Unemployment rate (%)

Definition Field Listing Rank Order

Others A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Others

World: 8.4% (2013 est.)
7.5% (2012 est.)
note: 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2007 est.)
European Union: 10.5% (2013 est.)
10.1% (2012)
Taiwan: 4.1% (2013 est.)
4.2% (2012 est.)

A

Afghanistan: 35% (2008 est.)
40% (2005 est.)
Albania: 16.9% (2013 est.)
14.4% (2012 est.)
note: these are official rates that may not include those working at near-subsistence farming
Algeria: 10.3% (2013 est.)
10.7% (2012 est.)
American Samoa: 29.8% (2005)
Andorra: 4% (2012 est.)
1.9% (2011 est.)
Angola: NA%
Anguilla: 8% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda: 11% (2001 est.)
Argentina: 7.5% (2013 est.)
7.2% (2012 est.)
Armenia: 17.3% (2012 est.)
18.4% (2011 est.)
Aruba: 6.9% (2005 est.)
Australia: 5.7% (2013 est.)
5.2% (2012 est.)
Austria: 4.9% (2013 est.)
4.4% (2012 est.)
Azerbaijan: 6% (2013 est.)
5.7% (2012 est.)

B

Bahamas, The: 16.2% (2013 est.)
14% (2012 est.)
Bahrain: 15% (2005 est.)
Bangladesh: 5% (2013 est.)
5% (2012 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: 11.4% (2013 est.)
11.6% (2012 est.)
Belarus: 1% (2009 est.)
1.6% (2005)
note: official registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers
Belgium: 8.8% (2013 est.)
7.6% (2012 est.)
Belize: 15.5% (2013)
11.3% (2012)
Benin: NA%
Bermuda: 8% (2012 est.)
Bhutan: 2.1% (2013)
4% (2009)
Bolivia: 7.4% (2013 est.)
7.5% (2012 est.)
note: data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 44.3% (2013 est.)
44.1% (2012 est.)
note: official rate; actual rate is lower as many technically unemployed persons work in the gray economy
Botswana: 17.8% (2009 est.)
7.5% (2007 est.)
Brazil: 5.7% (2013 est.)
5.5% (2012 est.)
British Virgin Islands: 8.7% (2010 est.)
Brunei: 2.6% (2011)
2.7% (2010)
Bulgaria: 11.6% (2013 est.)
11.1% (2012 est.)
Burkina Faso: 77% (2004)
Burma: 5.2% (2013 est.)
5.4% (2012 est.)
Burundi: NA%

C

Cabo Verde: 21% (2000 est.)
Cambodia: 0% (2011 est.)
0.3% (2010 est.)
Cameroon: 30% (2001 est.)
Canada: 7.1% (2013 est.)
7.3% (2012 est.)
Cayman Islands: 4% (2008)
4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic: 8% (2001 est.)
note: 23% unemployment in the capital, Bangui
Chad: NA%
Chile: 6% (2013 est.)
6.3% (2012 est.)
China: 4.1% (2013 est.)
4.1% (2012 est.)
note: data are for registered urban unemployment, which excludes private enterprises and migrants
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 60% (2000 est.)
Colombia: 9.7% (2013 est.)
10.4% (2012 est.)
Comoros: 20% (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: NA%
Congo, Republic of the: 53% (2012 est.)
Cook Islands: 13.1% (2005)
Costa Rica: 7.9% (2013 est.)
7.8% (2012 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: NA%
Croatia: 21.6% (2013 est.)
19.1% (2012 est.)
Cuba: 4.3% (2013 est.)
3.8% (2012 est.)
note: these are official rates; unofficial estimates are about double the official figures
Curacao: 13% (2013 est.)
9.8% (2011 est.)
Cyprus: 17.4% (2013 est.)
11.9% (2012 est.)
Czech Republic: 7.1% (2013 est.)
7% (2012 est.)

D

Denmark: 6% (2013 est.)
6% (2012 est.)
Djibouti: 59% (2007 est.)
note: data are for urban areas only, unemployment is over 80% in rural areas
Dominica: 23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic: 15% (2013 est.)
14.3% (2012 est.)

E

Ecuador: 4.2% (2013 est.)
4.2% (2011 est.)
Egypt: 13.4% (2013 est.)
12.7% (2012 est.)
El Salvador: 6.3% (2013 est.)
6.1% (2012 est.)
note: data are official rates; but underemployment is high
Equatorial Guinea: 22.3% (2009 est.)
Eritrea: NA%
Estonia: 10.9% (2013 est.)
10.2% (2012 est.)
Ethiopia: 17.5% (2012 est.)
18% (2011 est.)

