Unemployment

%The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

As of 2026-05-31, Eswatini has the highest Unemployment at 34.2%, while Qatar has the lowest at 0.13%. Median across 226 economies is 5.26%. Source: The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).

Last updated 2026-05-31

Countries

226

Highest

Eswatini34.2%

Lowest

Qatar0.13%

Median

5.26%

Average

7.07%

Ranked by latest value

highest to lowest · 226 countries

Which country has the highest Unemployment?

#	Country	Last	Change	Date
1	Eswatini	34.2%	0.441%	2025-12-31
2	South Africa	32.39%	0.112%	2025-12-31
3	West Bank and Gaza	28.71%	2.73%	2025-12-31
4	Djibouti	26.02%	0.008%	2025-12-31
5	Botswana	24.48%	0.667%	2025-12-31
6	GLP	23.8%	—	2016-12-31
7	GUF	23.2%	1.69%	2016-12-31
8	REU	22.4%	6.14%	2016-12-31
9	Gabon	20.15%	0.063%	2025-12-31
10	Congo, Rep.	19.88%	0.019%	2025-12-31
11	Namibia	19.29%	0.134%	2025-12-31
12	Curacao	19.1%	5.67%	2020-12-31
13	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.95%	0.001%	2025-12-31
14	Libya	18.76%	0.327%	2025-12-31
15	Saint Helena	18.09%	—	1998-12-31
16	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18%	0.09%	2025-12-31
17	MTQ	17.6%	3.88%	2016-12-31
18	Yemen, Rep.	17.32%	0.352%	2025-12-31
19	Jordan	16.54%	0.158%	2025-12-31
20	Lesotho	16.32%	0.025%	2025-12-31
21	Iraq	15.49%	0.192%	2025-12-31
22	Tunisia	15.11%	0.233%	2025-12-31
23	Haiti	14.94%	0.335%	2025-12-31
24	Angola	14.11%	0.088%	2025-12-31
25	Montenegro	13.57%	0.366%	2025-12-31
26	Syrian Arab Republic	13.57%	0.21%	2025-12-31
27	Afghanistan	13.35%	0.336%	2025-12-31
28	Armenia	12.87%	0.466%	2025-12-31
29	South Sudan	12.37%	0.101%	2023-12-31
30	North Macedonia	12.26%	0.009%	2025-12-31
31	Georgia	12.1%	0.54%	2025-12-31
32	Guyana	11.96%	0.088%	2025-12-31
33	Cabo Verde	11.94%	0.056%	2025-12-31
34	French Polynesia	11.66%	0.049%	2025-12-31
35	Algeria	11.63%	0.022%	2025-12-31
36	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	11.44%	0.02%	2025-12-31
37	Rwanda	11.36%	0.032%	2025-12-31
38	New Caledonia	11.17%	0.183%	2025-12-31
39	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.04%	0.347%	2025-12-31
40	Lebanon	10.99%	0.12%	2023-12-31
41	Dominica	10.96%	4.71%	2001-12-31
42	Albania	10.93%	0.237%	2025-12-31
43	Kosovo	10.83%	0.301%	2024-12-31
44	Finland	10.7%	0.3%	2026-04-30
45	Nepal	10.47%	0.035%	2025-12-31
46	Mauritania	10.32%	0.062%	2025-12-31
47	Spain	10.3%	0%	2026-04-30
48	Ukraine	9.83%	0.359%	2021-12-31
49	Marshall Islands	9.82%	3.48%	2021-12-31
50	ANT	9.77%	0.158%	2011-12-31
51	Greece	9.5%	0.2333%	2026-04-30
52	St. Lucia	9.45%	0.747%	2025-12-31
53	Zimbabwe	9.29%	0.142%	2025-12-31
54	Bahamas, The	9.21%	0.158%	2025-12-31
55	Sao Tome and Principe	9.13%	0.075%	2025-12-31
56	Greenland	9.1%	1.2%	2015-12-31
57	Bermuda	9%	2.34%	2014-12-31
58	Morocco	9%	0.103%	2025-12-31
59	Aruba	8.9%	1.7%	2011-12-31
60	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	8.86%	—	2014-12-31
61	Belize	8.86%	0.158%	2025-12-31
62	Colombia	8.75%	0.1757%	2026-04-30
63	Chile	8.72%	0%	2026-03-31
