Data for 2024

Unemployment Rate, 2024

Name: Unemployment Rate, 2024
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2024, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Unemployment Rate, 2024 covers 182 countries. Eswatini is highest, at 34.643; Qatar is lowest, at 0.130. The middle country reads 5.145. Against 2023, 179 values changed (102 up, 77 down), 2 left.

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Unemployment Rate · Data for 2024

HighestEswatini

34.643

LowestQatar

0.130

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

182countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
179distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	34.643
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	32.279
3	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.007
4	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	23.810
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	20.091
6	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.895
7	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	19.157
8	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.085
9	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.949
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	18.093
11	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.970
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.693
13	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16.340
14	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.341
15	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.293
16	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	14.609
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14.020
18	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13.687
19	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.359
20	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13.206
21	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12.405
22	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.265
23	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.883
24	Guyana`GUY`South America	11.874
25	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11.655
26	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.613
27	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11.557
28	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	11.423
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11.400
30	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.331
31	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	10.991
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10.690
33	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10.689
34	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.500
35	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.257
36	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	10.199
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.020
38	Colombia`COL`South America	9.619
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.435
40	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.103
41	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.057
42	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	9.049
43	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	8.800
44	Chile`CHL`South America	8.718
45	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.698
46	Panama`PAN`Central America	8.451
=47	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.400
=47	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.400
49	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	8.293
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.209
51	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8.146
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.621
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.600
54	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.400
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7.240
56	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.150
57	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7.041
58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	6.936
59	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.900
60	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.851
61	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6.817
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	6.801
63	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.668
=64	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.500
=64	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.500
66	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.480
67	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.448
68	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.400
69	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.351
70	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	6.253
71	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	6.031
72	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.947
73	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.898
74	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.700
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.686
76	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.648
77	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5.639
78	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.548
79	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.492
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.487
81	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5.400
82	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.361
83	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.358
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.321
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.312
86	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.300
87	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	5.252
88	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.200
89	Peru`PER`South America	5.199
90	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.180
91	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.158
92	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.132
93	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.051
94	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.000
95	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4.988
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.980
97	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.910
98	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.900
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.855
100	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4.833
101	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.724
102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.590
103	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4.500
104	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.439
105	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4.421
106	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.361
107	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.343
108	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.300
109	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.278
110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.239
111	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.200
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	4.173
113	United States`USA`Northern America	4.022
114	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.020
115	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.000
116	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.942
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.846
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3.815
=119	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.700
=119	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.700
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.635
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.603
123	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.600
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.595
125	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3.539
126	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.518
127	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.491
128	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.458
129	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3.453
130	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.441
131	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.400
132	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.357
133	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.318
134	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3.301
135	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.282
136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.274
137	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.261
138	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.203
139	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.151
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.103
141	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.100
142	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.051
143	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.045
144	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.988
145	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.924
146	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.914
147	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2.887
148	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.820
149	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.807
150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.788
151	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.784
152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.740
153	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.737
154	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.678
155	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.647
156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.625
157	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.613
158	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.600
159	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.500
160	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2.430
161	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.273
162	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	2.262
163	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.202
164	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.160
165	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.151
166	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.965
167	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.948
168	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.755
169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.637
170	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.602
171	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.557
172	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.523
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.444
174	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.427
175	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.174
176	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.084
177	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.053
178	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.915
179	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.781
180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.376
181	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.254
182	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.130

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Eswatini34.643
2South Africa32.279
3Djibouti26.007
4Botswana23.810
5Gabon20.091

Lowest

182Qatar0.130
181Cambodia0.254
180Niger0.376
179Thailand0.781
178Burundi0.915

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.145. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
179values changed, of 182 in both
102 · 77rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Panama6.544 → 8.451+1.907
Finland7.149 → 8.400+1.251
Estonia6.378 → 7.600+1.222
Luxembourg5.184 → 6.400+1.216
Argentina6.139 → 7.150+1.011

Fell most

Saint Lucia12.094 → 10.199−1.895
Costa Rica8.325 → 6.936−1.389
Honduras6.070 → 4.910−1.160
Brazil7.947 → 6.801−1.146
Italy7.627 → 6.500−1.127

− Lebanon

− South 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

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 2024.
179 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 8.400. 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 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2024). Unemployment Rate, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/unemployment-rate/2024

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