F

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 4.1% (2010)
Faroe Islands: 6.8% (2011)
5.7% (2010)
Fiji: 7.6% (1999)
Finland: 8.1% (2013 est.)
7.8% (2012 est.)
France: 10.2% (2013 est.)
10.2% (2012 est.)
note: includes overseas territories
French Polynesia: 11.7% (2010)
11.7% (2005)

G

Gabon: 21% (2006 est.)
Gambia, The: NA%
Gaza Strip: 22.5% (2013 est.)
23% (2012 est.)
Georgia: 15% (2013 est.)
15.1% (2011 est.)
Germany: 5.3% (2013 est.)
5.5% (2012 est.)
Ghana: 11% (2000 est.)
Gibraltar: 3% (2005 est.)
Greece: 27.9% (2013 est.)
24.3% (2012 est.)
Greenland: 9.4% (2013 est.)
4.2% (2010 est.)
Grenada: 33.5% (2013)
25% (2008)
Guam: 8.2% (2010 est.)
Guatemala: 4.1% (2011 est.)
3.5% (2010 est.)
Guernsey: 0.9% (March 2006 est.)
Guinea: NA%
Guinea-Bissau: NA%
Guyana: 11% (2007)

H

Haiti: 40.6% (2010 est.)
note: widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs
Honduras: 4.5% (2013 est.)
4.4% (2012 est.)
note: about one-third of the people are underemployed
Hong Kong: 3.1% (2013 est.)
3.3% (2012 est.)
Hungary: 10.5% (2013 est.)
10.7% (2012 est.)

I

Iceland: 4.5% (2013 est.)
5.8% (2012 est.)
India: 8.8% (2013 est.)
8.5% (2012 est.)
Indonesia: 6.6% (2013 est.)
6.1% (2012 est.)
Iran: 16% (2013 est.)
15.5% (2012 est.)
note: data are according to the Iranian Government
Iraq: 16% (2012 est.)
15% (2010 est.)
Ireland: 13.5% (2013 est.)
14.7% (2012 est.)
Isle of Man: 2% (April 2011 est.)
1.8% (October 2010 est.)
Israel: 5.8% (2013 est.)
6.8% (2012 est.)
Italy: 12.4% (2013 est.)
10.7% (2012 est.)

J

Jamaica: 16.3% (2013 est.)
13.7% (2012 est.)
Japan: 4.1% (2013 est.)
4.4% (2012 est.)
Jersey: 1.7% (2012 est.)
2.2% (2006 est.)
Jordan: 14% (2013 est.)
12.5% (2012 est.)
note: official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30%

K

Kazakhstan: 5.3% (2013 est.)
5.3% (2012 est.)
Kenya: 40% (2008 est.)
40% (2001 est.)
Kiribati: 2% (1992 est.)
Korea, North: NA%
Korea, South: 3.2% (2013 est.)
3.2% (2012 est.)
Kosovo: 30.9% (2013 est.)
45% (1)
note: Kosovo has a large informal sector that may not be reflected in these data
Kuwait: 3.4% (2011 est.)
2.9% (2010)
Kyrgyzstan: 8.6% (2011 est.)
18% (2004 est.)

L

Laos: 1.9% (2010 est.)
2.5% (2009 est.)
Latvia: 9.8% (2013 est.)
11.4% (2012 est.)
Lebanon: NA%
Lesotho: 25% (2008 est.)
45% (2002 est.)
Liberia: 85% (2003 est.)
Libya: 30% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein: 2.3% (2012)
2.5% (2011)
Lithuania: 12.4% (2013 est.)
13.2% (2012 est.)
Luxembourg: 4.9% (2013 est.)
6.1% (2012 est.)

M

Macau: 1.8% (2013 est.)
2% (2012 est.)
Macedonia: 28.6% (2013 est.)
31% (2012 est.)
Malawi: NA%
Malaysia: 3.1% (2013 est.)
3% (2012 est.)
Maldives: 28% (2012 est.)
14.5% (2010 est.)
Mali: 30% (2004 est.)
Malta: 6.4% (2013 est.)
6.5% (2012 est.)
Marshall Islands: 36% (2006 est.)
30.9% (2000 est.)
Mauritania: 30% (2008 est.)
20% (2004 est.)
Mauritius: 8.3% (2013 est.)
8.1% (2012 est.)
Mexico: 4.9% (2013 est.)
5.3% (2012 est.)
note: underemployment may be as high as 25%
Micronesia, Federated States of: 22% (2000 est.)
Moldova: 5.8% (2013 est.)
5.6% (2012 est.)
Monaco: 2% (2012)
Mongolia: 9% (2011 est.)
13% (2010)
Montenegro: 19.1% (2012 est.)
11.5% (2011 est.)
Montserrat: 6% (1998 est.)
Morocco: 9.5% (2013 est.)
9% (2012 est.)
Mozambique: 17% (2007 est.)
21% (1997 est.)