64	Sweden	8.5%	0.0667%	2026-04-30
65	Panama	8.36%	0.091%	2025-12-31
66	Equatorial Guinea	8.34%	0.044%	2025-12-31
67	MSR	8.33%	3.73%	2020-12-31
68	Iran, Islamic Rep.	8.3%	0.155%	2025-12-31
69	France	8.2%	0.0333%	2026-04-30
70	Turkiye	8.2%	0%	2026-05-31
71	Suriname	7.83%	0.213%	2025-12-31
72	Sudan	7.53%	3.56%	2022-12-31
73	Uruguay	7.52%	0.693%	2025-12-31
74	Tuvalu	7.32%	19.24%	2022-12-31
75	Argentina	7.15%	0.005%	2025-12-31
76	Serbia	7.12%	0.117%	2025-12-31
77	Lithuania	7.1%	0.0333%	2026-04-30
78	Denmark	7%	0%	2026-04-30
79	Luxembourg	7%	0.0333%	2026-04-30
80	Tajikistan	6.93%	0.11%	2025-12-31
81	Costa Rica	6.9%	0%	2026-03-31
82	Egypt, Arab Rep.	6.78%	0.036%	2025-12-31
83	AIA	6.71%	—	2001-12-31
84	Mozambique	6.63%	0.04%	2025-12-31
85	Canada	6.6%	0.3%	2026-05-31
86	Barbados	6.52%	0.076%	2025-12-31
87	Gambia, The	6.52%	0.041%	2025-12-31
88	Latvia	6.5%	0.2%	2026-04-30
89	Grenada	6.34%	6.7%	2023-12-31
90	Monaco	6.33%	2.73%	2016-12-31
91	Estonia	6.3%	0.2333%	2026-04-30
92	Romania	6.3%	0.0667%	2026-04-30
93	Central African Republic	6.25%	0.002%	2025-12-31
94	Belgium	6.2%	0.0667%	2026-04-30
95	Channel Islands	6.17%	0.138%	2025-12-31
96	Puerto Rico (US)	5.99%	0.352%	2025-12-31
97	Eritrea	5.98%	0.031%	2025-12-31
98	Brazil	5.97%	0.831%	2025-12-31
99	Zambia	5.92%	0.02%	2025-12-31
100	Iceland	5.8%	0.1%	2026-04-30
101	Slovak Republic	5.8%	0.0333%	2026-04-30
102	Portugal	5.7%	0.0333%	2026-04-30
103	Austria	5.7%	0.0333%	2026-04-30
104	Mauritius	5.64%	0.087%	2025-12-31
105	Guam	5.57%	0.317%	2025-12-31
106	Azerbaijan	5.46%	0.191%	2025-12-31
107	Kenya	5.45%	0.038%	2025-12-31
108	Pakistan	5.42%	0.072%	2025-12-31
109	Antigua and Barbuda	5.37%	3.41%	2023-12-31
110	Fiji	5.35%	0.014%	2025-12-31
111	Venezuela, RB	5.31%	0.014%	2025-12-31
112	New Zealand	5.3%	0.025%	2026-03-31
113	Brunei Darussalam	5.28%	0.097%	2025-12-31
114	Mongolia	5.23%	0.075%	2025-12-31
115	Guinea	5.16%	0.031%	2025-12-31
116	St. Kitts and Nevis	5.12%	0.02%	2001-12-31
117	Peru	5.12%	0.082%	2025-12-31
118	American Samoa	5.11%	7.39%	1990-12-31
119	Italy	5.1%	0.1667%	2026-04-30
120	Dominican Republic	5.09%	0.22%	2025-12-31
121	Switzerland	5.07%	0.2342%	2026-03-31
122	Vanuatu	5.07%	0.085%	2025-12-31
123	Malawi	5.07%	0.021%	2025-12-31
124	Nauru	5.06%	8.23%	2021-12-31
125	Nicaragua	5.04%	0.06%	2025-12-31
126	United Kingdom	5%	0%	2026-03-31
127	Samoa	5%	0.141%	2025-12-31
128	Cyprus	4.92%	0.024%	2025-12-31
129	Honduras	4.92%	0.01%	2025-12-31
130	San Marino	4.92%	1.39%	2022-12-31
131	Paraguay	4.8%	0.883%	2025-12-31
132	Ireland	4.8%	0.2%	2026-04-30
133	Kazakhstan	4.77%	0.062%	2025-12-31
134	Uzbekistan	4.62%	0.183%	2025-12-31
135	China	4.62%	0.025%	2025-12-31
136	Hungary	4.6%	0.1%	2026-04-30
137	Norway	4.6%	0.2%	2026-04-30
138	Northern Mariana Islands	4.57%	—	2003-12-31
139	Maldives	4.51%	0.236%	2025-12-31
140	Congo, Dem. Rep.	4.43%	0.013%	2025-12-31
141	Australia	4.36%	0.1254%	2026-05-31
142	United States	4.3%	0%	2026-05-31
143	Turkmenistan	4.27%	0.247%	2025-12-31
144	India	4.22%	0.046%	2025-12-31
145	Cayman Islands	4.2%	0.497%	2015-12-31
