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Unemployment Rate by Country

The Unemployment Rate by Country ranking compares nations by their year-over-year change in unemployment, ranking those with the largest reductions higher, as lower rates reflect healthier job markets and greater economic stability.

Update April 2025: The latest 2024 unemployment data was just released by the World Bank and is reflected in the table below for most countries.

Ranking summary

  • Sudan flagSudan tops the rankings in Unemployment Rate, recording a drop from 11.04% to 7.53%. Guyana flagGuyana follows with a reduction from 12.03% to 10.17%, while Belize flagBelize rounds out the top three, falling from 8.27% to 7.00%.
  • Across all 178 countries, the average year-over-year change was -0.05 percentage points% with a median change of -0.04 percentage points%.
  • Overall, 108 countries improved in this area while 69 worsened. Click on a country to open the full country scorecard and see how it performs across a range of key indicators.
Rank Country Most Recent Year Previous Year Change
1Sudan flag Sudan7.53% (2022)11.04% (2021)-3.51 pp
2Guyana flag Guyana10.17% (2024)12.03% (2023)-1.86 pp
3Belize flag Belize7.00% (2024)8.27% (2023)-1.27 pp
4Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka5.00% (2024)6.00% (2023)-1.00 pp
5Türkiye flag Türkiye8.45% (2024)9.39% (2023)-0.94 pp
6Greece flag Greece10.13% (2024)11.07% (2023)-0.93 pp
7Serbia flag Serbia7.39% (2024)8.27% (2023)-0.88 pp
8Croatia flag Croatia5.24% (2024)6.09% (2023)-0.85 pp
9Italy flag Italy6.78% (2024)7.63% (2023)-0.85 pp
10Spain flag Spain11.39% (2024)12.18% (2023)-0.79 pp
11Kyrgyzstan flag Kyrgyzstan3.29% (2024)3.99% (2023)-0.70 pp
12Afghanistan flag Afghanistan13.30% (2024)13.99% (2023)-0.70 pp
13Eswatini flag Eswatini34.40% (2024)35.09% (2023)-0.69 pp
14Slovakia flag Slovakia5.23% (2024)5.84% (2023)-0.61 pp
15Russia flag Russia2.53% (2024)3.08% (2023)-0.55 pp
16Equatorial Guinea flag Equatorial Guinea7.82% (2024)8.37% (2023)-0.54 pp
17Montenegro flag Montenegro14.10% (2024)14.62% (2023)-0.52 pp
18Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flag Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18.06% (2024)18.57% (2023)-0.52 pp
19Cyprus flag Cyprus5.60% (2024)6.10% (2023)-0.50 pp
20Costa Rica flag Costa Rica7.85% (2024)8.33% (2023)-0.48 pp
21Israel flag Israel3.15% (2024)3.60% (2023)-0.45 pp
22Samoa flag Samoa4.55% (2024)4.98% (2023)-0.43 pp
23Iceland flag Iceland3.11% (2024)3.52% (2023)-0.41 pp
24Malta flag Malta2.70% (2024)3.11% (2023)-0.41 pp
25Rwanda flag Rwanda11.99% (2024)12.35% (2023)-0.36 pp
26Barbados flag Barbados7.53% (2024)7.88% (2023)-0.35 pp
27Brazil flag Brazil7.63% (2024)7.95% (2023)-0.31 pp
28Lesotho flag Lesotho16.15% (2024)16.46% (2023)-0.31 pp
29Suriname flag Suriname7.33% (2024)7.63% (2023)-0.31 pp
30Slovenia flag Slovenia3.36% (2024)3.65% (2023)-0.30 pp
31Djibouti flag Djibouti25.88% (2024)26.15% (2023)-0.28 pp
