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Unemployment rate
This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.
| Country | Unemployment rate |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
23.9%
(2017 est.)
22.6%
(2016 est.)
|
| Albania |
13.8%
(2017 est.)
15.2%
(2016 est.)
note: these official rates may not include those working at near-subsistence farming |
| Algeria |
11.7%
(2017 est.)
10.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| American Samoa |
29.8%
(2005)
|
| Andorra |
3.7%
(2016 est.)
4.1%
(2015 est.)
|
| Angola |
6.6%
(2016 est.)
|
| Anguilla |
8%
(2002)
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
11%
(2014 est.)
|
| Argentina |
8.4%
(2017 est.)
8.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Armenia |
18.9%
(2017 est.)
18.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Aruba |
7.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Australia |
5.6%
(2017 est.)
5.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Austria |
5.5%
(2017 est.)
6%
(2016 est.)
|
| Azerbaijan |
5%
(2017 est.)
5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Bahamas, The |
10.1%
(2017 est.)
12.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Bahrain |
3.6%
(2017 est.)
3.7%
(2016 est.)
note: official estimate; actual rate is higher |
| Bangladesh |
4.4%
(2017 est.)
4.4%
(2016 est.)
note: about 40% of the population is underemployed; many persons counted as employed work only a few hours a week and at low wages |
| Barbados |
10.1%
(2017 est.)
9.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Belarus |
0.8%
(2017 est.)
1%
(2016 est.)
note: official registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers |
| Belgium |
7.1%
(2017 est.)
7.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Belize |
9%
(2017 est.)
8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Benin |
1%
(2014 est.)
|
| Bermuda |
7%
(2017 est.)
7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Bhutan |
3.2%
(2017 est.)
3.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Bolivia |
4%
(2017 est.)
4%
(2016 est.)
note: data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
20.5%
(2017 est.)
25.4%
(2016 est.)
note: official rate; actual rate is lower as many technically unemployed persons work in the gray economy |
| Botswana |
20%
(2013 est.)
17.8%
(2009 est.)
|
| Brazil |
12.8%
(2017 est.)
11.3%
(2016 est.)
|
| British Virgin Islands |
2.9%
(2015 est.)
|
| Brunei |
6.9%
(2017 est.)
6.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Bulgaria |
6.2%
(2017 est.)
7.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Burkina Faso |
77%
(2004)
|
| Burma |
4%
(2017 est.)
4%
(2016 est.)
|
| Burundi |
NA |
| Cabo Verde |
9%
(2017 est.)
9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Cambodia |
0.3%
(2017 est.)
0.2%
(2016 est.)
note: high underemployment, according to official statistics |
| Cameroon |
4.3%
(2014 est.)
30%
(2001 est.)
|
| Canada |
6.3%
(2017 est.)
7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Cayman Islands |
4%
(2008)
4.4%
(2004)
|
| Central African Republic |
6.9%
(2017 est.)
|
| Chad |
NA |
| Chile |
6.7%
(2017 est.)
6.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| China |
3.9%
(2017 est.)
4%
(2016 est.)
note: data are for registered urban unemployment, which excludes private enterprises and migrants |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
0.1%
(2011)
60%
(2000 est.)
|
| Colombia |
9.3%
(2017 est.)
9.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Comoros |
6.5%
(2014 est.)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
NA |
| Congo, Republic of the |
36%
(2014 est.)
|
| Cook Islands |
13.1%
(2005)
|
| Costa Rica |
8.1%
(2017 est.)
9.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
9.4%
(2013 est.)
|
| Croatia |
12.4%
(2017 est.)
15%
(2016 est.)
|
| Cuba |
2.6%
(2017 est.)
2.4%
(2016 est.)
note: data are official rates; unofficial estimates are about double |
| Curacao |
13%
(2013 est.)
9.8%
(2011 est.)
|
| Cyprus |
11.1%
(2017 est.)
13%
(2016 est.)
|
| Czechia |
2.9%
(2017 est.)
3.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Denmark |
5.7%
(2017 est.)
6.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Djibouti |
40%
(2017 est.)
60%
(2014 est.)
|
| Dominica |
23%
(2000 est.)
|
| Dominican Republic |
5.1%
(2017 est.)
