 8.547−2.766
El Salvador7.330 → 4.893−2.437
Türkiye14.026 → 11.879−2.147
Singapore5.860 → 4.120−1.740

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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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 2010.
185 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 8.610. 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) (2010). Unemployment Rate, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/unemployment-rate/2010

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