N

Namibia: 27.4% (2012 est.)
51.2% (2008 est.)
Nauru: 90% (2004 est.)
Nepal: 46% (2008 est.)
42% (2004 est.)
Netherlands: 8.3% (2013 est.)
6.4% (2012 est.)
New Caledonia: 17.1% (2004)
New Zealand: 6.4% (2013 est.)
6.9% (2012 est.)
Nicaragua: 7.2% (2013 est.)
5.9% (2012 est.)
note: underemployment was 46.5% in 2008
Niger: NA%
Nigeria: 23.9% (2011 est.)
4.9% (2007 est.)
Niue: 12% (2001)
Northern Mariana Islands: 11.2% (2010 est.)
8% (2005 est.)
Norway: 3.6% (2013 est.)
3.2% (2012 est.)

O

Oman: 15% (2004 est.)

P

Pakistan: 6.6% (2013 est.)
6% (2012 est.)
note: substantial underemployment exists
Palau: 4.2% (2005 est.)
Panama: 4.5% (2013 est.)
4.4% (2012 est.)
Papua New Guinea: 1.9% (2008 est.)
1.7% (2004)
Paraguay: 6.6% (2013 est.)
6.9% (2012 est.)
Peru: 3.6% (2012 est.)
3.9% (2011 est.)
note: data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment
Philippines: 7.4% (2013 est.)
7% (2012 est.)
Poland: 10.3% (2013 est.)
10.1% (2012 est.)
Portugal: 16.8% (2013 est.)
15.7% (2012 est.)
Puerto Rico: 16% (2011 est.)
12% (2002 est.)

Q

Qatar: 0.3% (2013 est.)
0.5% (2012 est.)

R

Romania: 7.3% (2013 est.)
6.5% (2012 est.)
Russia: 5.8% (2013 est.)
5.5% (2012 est.)
Rwanda: NA%

S

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: 9.9% (2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 18.8% (2008 est.)
Samoa: NA%
San Marino: 7% (2012)
5.5% (2011)
Sao Tome and Principe: NA%
Saudi Arabia: 10.5% (2013 est.)
10.6% (2012 est.)
note: data are for Saudi males only (local bank estimates; other estimates are as high as 25%)
Senegal: 48% (2007 est.)
Serbia: 20.1% (2013 est.)
22.4% (2012 est.)
Seychelles: 2% (2006 est.)
Sierra Leone: NA%
Singapore: 1.9% (2013 est.)
2% (2012 est.)
Sint Maarten: 12% (2012 est.)
10.6% (2008 est.)
Slovakia: 14.4% (2013 est.)
13.6% (2012 est.)
Slovenia: 13.1% (2013 est.)
12% (2012 est.)
Solomon Islands: NA%
Somalia: NA%
South Africa: 24.9% (2013 est.)
25.1% (2012 est.)
Spain: 26.3% (2013 est.)
25.1% (2012 est.)
Sri Lanka: 5.1% (2013 est.)
4% (2012 est.)
Sudan: 20% (2012 est.)
18.7% (2002 est.)
Suriname: 9% (2008)
12.1% (2006)
Swaziland: 40% (2006 est.)
Sweden: 8.1% (2013 est.)
8% (2012 est.)
Switzerland: 3.2% (2013 est.)
2.9% (2012 est.)
Syria: 17.8% (2013 est.)
18% (2012 est.)

T

Tajikistan: 2.5% (2013 est.)
2.5% (2012 est.)
note: official rates; actual unemployment is much higher
Tanzania: NA%
Thailand: 0.7% (2013 est.)
0.7% (2012 est.)
Timor-Leste: 18.4% (2010 est.)
20% (2006 est.)
Togo: NA%
Tokelau: NA%
Tonga: 13% (FY03/04 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago: 5.9% (2013 est.)
5.6% (2012 est.)
Tunisia: 17.2% (2013 est.)
17.4% (2012 est.)
Turkey: 9.3% (2013 est.)
9.2% (2012 est.)
Turkmenistan: 60% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: 10% (1997 est.)
Tuvalu: NA%

U

Uganda: NA%
Ukraine: 8% (2013 est.)
7.5% (2012 est.)
note: officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers
United Arab Emirates: 2.4% (2001)
United Kingdom: 7.2% (2013 est.)
7.8% (2012 est.)
United States: 7.3% (2013 est.)
8.1% (2012 est.)
Uruguay: 6.5% (2013 est.)
6% (2012 est.)
Uzbekistan: 4.9% (2013 est.)
4.9% (2012 est.)
note: official data, another 20% are underemployed

V

Vanuatu: 1.7% (1999)
Venezuela: 7.9% (2013 est.)
7.8% (2012 est.)
Vietnam: 1.3% (2013 est.)
3.2% (2012 est.)
Virgin Islands: 6.2% (2004)

W

Wallis and Futuna: 12.2% (2008)
West Bank: 22.5% (2013 est.)
23% (2012 est.)
Western Sahara: NA%

X

Y

Yemen: 35% (2003 est.)

Z

Zambia: 15% (2008 est.)
50% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe: 95% (2009 est.)
80% (2005 est.)
note: figures include unemployment and underemployment; true unemployment is unknown and, under current economic conditions, unknowable