Data for 2014

Unemployment Rate, 2014

Name: Unemployment Rate, 2014
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2014, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Unemployment Rate, 2014 covers 187 countries. North Macedonia is highest, at 28.215; Qatar is lowest, at 0.200. The middle country reads 6.576. Against 2013, 187 values changed (81 up, 106 down), the same countries are covered.

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Unemployment Rate · Data for 2014

HighestNorth Macedonia

28.215

LowestQatar

0.200

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

187countries
1measure
2014the 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	28.215
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	27.517
3	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26.708
4	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.160
5	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.890
6	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	24.441
7	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	23.931
8	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21.583
9	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	20.526
10	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	19.873
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.696
12	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.295
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.237
14	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	19.223
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.595
16	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	18.521
17	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	18.484
18	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	18.055
19	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.054
20	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	17.498
21	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	17.439
22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.209
23	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.372
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.277
25	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16.066
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15.410
27	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	14.782
28	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.590
29	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	14.259
30	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.900
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	13.880
32	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.808
33	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.800
34	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	13.467
35	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.105
36	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.683
37	Guyana`GUY`South America	12.637
38	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	12.561
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12.170
40	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.900
41	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.894
42	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	11.871
43	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.858
44	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.837
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.689
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11.536
47	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.428
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.424
49	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	10.846
50	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.698
51	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10.680
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.620
53	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10.590
54	France`FRA`Western Europe	10.273
55	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.207
56	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.026
57	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	9.901
58	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.700
59	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9.668
60	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	9.270
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.046
62	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8.971
63	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8.840
64	Colombia`COL`South America	8.799
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	8.720
66	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.663
67	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.523
68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.499
69	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.319
70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.244
71	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	8.191
72	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.954
73	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.915
74	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.725
75	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.669
76	India`IND`Southern Asia	7.656
77	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	7.600
78	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.467
79	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.461
80	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.419
81	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.352
82	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.268
83	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.078
84	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7.024
85	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.023
86	Suriname`SUR`South America	6.940
87	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.925
88	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	6.862
89	Venezuela`VEN`South America	6.821
90	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.802
91	Chile`CHL`South America	6.761
92	Brazil`BRA`South America	6.755
93	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.719
94	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6.576
95	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.547
96	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.398
97	United States`USA`Northern America	6.168
98	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6.108
99	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	6.078
100	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.044
101	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5.908
102	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.877
103	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.849
104	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.789
105	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5.737
106	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.674
107	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.637
108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.633
109	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.428
110	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.212
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.137
112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5.090
113	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5.060
114	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.044
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.034
116	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.979
117	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.967
118	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4.910
119	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.897
120	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.826
121	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4.819
122	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.798
123	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4.774
124	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.678
125	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.630
126	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.520
127	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4.436
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.417
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.403
130	Panama`PAN`Central America	4.391
131	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.323
132	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.255
133	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.157
134	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.154
135	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.049
136	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.020
137	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.005
138	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3.984
139	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.900
140	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3.740
141	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.618
142	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.600
143	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.589
144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.534
145	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3.509
146	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.486
147	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3.480
148	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.453
149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.377
150	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3.296
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.285
152	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.274
153	Peru`PER`South America	3.208
154	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.082
155	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.900
156	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.880
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.767
158	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.717
159	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.700
160	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	2.630
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.540
162	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.477
163	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.361
164	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.357
165	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.141
166	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.125
167	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.079
168	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.021
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.999
170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.952
171	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.914
172	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.827
173	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.733
174	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	1.670
175	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.572
176	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.476
177	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.450
178	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.385
179	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.256
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.144
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.984
182	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.763
183	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.730
184	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.692
185	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.576
186	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.524
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.200

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

187Qatar0.200
186Niger0.524
185Thailand0.576
184Cambodia0.692
183Solomon Islands0.730

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.576. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
81 · 106rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ghana2.173 → 4.403+2.230
Albania15.866 → 18.055+2.189
Ukraine7.170 → 9.270+2.100
Honduras5.646 → 7.078+1.432
Iraq9.222 → 10.590+1.368

Fell most

Guam11.500 → 7.600−3.900
Serbia22.154 → 19.223−2.931
Slovakia14.226 → 11.536−2.690
Hungary10.177 → 7.725−2.452
Bahamas16.180 → 13.800−2.380

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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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2014). Unemployment Rate, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/unemployment-rate/2014

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