Unemployment rate, 2021 (🏭 Labour)

Which countries have the highest unemployment rates?

Total unemployed Male Female
1
 South Africa   28.5   26.8   30.5
2
 Lesotho   23.9   20.3   28.1
3
 Eswatini   22.2   20.7   24.0
4
 Namibia   19.8   20.9   18.5
5
 Gabon   19.6   14.1   28.0
6
 Armenia   18.8   17.7   20.3
7
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   18.6   20.1   16.6
8
 Libya   18.3   15.4   24.1
9
 Greece   17.3   14.0   21.6
10
 North Macedonia   17.3   16.5   18.4
11
 Botswana   17.2   14.1   20.5
12
 Jordan   16.9   15.3   23.8
13
 Sudan   16.8   11.4   28.8
14
 Bosnia and Herzegovina   15.7   13.6   18.7
15
 Saint Lucia   15.6   14.1   17.2
16
 Montenegro   15.1   14.7   15.7
17
 Tunisia   15.1   12.4   22.4
18
 Spain   14.1   12.5   16.0
19
 Guyana   13.9   12.3   16.5
20
 Turkey   13.7   12.3   16.4
21
 Haiti   13.5   10.9   16.2
22
 Sao Tome and Principe   13.1   8.8   20.5
23
 Yemen   12.9   11.8   25.2
24
 Iraq   12.8   10.0   30.6
25
 Somalia   12.8   12.7   13.2
26
 Cabo Verde   12.1   12.6   11.5
27
 South Sudan   12.0   10.9   13.2
28
 Brazil   11.9   10.2   14.1
29
 Zambia   11.9   10.8   13.1
30
 Algeria   11.8   9.7   20.4
31
 Georgia   11.6   12.8   10.1
32
 Albania   11.5   11.6   11.3
33
 Costa Rica   11.5   9.1   15.0
34
 Iran   11.1   9.5   18.1
35
 Afghanistan   11.0   10.2   13.8
36
 Djibouti   11.0   10.8   11.3
37
 Serbia   10.4   9.8   11.1
38
 The Bahamas   10.1   10.1   10.1
39
 Barbados   10.1   9.9   10.3
40
 Mauritania   10.1   9.5   11.5
41
 Colombia   10.0   7.9   12.8
42
 Italy   10.0   9.1   11.1
43
 Argentina   9.8   9.2   10.7
44
 Egypt   9.7   6.7   21.3
45
 Congo   9.6   9.0   10.2
46
 Uruguay   9.4   7.7   11.3
47
 Morocco   9.0   8.5   10.5
48
 The Gambia   8.9   6.5   12.0
49
 Nigeria   8.5   9.4   7.5
50
 France   8.4   8.5   8.4
51
 Samoa   8.2   7.4   9.8
52
 Syria   8.2   5.7   20.4
53
 Ukraine   8.2   8.5   7.9
54
 Equatorial Guinea   7.9   7.9   8.1
55
 Comoros   7.7   6.3   10.0
56
 Jamaica   7.7   5.8   9.9
57
 Chile   7.3   6.8   8.0
58
 Mali   7.2   6.5   8.2
59
 Venezuela   7.2   6.8   7.7
60
 Cyprus   7.1   6.3   8.0
61
 Angola   6.9   6.6   7.2
62
 Suriname   6.9   4.2   11.3
63
 Sweden   6.8   6.7   7.0
64
 Finland   6.7   7.2   6.2
65
 Kyrgyzstan   6.7   5.5   8.7
66
 Tajikistan   6.7   7.5   5.2
67
 Croatia   6.6   6.2   7.2
68
 Paraguay   6.6   5.4   8.3
69
 Belize   6.5   4.4   9.7
70
 Portugal   6.5   5.8   7.1
71
 Senegal   6.5   6.1   7.0
72
 Dominican Republic   6.4   4.1   9.6
73
 Mauritius   6.4   4.4   9.4
74
 Eritrea   6.3   6.2   6.5
75
 Latvia   6.3   7.2   5.4
76
 Lithuania   6.3   7.0   5.5
77
 Saudi Arabia   6.1   3.0   23.0
78
 Lebanon   6.0   4.8   9.8
79
 The Maldives   5.8   6.0   5.2
80