32Algeria flag Algeria11.43% (2024)11.70% (2023)-0.27 pp
33Poland flag Poland2.47% (2024)2.74% (2023)-0.27 pp
34Bhutan flag Bhutan2.86% (2024)3.13% (2023)-0.27 pp
35Singapore flag Singapore3.18% (2024)3.44% (2023)-0.26 pp
36Botswana flag Botswana23.14% (2024)23.38% (2023)-0.24 pp
37Syria flag Syria12.96% (2024)13.19% (2023)-0.23 pp
38Gabon flag Gabon20.06% (2024)20.28% (2023)-0.22 pp
39Namibia flag Namibia19.15% (2024)19.37% (2023)-0.22 pp
40Bulgaria flag Bulgaria4.10% (2024)4.32% (2023)-0.22 pp
41Vietnam flag Vietnam1.43% (2024)1.65% (2023)-0.21 pp
42Romania flag Romania5.38% (2024)5.59% (2023)-0.21 pp
43Zimbabwe flag Zimbabwe8.55% (2024)8.76% (2023)-0.21 pp
44Congo flag Congo19.69% (2024)19.90% (2023)-0.20 pp
45Cuba flag Cuba1.53% (2024)1.72% (2023)-0.19 pp
46Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso5.17% (2024)5.35% (2023)-0.18 pp
47Bahamas flag Bahamas8.46% (2024)8.64% (2023)-0.18 pp
48Saint Lucia flag Saint Lucia10.93% (2024)11.09% (2023)-0.16 pp
49El Salvador flag El Salvador2.84% (2024)2.99% (2023)-0.15 pp
50Nicaragua flag Nicaragua4.57% (2024)4.72% (2023)-0.14 pp
51Libya flag Libya18.62% (2024)18.75% (2023)-0.14 pp
52Egypt flag Egypt7.20% (2024)7.33% (2023)-0.14 pp
53Kenya flag Kenya5.43% (2024)5.57% (2023)-0.13 pp
54Guatemala flag Guatemala2.22% (2024)2.34% (2023)-0.13 pp
55Portugal flag Portugal6.38% (2024)6.51% (2023)-0.13 pp
56Moldova flag Moldova1.43% (2024)1.56% (2023)-0.12 pp
57Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia3.90% (2024)4.01% (2023)-0.11 pp
58Morocco flag Morocco8.94% (2024)9.04% (2023)-0.10 pp
59Belarus flag Belarus3.36% (2024)3.46% (2023)-0.10 pp
60China flag China4.57% (2024)4.67% (2023)-0.10 pp
61Cameroon flag Cameroon3.52% (2024)3.61% (2023)-0.10 pp
62Mauritius flag Mauritius5.48% (2024)5.57% (2023)-0.09 pp
63Cabo Verde flag Cabo Verde11.88% (2024)11.97% (2023)-0.09 pp
64Nigeria flag Nigeria2.99% (2024)3.07% (2023)-0.09 pp
65Dominican Republic flag Dominican Republic5.47% (2024)5.56% (2023)-0.08 pp
66Somalia flag Somalia18.86% (2024)18.94% (2023)-0.08 pp
67Mongolia flag Mongolia5.42% (2024)5.50% (2023)-0.08 pp
68Angola flag Angola14.46% (2024)14.54% (2023)-0.07 pp
69Czech Republic flag Czech Republic2.51% (2024)2.58% (2023)-0.07 pp
70Mauritania flag Mauritania10.37% (2024)10.45% (2023)-0.07 pp
71South Korea flag South Korea2.60% (2024)2.68% (2023)-0.07 pp
72Peru flag Peru4.83% (2024)4.90% (2023)-0.07 pp
73Niger flag Niger0.36% (2024)0.43% (2023)-0.07 pp
74Tonga flag Tonga2.19% (2024)2.26% (2023)-0.07 pp
75Philippines flag Philippines2.15% (2024)2.22% (2023)-0.07 pp
76South Sudan flag South Sudan12.48% (2023)12.55% (2022)-0.07 pp
77Georgia flag Georgia11.48% (2024)11.54% (2023)-0.06 pp
78Lebanon flag Lebanon11.54% (2023)11.60% (2022)-0.06 pp
79Madagascar flag Madagascar3.01% (2024)3.07% (2023)-0.06 pp
80Ghana flag Ghana3.01% (2024)3.06% (2023)-0.06 pp
81Mexico flag Mexico2.71% (2024)2.77% (2023)-0.05 pp
