Data for 2025

Unemployment Rate, 2025

Name: Unemployment Rate, 2025
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2025, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Unemployment Rate, 2025 covers 182 countries. Eswatini is highest, at 34.202; Qatar is lowest, at 0.130. The middle country reads 5.084. Against 2024, 180 values changed (108 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Unemployment Rate · Data for 2025

HighestEswatini

34.202

LowestQatar

0.130

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

182countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
181distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	34.202
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	32.391
3	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.015
4	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	24.477
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	20.154
6	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.876
7	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	19.291
8	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.948
9	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.758
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	18.003
11	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.322
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.535
13	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16.315
14	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.485
15	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.108
16	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	14.944
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14.108
18	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13.572
19	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.569
20	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13.351
21	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12.871
22	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.256
23	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12.097
24	Guyana`GUY`South America	11.962
25	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.939
26	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.662
27	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11.633
28	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	11.443
29	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.363
30	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	11.174
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	11.037
32	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10.926
33	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.465
34	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.376
35	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.319
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.461
37	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	9.452
38	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.293
39	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	9.207
40	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.132
41	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.000
42	Chile`CHL`South America	8.974
43	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.856
44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.694
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.540
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	8.520
47	Panama`PAN`Central America	8.360
48	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	8.337
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8.313
50	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8.301
51	Colombia`COL`South America	8.290
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.834
53	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.542
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.516
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.145
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7.123
57	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.931
58	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.907
59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	6.843
60	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6.781
61	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.731
62	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.628
63	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.568
64	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.524
65	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.521
66	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.391
67	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.343
68	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	6.251
69	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	6.169
70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.164
71	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5.992
72	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5.991
73	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.978
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	5.970
75	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.918
76	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.906
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.635
78	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.582
79	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	5.569
80	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.529
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.457
82	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.449
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.420
84	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.359
85	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.347
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.307
87	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.277
88	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.233
89	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.163
90	Peru`PER`South America	5.117
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.092
92	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.076
93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.073
94	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.072
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5.040
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.002
97	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.996
98	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.924
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.920
100	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.873
101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.803
102	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4.771
103	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.746
104	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.637
105	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.632
106	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.622
107	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.615
108	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4.521
109	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.514
110	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4.434
111	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.267
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	4.219
113	United States`USA`Northern America	4.198
114	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.090
115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.005
116	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.874
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3.819
118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.778
119	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.764
120	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.711
121	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.625
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.602
123	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3.545
124	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.536
125	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.526
126	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.489
127	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.477
128	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.380
129	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.329
130	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.323
131	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3.308
132	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.303
133	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.286
134	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.251
135	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3.237
136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.227
137	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.175
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.150
139	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.064
140	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.047
141	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.041
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.038
143	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.979
144	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.976
145	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.967
146	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.896
147	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.884
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.831
149	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.825
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.818
151	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.799
152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.746
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.735
154	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.683
=155	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.673
=155	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.673
157	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.604
158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.571
159	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.451
160	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	2.347
161	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.323
162	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.235
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.181
164	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.174
165	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2.133
166	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.008
167	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.995
168	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.746
169	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.592
170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.589
171	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.572
172	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.523
173	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.505
174	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.431
175	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.187
176	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.102
177	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.057
178	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.922
179	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.781
180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.394
181	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.263
182	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.130

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Eswatini34.202
2South Africa32.391
3Djibouti26.015
4Botswana24.477
5Gabon20.154

Lowest

182Qatar0.130
181Cambodia0.263
180Niger0.394
179Thailand0.781
178Burundi0.922

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.084. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 182 in both
108 · 72rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Finland8.400 → 9.461+1.061
Estonia7.600 → 8.313+0.713
Botswana23.810 → 24.477+0.667
Norway4.000 → 4.637+0.637
Romania5.400 → 5.992+0.592

Fell most

Greece10.020 → 8.540−1.480
Colombia9.619 → 8.290−1.329
Spain11.400 → 10.376−1.024
Paraguay5.686 → 4.803−0.883
Brazil6.801 → 5.970−0.831

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 2025.
181 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.673. 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) (2025). Unemployment Rate, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/unemployment-rate/2025

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