Data for 2023

Unemployment Rate, 2023

Name: Unemployment Rate, 2023
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2023, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Unemployment Rate, 2023 covers 184 countries. Eswatini is highest, at 34.610; Qatar is lowest, at 0.130. The middle country reads 5.211. Against 2022, 182 values changed (37 up, 145 down), 2 left.

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Unemployment Rate · Data for 2023

HighestEswatini

34.610

LowestQatar

0.130

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

184countries
1measure
2023the 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	34.610
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	32.098
3	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.074
4	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	23.381
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	20.161
6	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.919
7	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	19.154
8	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.960
9	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.713
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	18.348
11	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.944
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.620
13	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16.348
14	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.239
15	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.106
16	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	14.459
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14.051
18	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.008
19	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.270
20	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	13.174
21	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13.146
22	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12.405
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	12.374
24	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.352
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12.179
26	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	12.094
27	Guyana`GUY`South America	11.917
28	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.882
29	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11.645
30	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.613
31	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11.549
32	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	11.358
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11.023
34	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	10.985
35	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	10.922
36	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10.669
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10.668
38	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.437
39	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.370
40	Colombia`COL`South America	9.591
41	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	9.388
42	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.348
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.032
44	Chile`CHL`South America	9.013
45	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	8.896
46	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	8.645
47	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.355
48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.325
49	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.278
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	8.268
51	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	8.218
52	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8.129
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.947
54	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.699
55	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.627
56	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.611
57	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.335
58	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.149
59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7.037
60	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.841
61	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6.753
62	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.661
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	6.544
64	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.540
65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.498
66	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.479
67	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.465
68	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.378
69	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	6.181
70	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.139
71	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.121
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	6.070
73	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.928
74	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.909
75	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.861
76	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.843
77	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.835
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.794
79	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5.725
80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.640
81	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5.589
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.571
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.555
84	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.547
85	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5.415
86	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.409
87	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.407
88	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.316
89	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.296
90	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.264
91	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	5.262
92	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.237
93	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.184
94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.178
95	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.141
96	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.094
97	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.011
98	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.009
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.920
100	Peru`PER`South America	4.899
101	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4.835
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.698
103	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.670
104	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.528
105	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4.469
106	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.434
107	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.319
108	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.243
109	India`IND`Southern Asia	4.172
110	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4.096
111	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.043
112	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.025
113	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.019
114	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.008
115	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.007
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.858
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3.833
118	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.734
119	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.668
120	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.652
121	United States`USA`Northern America	3.638
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.607
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.601
124	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.574
125	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.535
126	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.518
127	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3.510
128	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.498
129	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.479
130	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3.463
131	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.461
132	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3.444
133	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.375
134	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.371
135	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.361
136	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.352
137	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3.308
138	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.176
139	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.126
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.092
141	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3.076
142	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.074
143	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.071
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.044
145	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.024
146	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.022
147	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.992
148	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2.977
149	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.949
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.947
151	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.905
152	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.829
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.784
154	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.765
155	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.754
156	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.743
157	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.675
158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.649
159	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.632
160	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.600
161	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.579
162	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.344
163	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.263
164	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	2.206
165	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.200
166	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.151
167	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.080
168	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.942
169	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.730
170	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.652
171	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.645
172	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.641
173	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.570
174	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.565
175	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.525
176	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.443
177	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.186
178	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.059
179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.049
180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.911
181	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.733
182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.407
183	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.256
184	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.130

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Eswatini34.610
2South Africa32.098
3Djibouti26.074
4Botswana23.381
5Gabon20.161

Lowest

184Qatar0.130
183Cambodia0.256
182Niger0.407
181Thailand0.733
180Burundi0.911

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.211. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
182values changed, of 184 in both
37 · 145rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Lithuania5.955 → 6.841+0.886
Estonia5.571 → 6.378+0.807
Chile8.249 → 9.013+0.764
Moldova0.909 → 1.570+0.661
Denmark4.434 → 5.094+0.660

Fell most

Saint Lucia15.934 → 12.094−3.840
Costa Rica11.325 → 8.325−3.000
Bhutan5.947 → 3.126−2.821
Rwanda15.084 → 12.352−2.732
Honduras8.774 → 6.070−2.704

− Palestine

− Sudan

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

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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 2023.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 184 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023). Unemployment Rate, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/unemployment-rate/2023

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