82Bahrain flag Bahrain1.10% (2024)1.15% (2023)-0.05 pp
83Liberia flag Liberia2.88% (2024)2.93% (2023)-0.05 pp
84Malaysia flag Malaysia3.83% (2024)3.87% (2023)-0.04 pp
85Azerbaijan flag Azerbaijan5.59% (2024)5.64% (2023)-0.04 pp
86Thailand flag Thailand0.69% (2024)0.73% (2023)-0.04 pp
87Belgium flag Belgium5.49% (2024)5.53% (2023)-0.04 pp
88Brunei flag Brunei5.14% (2024)5.18% (2023)-0.04 pp
89Japan flag Japan2.56% (2024)2.60% (2023)-0.04 pp
90Eritrea flag Eritrea5.55% (2024)5.59% (2023)-0.03 pp
91Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau2.62% (2024)2.65% (2023)-0.03 pp
92Kazakhstan flag Kazakhstan4.79% (2024)4.82% (2023)-0.03 pp
93Sierra Leone flag Sierra Leone3.13% (2024)3.15% (2023)-0.03 pp
94Panama flag Panama6.52% (2024)6.54% (2023)-0.03 pp
95Burundi flag Burundi0.90% (2024)0.92% (2023)-0.02 pp
96United Arab Emirates flag United Arab Emirates2.13% (2024)2.15% (2023)-0.02 pp
97Vanuatu flag Vanuatu5.06% (2024)5.08% (2023)-0.02 pp
98Oman flag Oman3.16% (2024)3.18% (2023)-0.02 pp
99Fiji flag Fiji4.31% (2024)4.32% (2023)-0.01 pp
100Guinea flag Guinea5.23% (2024)5.24% (2023)-0.01 pp
101Venezuela flag Venezuela5.48% (2024)5.49% (2023)-0.01 pp
102Honduras flag Honduras6.06% (2024)6.07% (2023)-0.01 pp
103Indonesia flag Indonesia3.30% (2024)3.31% (2023)-0.01 pp
104Togo flag Togo1.94% (2024)1.95% (2023)-0.01 pp
105Tanzania flag Tanzania2.58% (2024)2.58% (2023)-0.01 pp
106Yemen flag Yemen17.09% (2024)17.09% (2023)-0.01 pp
107Ethiopia flag Ethiopia3.40% (2024)3.40% (2023)0.00 pp
108Qatar flag Qatar0.13% (2024)0.13% (2023)0.00 pp
109Myanmar flag Myanmar3.03% (2024)3.03% (2023)+0.00 pp
110Mozambique flag Mozambique3.53% (2024)3.52% (2023)+0.01 pp
111Malawi flag Malawi5.05% (2024)5.03% (2023)+0.01 pp
112Chad flag Chad1.09% (2024)1.07% (2023)+0.01 pp
113Colombia flag Colombia9.61% (2024)9.59% (2023)+0.01 pp
114Solomon Islands flag Solomon Islands1.47% (2024)1.46% (2023)+0.01 pp
115Gambia flag Gambia6.50% (2024)6.48% (2023)+0.02 pp
116Kuwait flag Kuwait2.14% (2024)2.13% (2023)+0.02 pp
117Côte d'Ivoire flag Côte d'Ivoire2.29% (2024)2.27% (2023)+0.02 pp
118Central African Republic flag Central African Republic5.90% (2024)5.88% (2023)+0.02 pp
119Jordan flag Jordan18.00% (2024)17.97% (2023)+0.03 pp
120North Korea flag North Korea2.86% (2024)2.83% (2023)+0.03 pp
121Uzbekistan flag Uzbekistan4.49% (2024)4.46% (2023)+0.03 pp
122Laos flag Laos1.22% (2024)1.19% (2023)+0.03 pp
123India flag India4.20% (2024)4.17% (2023)+0.03 pp
124France flag France7.37% (2024)7.34% (2023)+0.04 pp
125Chile flag Chile9.06% (2024)9.01% (2023)+0.04 pp
126Cambodia flag Cambodia0.27% (2024)0.23% (2023)+0.05 pp
127Uruguay flag Uruguay8.40% (2024)8.36% (2023)+0.05 pp
128Bosnia and Herzegovina flag Bosnia and Herzegovina10.72% (2024)10.67% (2023)+0.06 pp
129Zambia flag Zambia5.96% (2024)5.91% (2023)+0.06 pp
130Netherlands flag Netherlands3.60% (2024)3.54% (2023)+0.06 pp
131Pakistan flag Pakistan5.47% (2024)5.41% (2023)+0.06 pp