146	Croatia	4.2%	0.2667%	2026-04-30
147	Slovenia	4.1%	0%	2026-04-30
148	Faroe Islands	4.03%	1.01%	2013-12-31
149	Sri Lanka	4.01%	0.234%	2025-12-31
150	Netherlands	3.9%	0.1333%	2026-04-30
151	TWN	3.85%	0.112%	2020-12-31
152	Comoros	3.82%	0.004%	2025-12-31
153	Germany	3.8%	0.0667%	2026-04-30
154	Bangladesh	3.78%	0.143%	2025-12-31
155	Malaysia	3.76%	0.082%	2025-12-31
156	Cameroon	3.6%	0.001%	2025-12-31
157	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	3.55%	0.006%	2025-12-31
158	Kyrgyz Republic	3.53%	0.035%	2025-12-31
159	Burkina Faso	3.48%	0.036%	2025-12-31
160	Belarus	3.38%	0.078%	2025-12-31
161	Trinidad and Tobago	3.33%	0.011%	2025-12-31
162	Ethiopia	3.32%	0.034%	2025-12-31
163	Ecuador	3.31%	0.145%	2025-12-31
164	El Salvador	3.3%	0.042%	2025-12-31
165	British Virgin Islands	3.29%	—	1991-12-31
166	Jamaica	3.29%	0.135%	2025-12-31
167	Oman	3.25%	0.048%	2025-12-31
168	Indonesia	3.24%	0.064%	2025-12-31
169	Bhutan	3.23%	0.055%	2025-12-31
170	Sierra Leone	3.15%	0.047%	2025-12-31
171	Czechia	3.1%	0.0667%	2026-04-30
172	Nigeria	3.06%	0.019%	2025-12-31
173	Myanmar	3.05%	0.16%	2025-12-31
174	Madagascar	3.04%	0.01%	2025-12-31
175	Saudi Arabia	3.04%	0.48%	2025-12-31
176	Poland	3%	0%	2026-04-30
177	Ghana	2.98%	0.159%	2025-12-31
178	Bolivia	2.97%	0.307%	2025-12-31
179	Malta	2.9%	0.204%	2025-12-31
180	Liberia	2.88%	0.03%	2025-12-31
181	Israel	2.83%	0.1263%	2026-05-31
182	Mali	2.83%	0.093%	2025-12-31
183	Singapore	2.82%	0.081%	2025-12-31
184	Korea, Rep.	2.8%	0%	2026-05-31
185	Bulgaria	2.8%	0.1333%	2026-04-30
186	Hong Kong SAR, China	2.8%	0.189%	2025-12-31
187	Kiribati	2.79%	8.19%	2023-12-31
188	Mexico	2.75%	0.1758%	2026-05-31
189	Uganda	2.75%	0.006%	2025-12-31
190	Senegal	2.74%	0.053%	2025-12-31
191	Guinea-Bissau	2.67%	0.026%	2025-12-31
192	Isle of Man	2.67%	0.633%	2016-12-31
193	Guatemala	2.6%	0.009%	2025-12-31
194	Seychelles	2.59%	0.341%	2024-12-31
195	Papua New Guinea	2.57%	0.054%	2025-12-31
196	Japan	2.5%	0%	2026-05-31
197	Macao SAR, China	2.35%	0.085%	2025-12-31
198	Cote d'Ivoire	2.32%	0.05%	2025-12-31
199	Liechtenstein	2.31%	1.33%	2017-12-31
200	Philippines	2.24%	0.033%	2025-12-31
201	Kuwait	2.18%	0.03%	2025-12-31
202	United Arab Emirates	2.17%	0.014%	2025-12-31
203	Russian Federation	2.13%	0.297%	2025-12-31
204	Palau	2.09%	1.33%	2023-12-31
205	Tonga	2.01%	0.043%	2025-12-31
206	Togo	2%	0.047%	2025-12-31
207	Cuba	1.75%	0.009%	2025-12-31
208	Timor-Leste	1.59%	0.069%	2025-12-31
209	Benin	1.59%	0.048%	2025-12-31
210	Tanzania	1.57%	0.015%	2025-12-31
211	Viet Nam	1.52%	0.079%	2025-12-31
212	Moldova	1.51%	0.078%	2025-12-31
213	Solomon Islands	1.43%	0.013%	2025-12-31
214	COK	1.26%	0.472%	2019-12-31
215	GGY	1.22%	—	2016-12-31
216	Lao PDR	1.19%	0.013%	2025-12-31
217	Bahrain	1.1%	0.018%	2025-12-31
218	Chad	1.06%	0.004%	2025-12-31
219	FLK	0.974%	0.275%	2016-12-31
220	Burundi	0.922%	0.007%	2025-12-31
221	Thailand	0.781%	0%	2025-12-31
222	NIU	0.646%	0.144%	2022-12-31
223	WLF	0.643%	2.74%	2023-12-31
224	Niger	0.394%	0.018%	2025-12-31
225	Cambodia	0.263%	0.009%	2025-12-31
226	Qatar	0.13%	0%	2025-12-31