5.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Ecuador |
4.6%
(2017 est.)
5.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Egypt |
12.2%
(2017 est.)
12.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| El Salvador |
7%
(2017 est.)
6.9%
(2016 est.)
note: data are official rates; but underemployment is high |
| Equatorial Guinea |
8.6%
(2014 est.)
22.3%
(2009 est.)
|
| Eritrea |
5.8%
(2017 est.)
10%
(2016 est.)
|
| Estonia |
5.8%
(2017 est.)
6.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Eswatini |
28%
(2014 est.)
28%
(2013 est.)
|
| Ethiopia |
17.5%
(2012 est.)
18%
(2011 est.)
|
| European Union |
8.6%
(2016 est.)
9.4%
(2015 est.)
|
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
1%
(2016 est.)
|
| Faroe Islands |
2.2%
(2017 est.)
3.4%
(2016 est.)
|
| Fiji |
4.5%
(2017 est.)
5.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Finland |
8.5%
(2017 est.)
8.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| France |
9.4%
(2017 est.)
10.1%
(2016 est.)
note: includes overseas territories |
| French Polynesia |
21.8%
(2012)
11.7%
(2010)
|
| Gabon |
28%
(2015 est.)
20.4%
(2014 est.)
|
| Gambia, The |
NA |
| Gaza Strip |
27.9%
(2017 est.)
27%
(2016 est.)
note: data exclude the West Bank |
| Georgia |
NA%
(2017 est.)
11.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Germany |
3.8%
(2017 est.)
4.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Ghana |
11.9%
(2015 est.)
5.2%
(2013 est.)
|
| Gibraltar |
1%
(2016 est.)
|
| Greece |
21.5%
(2017 est.)
23.6%
(2016 est.)
|
| Greenland |
9.1%
(2015 est.)
10.3%
(2014 est.)
|
| Grenada |
24%
(2017 est.)
28.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Guam |
4.5%
(2017 est.)
3.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Guatemala |
2.3%
(2017 est.)
2.4%
(2016 est.)
|
| Guernsey |
1.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Guinea |
2.7%
(2017 est.)
2.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
NA |
| Guyana |
11.1%
(2013)
11.3%
(2012)
|
| Haiti |
40.6%
(2010 est.)
note: widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs |
| Honduras |
5.6%
(2017 est.)
6.3%
(2016 est.)
note: about one-third of the people are underemployed |
| Hong Kong |
3.1%
(2017 est.)
3.4%
(2016 est.)
|
| Hungary |
4.2%
(2017 est.)
5.1%
(2016 est.)
|
| Iceland |
2.8%
(2017 est.)
3%
(2016 est.)
|
| India |
8.5%
(2017 est.)
8.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Indonesia |
5.4%
(2017 est.)
5.6%
(2016 est.)
|
| Iran |
11.8%
(2017 est.)
12.4%
(2016 est.)
note: data are Iranian Government numbers |
| Iraq |
16%
(2012 est.)
15%
(2010 est.)
|
| Ireland |
6.7%
(2017 est.)
8.4%
(2016 est.)
|
| Isle of Man |
1.1%
(2017 est.)
2%
(April 2011 est.)
|
| Israel |
4.2%
(2017 est.)
4.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Italy |
11.3%
(2017 est.)
11.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Jamaica |
12.2%
(2017 est.)
12.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Japan |
2.9%
(2017 est.)
3.1%
(2016 est.)
|
| Jersey |
4%
(2015 est.)
4.6%
(2014 est.)
|
| Jordan |
18.3%
(2017 est.)
15.3%
(2016 est.)
note: official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% |
| Kazakhstan |
5%
(2017 est.)
5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Kenya |
40%
(2013 est.)
40%
(2001 est.)
|
| Kiribati |
30.6%
(2010 est.)
6.1%
(2005)
|
| Korea, North |
25.6%
(2013 est.)
25.5%
(2012 est.)
|
| Korea, South |
3.7%
(2017 est.)
3.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Kosovo |
30.5%
(2017 est.)
27.5%
(2016 est.)
note: Kosovo has a large informal sector that may not be reflected in these data |
| Kuwait |
1.1%
(2017 est.)