132Benin flag Benin1.72% (2024)1.66% (2023)+0.07 pp
133Bolivia flag Bolivia3.09% (2024)3.02% (2023)+0.07 pp
134Switzerland flag Switzerland4.11% (2024)4.04% (2023)+0.07 pp
135Democratic Republic of the Congo flag Democratic Republic of the Congo4.56% (2024)4.48% (2023)+0.07 pp
136Iraq flag Iraq15.52% (2024)15.45% (2023)+0.08 pp
137Nepal flag Nepal10.71% (2024)10.63% (2023)+0.08 pp
138Papua New Guinea flag Papua New Guinea2.74% (2024)2.66% (2023)+0.08 pp
139Ireland flag Ireland4.37% (2024)4.29% (2023)+0.08 pp
140Timor-Leste flag Timor-Leste1.60% (2024)1.52% (2023)+0.08 pp
141Armenia flag Armenia13.33% (2024)13.25% (2023)+0.08 pp
142Tajikistan flag Tajikistan11.64% (2024)11.55% (2023)+0.09 pp
143Comoros flag Comoros3.88% (2024)3.78% (2023)+0.10 pp
144Sao Tome and Principe flag Sao Tome and Principe9.17% (2024)9.07% (2023)+0.10 pp
145Mali flag Mali3.06% (2024)2.96% (2023)+0.10 pp
146United Kingdom flag United Kingdom4.11% (2024)3.98% (2023)+0.13 pp
147Albania flag Albania10.25% (2024)10.11% (2023)+0.14 pp
148Iran flag Iran9.19% (2024)9.04% (2023)+0.15 pp
149Uganda flag Uganda2.94% (2024)2.79% (2023)+0.15 pp
150Austria flag Austria5.44% (2024)5.26% (2023)+0.18 pp
151Senegal flag Senegal2.99% (2024)2.80% (2023)+0.19 pp
152Turkmenistan flag Turkmenistan4.30% (2024)4.10% (2023)+0.21 pp
153Bangladesh flag Bangladesh4.68% (2024)4.45% (2023)+0.23 pp
154North Macedonia flag North Macedonia13.42% (2024)13.17% (2023)+0.24 pp
155Latvia flag Latvia6.72% (2024)6.47% (2023)+0.26 pp
156Paraguay flag Paraguay6.09% (2024)5.79% (2023)+0.30 pp
157Hungary flag Hungary4.43% (2024)4.11% (2023)+0.33 pp
158Trinidad and Tobago flag Trinidad and Tobago4.55% (2024)4.21% (2023)+0.34 pp
159Germany flag Germany3.41% (2024)3.07% (2023)+0.34 pp
160Ukraine flag Ukraine9.83% (2021)9.48% (2020)+0.36 pp
161Maldives flag Maldives4.64% (2024)4.24% (2023)+0.40 pp
162Norway flag Norway3.97% (2024)3.57% (2023)+0.40 pp
163Australia flag Australia4.07% (2024)3.67% (2023)+0.40 pp
164United States flag United States4.11% (2024)3.64% (2023)+0.47 pp
165Jamaica flag Jamaica4.89% (2024)4.40% (2023)+0.48 pp
166Denmark flag Denmark5.59% (2024)5.09% (2023)+0.49 pp
167Haiti flag Haiti15.06% (2024)14.56% (2023)+0.50 pp
168Lithuania flag Lithuania7.50% (2024)6.84% (2023)+0.66 pp
169Luxembourg flag Luxembourg5.94% (2024)5.18% (2023)+0.75 pp
170Sweden flag Sweden8.53% (2024)7.61% (2023)+0.92 pp
171Canada flag Canada6.45% (2024)5.42% (2023)+1.04 pp
172South Africa flag South Africa33.17% (2024)32.10% (2023)+1.07 pp
173Tunisia flag Tunisia16.20% (2024)15.11% (2023)+1.10 pp
174Finland flag Finland8.26% (2024)7.15% (2023)+1.11 pp
175New Zealand flag New Zealand4.87% (2024)3.73% (2023)+1.14 pp
176Ecuador flag Ecuador4.77% (2024)3.51% (2023)+1.26 pp
177Estonia flag Estonia7.83% (2024)6.38% (2023)+1.45 pp
178Argentina flag Argentina7.88% (2024)6.14% (2023)+1.74 pp

Source: World Bank. Only countries with complete data (both points within the past 10 years) are shown.