Data for 2013

Unemployment Rate, 2013

Name: Unemployment Rate, 2013
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2013, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Unemployment Rate, 2013 covers 187 countries. North Macedonia is highest, at 29.017; Thailand is lowest, at 0.249. The middle country reads 6.709. Against 2012, 187 values changed (92 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Unemployment Rate · Data for 2013

HighestNorth Macedonia

29.017

LowestThailand

0.249

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

187countries
1measure
2013the year it describes
187distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	29.017
2	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	27.686
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	27.490
4	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.149
5	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	26.094
6	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.561
7	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	24.556
8	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.210
9	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	22.154
10	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	19.894
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.845
12	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	19.736
13	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	19.585
14	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	19.416
15	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.356
16	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.311
17	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	19.028
18	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.655
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	18.167
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.231
21	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	16.576
22	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.464
23	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	16.273
24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	16.237
25	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.180
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.131
27	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.934
28	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.926
29	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15.866
30	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	14.500
31	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.390
32	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	14.300
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.226
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13.735
35	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.704
36	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	13.673
37	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.154
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.941
39	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	12.665
40	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.600
41	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.476
42	Guyana`GUY`South America	12.296
43	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.149
44	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	12.027
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	11.867
46	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	11.802
47	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.770
48	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.768
49	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	11.550
50	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	11.500
51	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.398
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.666
53	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10.595
54	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.293
55	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.177
56	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	10.103
57	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.926
58	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.913
59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.820
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	9.713
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.698
62	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.454
63	Colombia`COL`South America	9.246
64	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.230
65	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.222
66	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	8.772
67	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8.631
68	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.572
69	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8.477
70	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.425
71	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.349
72	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	8.295
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.218
74	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.193
75	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.052
76	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.921
77	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7.752
78	India`IND`Southern Asia	7.678
79	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.675
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.540
81	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.384
82	United States`USA`Northern America	7.375
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7.351
84	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.322
85	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7.272
86	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.241
87	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	7.170
88	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.143
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.100
90	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	7.096
91	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.071
92	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7.019
93	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6.953
94	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	6.709
95	Suriname`SUR`South America	6.600
96	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.444
97	Chile`CHL`South America	6.361
98	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.137
99	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.115
100	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.045
101	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5.942
102	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.839
103	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.663
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.646
105	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.624
106	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.600
107	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.566
108	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.513
109	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.376
110	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.367
111	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.316
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5.280
113	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5.200
114	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.038
115	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.012
116	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.978
117	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4.970
118	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4.948
119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.944
120	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4.921
121	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.860
122	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.747
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.600
124	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4.469
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.426
126	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.385
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.376
128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.356
129	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.336
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.255
131	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.231
132	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.186
133	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.054
134	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.038
135	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.993
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3.980
137	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.881
138	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3.860
139	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.711
140	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.693
141	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.686
142	Panama`PAN`Central America	3.674
143	Peru`PER`South America	3.575
144	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.570
145	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3.567
146	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.553
147	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.497
148	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.425
149	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3.400
150	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.345
151	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.290
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.173
153	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.140
154	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3.083
155	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.067
156	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.017
157	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.954
158	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.930
159	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	2.870
160	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.762
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.698
162	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.683
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.465
164	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.437
165	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.251
166	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.198
167	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.173
168	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.125
169	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.084
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.080
171	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.910
172	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.894
173	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	1.820
174	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.750
175	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.584
176	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.517
177	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.469
178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.401
179	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.316
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.184
181	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.995
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.955
183	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.775
184	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.694
185	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.438
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.280
187	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.249

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1North Macedonia29.017
2Greece27.686
3Bosnia and Herzegovina27.490
4Djibouti26.149
5Spain26.094

Lowest

187Thailand0.249
186Qatar0.280
185Cambodia0.438
184Solomon Islands0.694
183Myanmar0.775

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.709. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
92 · 95rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cyprus12.097 → 16.131+4.034
Saint Lucia19.060 → 22.210+3.150
Greece24.731 → 27.686+2.955
Albania13.376 → 15.866+2.490
Namibia16.771 → 19.028+2.257

Fell most

Latvia15.047 → 11.867−3.180
Côte d’Ivoire7.223 → 4.255−2.968
North Macedonia31.096 → 29.017−2.079
Serbia24.000 → 22.154−1.846
Ireland15.451 → 13.735−1.716

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

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2013.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2013). Unemployment Rate, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/unemployment-rate/2013

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