1.1%
(2016 est.)
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
7.1%
(2017 est.)
7.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Laos |
0.7%
(2017 est.)
0.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Latvia |
8.7%
(2017 est.)
9.6%
(2016 est.)
|
| Lebanon |
9.7%
(2007)
|
| Lesotho |
28.1%
(2014 est.)
25%
(2008 est.)
|
| Liberia |
2.8%
(2014 est.)
|
| Libya |
30%
(2004 est.)
|
| Liechtenstein |
2.4%
(2015)
2.4%
(2014)
|
| Lithuania |
7.1%
(2017 est.)
7.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Luxembourg |
5.8%
(2017 est.)
6.3%
(2016 est.)
|
| Macau |
2%
(2017 est.)
1.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Madagascar |
1.8%
(2017 est.)
1.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Malawi |
20.4%
(2013 est.)
|
| Malaysia |
3.4%
(2017 est.)
3.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Maldives |
2.9%
(2017 est.)
3.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Mali |
7.9%
(2017 est.)
7.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Malta |
4.6%
(2017 est.)
5.3%
(2016 est.)
|
| Marshall Islands |
36%
(2006 est.)
30.9%
(2000 est.)
|
| Mauritania |
10.2%
(2017 est.)
10.1%
(2016 est.)
|
| Mauritius |
7.1%
(2017 est.)
7.3%
(2016 est.)
|
| Mexico |
3.4%
(2017 est.)
3.9%
(2016 est.)
note: underemployment may be as high as 25% |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
16.2%
(2010 est.)
|
| Moldova |
4.1%
(2017 est.)
4.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Monaco |
2%
(2012)
|
| Mongolia |
8%
(2017 est.)
7.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Montenegro |
16.1%
(2017 est.)
17.1%
(2016 est.)
|
| Montserrat |
5.6%
(2017 est.)
6%
(1998 est.)
|
| Morocco |
10.2%
(2017 est.)
9.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Mozambique |
24.5%
(2017 est.)
25%
(2016 est.)
|
| Namibia |
34%
(2016 est.)
28.1%
(2014 est.)
|
| Nauru |
23%
(2011 est.)
90%
(2004 est.)
|
| Nepal |
3%
(2017 est.)
3.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Netherlands |
4.9%
(2017 est.)
6%
(2016 est.)
|
| New Caledonia |
14.7%
(2014)
14%
(2009)
|
| New Zealand |
4.7%
(2017 est.)
5.1%
(2016 est.)
|
| Nicaragua |
6.4%
(2017 est.)
6.2%
(2016 est.)
note: underemployment was 46.5% in 2008 |
| Niger |
0.3%
(2017 est.)
0.3%
(2016 est.)
|
| Nigeria |
16.5%
(2017 est.)
13.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Niue |
12%
(2001)
|
| North Macedonia |
22.4%
(2017 est.)
23.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Northern Mariana Islands |
11.2%
(2010 est.)
8%
(2005 est.)
|
| Norway |
4.2%
(2017 est.)
4.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Oman |
NA |
| Pakistan |
6%
(2017 est.)
6%
(2016 est.)
note: Pakistan has substantial underemployment |
| Palau |
1.7%
(2015 est.)
4.1%
(2012)
|
| Panama |
6%
(2017 est.)
5.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Papua New Guinea |
2.5%
(2017 est.)
2.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Paraguay |
5.7%
(2017 est.)
6%
(2016 est.)
|
| Peru |
6.9%
(2017 est.)
6.7%
(2016 est.)
note: data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment |
| Philippines |
5.7%
(2017 est.)
5.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Poland |
4.9%
(2017 est.)
6.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Portugal |
8.9%
(2017 est.)
11.1%
(2016 est.)
|
| Puerto Rico |
10.8%
(2017 est.)
11.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Qatar |
8.9%
(2017 est.)
11.1%
(2016 est.)
|
| Romania |
4.9%
(2017 est.)
5.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Russia |
5.2%
(2017 est.)
5.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Rwanda |
2.7%
(2014 est.)
|
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
14%
(1998 est.)
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
4.5%
(1997)
|
| Saint Lucia |
20%
(2003 est.)
|
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
8.7%
(2015 est.)
