Data for 2019

Unemployment Rate, 2019

Name: Unemployment Rate, 2019
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2019, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Unemployment Rate, 2019 covers 187 countries. South Africa is highest, at 28.468; Qatar is lowest, at 0.100. The middle country reads 5.364. Against 2018, 187 values changed (77 up, 110 down), the same countries are covered.

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Unemployment Rate · Data for 2019

HighestSouth Africa

28.468

LowestQatar

0.100

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

187countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
184distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Unemployment Rate, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	28.468
2	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.222
3	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.257
4	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	25.340
5	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	20.494
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	20.371
7	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	20.094
8	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	19.929
9	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.248
10	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.087
11	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.828
12	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	18.304
13	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.414
14	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.213
15	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.153
16	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	17.045
17	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16.876
18	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.801
19	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.497
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	15.692
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	15.613
22	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15.128
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14.104
24	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14.096
25	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	14.095
26	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13.730
27	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.369
28	Guyana`GUY`South America	13.172
29	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	12.656
30	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.302
31	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	12.123
32	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.936
33	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	11.774
34	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	11.697
35	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.591
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11.565
37	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11.466
38	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	11.301
39	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.236
40	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	11.187
41	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	10.880
42	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10.807
43	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10.740
44	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.477
45	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.416
46	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	10.395
47	Colombia`COL`South America	10.280
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	9.884
49	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.843
50	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	9.336
51	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.191
52	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.053
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.024
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.836
55	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	8.835
56	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.415
57	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.410
58	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	8.300
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8.194
60	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.917
61	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	7.858
62	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7.851
63	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.755
64	Chile`CHL`South America	7.493
65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7.373
66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.155
67	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7.026
68	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.833
69	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.695
70	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	6.600
71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.595
72	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.551
73	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.510
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.422
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.356
76	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6.331
77	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.312
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	6.256
79	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.255
80	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	6.185
81	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.916
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.890
83	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.812
84	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.761
85	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.698
86	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5.690
87	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.636
88	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.592
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.538
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5.457
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.450
92	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.444
93	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	5.405
94	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.364
95	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.206
96	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.143
=97	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.018
=97	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.018
99	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.014
100	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.000
101	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.987
102	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.964
103	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.950
104	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.936
105	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.830
106	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4.800
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.670
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.661
109	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4.605
110	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.562
=111	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.560
=111	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.560
113	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4.514
114	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.513
115	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.504
116	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.493
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.481
118	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.462
119	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.446
120	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.394
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.170
122	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.165
123	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.148
124	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.109
125	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.080
126	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.035
127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3.926
128	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.912
129	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3.812
130	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.746
131	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.731
132	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.684
133	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.682
134	United States`USA`Northern America	3.669
135	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.657
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.632
137	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3.590
138	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.523
139	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.507
140	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.477
141	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3.439
142	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.411
=143	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.379
=143	Peru`PER`South America	3.379
145	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.330
146	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.290
147	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.267
148	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.204
149	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.163
150	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.148
151	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3.100
152	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.071
153	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.067
154	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.057
155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.928
156	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.917
157	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.863
158	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	2.720
159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.651
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.531
161	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.479
162	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.413
163	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.401
164	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.351
165	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.331
166	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.237
167	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.213
168	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.193
169	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.165
170	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.045
171	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.036
172	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.015
173	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.735
174	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	1.730
175	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.705
176	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.681
177	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.502
178	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.217
179	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.214
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.077
181	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.043
182	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.746
183	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.716
184	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.531
185	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.407
186	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.119
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.100

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1South Africa28.468
2Eswatini28.222
3Djibouti26.257
4Palestine25.340
5Republic of the Congo20.494

Lowest

187Qatar0.100
186Cambodia0.119
185Myanmar0.407
184Niger0.531
183Thailand0.716

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.364. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
77 · 110rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia5.377 → 9.024+3.647
Türkiye10.956 → 13.730+2.774
Costa Rica9.010 → 10.807+1.797
Eswatini26.471 → 28.222+1.751
Tunisia15.459 → 17.153+1.694

Fell most

North Macedonia21.208 → 17.414−3.794
Saint Lucia19.329 → 15.613−3.716
Bosnia and Herzegovina18.400 → 15.692−2.708
Serbia12.733 → 10.395−2.338
Greece19.179 → 17.045−2.134

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 2019.
184 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 5.018. 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) (2019). Unemployment Rate, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/unemployment-rate/2019

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