9.9%
(2008 est.)
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
18.8%
(2008 est.)
|
| Samoa |
5.2%
(2017 est.)
5.5%
(2016 est.)
NA |
| San Marino |
8.1%
(2017 est.)
8.6%
(2016 est.)
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
12.2%
(2017 est.)
12.6%
(2016 est.)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
6%
(2017 est.)
5.6%
(2016 est.)
note: data are for total population; unemployment among Saudi nationals is more than double |
| Senegal |
48%
(2007 est.)
|
| Serbia |
14.1%
(2017 est.)
15.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Seychelles |
3%
(2017 est.)
2.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Sierra Leone |
15%
(2017 est.)
17.2%
(2016 est.)
|
| Singapore |
2.2%
(2017 est.)
2.1%
(2016 est.)
|
| Sint Maarten |
12%
(2012 est.)
10.6%
(2008 est.)
|
| Slovakia |
8.1%
(2017 est.)
9.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Slovenia |
6.6%
(2017 est.)
8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Solomon Islands |
NA |
| Somalia |
NA |
| South Africa |
27.5%
(2017 est.)
26.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Spain |
17.2%
(2017 est.)
19.6%
(2016 est.)
|
| Sri Lanka |
4.4%
(2017 est.)
4.4%
(2016 est.)
|
| Sudan |
19.6%
(2017 est.)
20.6%
(2016 est.)
|
| Suriname |
8.9%
(2017 est.)
9.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Sweden |
6.7%
(2017 est.)
7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Switzerland |
3.2%
(2017 est.)
3.3%
(2016 est.)
|
| Syria |
50%
(2017 est.)
50%
(2016 est.)
|
| Taiwan |
3.8%
(2017 est.)
3.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Tajikistan |
2.4%
(2016 est.)
2.5%
(2015 est.)
note: official rate; actual unemployment is much higher |
| Tanzania |
10.3%
(2014 est.)
|
| Thailand |
0.7%
(2017 est.)
0.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Timor-Leste |
4.4%
(2014 est.)
3.9%
(2010 est.)
|
| Togo |
6.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Tokelau |
NA |
| Tonga |
1.1%
(2011 est.)
1.1%
(2006)
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
4.9%
(2017 est.)
4%
(2016 est.)
|
| Tunisia |
15.5%
(2017 est.)
15.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Turkey |
10.9%
(2017 est.)
10.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Turkmenistan |
11%
(2014 est.)
10.6%
(2013)
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
10%
(1997 est.)
|
| Tuvalu |
NA |
| Uganda |
9.4%
(2014 est.)
|
| Ukraine |
9.2%
(2017 est.)
9.3%
(2016 est.)
note: officially registered workers; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers |
| United Arab Emirates |
1.6%
(2016 est.)
3.6%
(2014 est.)
|
| United Kingdom |
4.4%
(2017 est.)
4.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| United States |
4.4%
(2017 est.)
4.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Uruguay |
7.6%
(2017 est.)
7.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Uzbekistan |
5%
(2017 est.)
5.1%
(2016 est.)
note: official data; another 20% are underemployed |
| Vanuatu |
1.7%
(1999 est.)
|
| Venezuela |
27.1%
(2017 est.)
20.6%
(2016 est.)
|
| Vietnam |
2.2%
(2017 est.)
2.3%
(2016 est.)
|
| Virgin Islands |
10.4%
(2017 est.)
11%
(2016 est.)
|
| Wallis and Futuna |
8.8%
(2013 est.)
12.2%
(2008 est.)
|
| West Bank |
27.9%
(2017 est.)
27%
(2016 est.)
note: excludes Gaza Strip |
| Western Sahara |
NA |
| World |
7.7%
(2017 est.)
7.5%
(2016 est.)
note: combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2007 est.) |
| Yemen |
27%
(2014 est.)
35%
(2003 est.)
|
| Zambia |
15%
(2008 est.)
50%
(2000 est.)
|
| Zimbabwe |
11.3%
(2014 est.)
80%
(2005 est.)
note: data include both unemployment and underemployment; true unemployment is unknown and, under current economic conditions, unknowable |