 Slovakia   5.8   5.6   6.0
81
 Canada   5.7   6.0   5.3
82
 Honduras   5.6   4.6   7.1
83
 Luxembourg   5.6   5.6   5.5
84
 Malawi   5.6   4.7   6.5
85
 Uzbekistan   5.6   5.7   5.5
86
 Belgium   5.4   5.7   4.9
87
 India   5.3   5.3   5.2
88
 Mongolia   5.3   5.8   4.8
89
 Australia   5.2   5.2   5.1
90
 Moldova   5.1   5.8   4.4
91
 Nicaragua   5.1   5.1   5.2
92
 Denmark   5.0   4.8   5.3
93
 Zimbabwe   5.0   4.5   5.6
94
 Ireland   4.9   5.2   4.7
95
 Azerbaijan   4.8   4.0   5.7
96
 Kazakhstan   4.8   4.3   5.3
97
 Belarus   4.7   5.9   3.5
98
 Panama   4.7   4.0   5.8
99
 Burkina Faso   4.6   4.7   4.5
100
 China   4.6   5.1   4.0
101
 Russia   4.6   4.8   4.4
102
 Austria   4.5   4.6   4.3
103
 Estonia   4.4   4.1   4.8
104
 Sierra Leone   4.4   5.1   3.6
105
 Slovenia   4.4   4.0   5.0
106
 Switzerland   4.4   4.1   4.7
107
 Timor-Leste   4.4   3.1   6.0
108
 Sri Lanka   4.3   2.9   6.9
109
 Bangladesh   4.2   3.2   6.6
110
 Bulgaria   4.2   4.5   3.9
111
 The Democratic Republic of the Congo   4.1   5.0   3.2
112
 Fiji   4.1   3.5   5.3
113
 Ghana   4.1   4.0   4.3
114
 Guinea   4.1   5.3   3.2
115
 New Zealand   4.1   3.8   4.4
116
 Central African Republic   4.0   3.9   4.2
117
 El Salvador   4.0   4.1   3.7
118
 Pakistan   4.0   3.9   4.3
119
 Romania   3.9   4.3   3.4
120
 Ecuador   3.8   3.3   4.6
121
 Israel   3.8   3.7   3.9
122
 Norway   3.7   3.9   3.4
123
 South Korea   3.7   3.9   3.6
124
 Turkmenistan   3.7   4.9   2.0
125
 United Kingdom   3.7   3.9   3.5
126
 The USA   3.7   3.7   3.6
127
 Indonesia   3.6   3.8   3.4
128
 Togo   3.6   4.5   2.7
129
 Bolivia   3.5   3.4   3.5
130
 Iceland   3.5   3.9   3.1
131
 Mexico   3.5   3.5   3.5
132
 Trinidad and Tobago   3.5   3.5   3.5
133
 Hungary   3.4   3.4   3.5
134
 Malta   3.4   3.2   3.6
135
 The Netherlands   3.4   3.4   3.4
136
 Cameroon   3.3   2.9   3.8
137
 Malaysia   3.3   3.1   3.6
138
 Poland   3.3   3.0   3.6
139
 Côte d`Ivoire   3.2   2.8   3.8
140
 Mozambique   3.2   2.8   3.5
141
 Germany   3.1   3.5   2.7
142
 Singapore   3.1   3.1   3.2
143
 Peru   3.0   2.8   3.3
144
 Tonga   3.0   2.6   3.6
145
 Liberia   2.9   3.5   2.2
146
 Guinea-Bissau   2.8   2.8   2.8
147
 Nepal   2.8   3.0   2.7
148
 Kenya   2.6   2.4   2.8
149
 North Korea   2.6   3.0   2.2
150
 Guatemala   2.4   1.8   3.4
151
 Japan   2.4   2.5   2.2
152
 Kuwait   2.4   1.2   6.1
153
 Papua New Guinea   2.4   3.4   1.3
154
 Benin   2.3   2.2   2.5
155
 Bhutan   2.3   1.7   3.0
156
 United Arab Emirates   2.3   1.4   6.3
157
 Philippines   2.2   2.0   2.5
158
 Czechia   2.0   1.7   2.4
159
 Ethiopia   2.0   1.5   2.7
160
 Tanzania   2.0   1.5   2.5
161
 Vietnam   2.0   2.1   2.0
162
 Chad   1.9   2.0   1.9
163
 Oman   1.8   0.8   7.4
164
 Cuba   1.7   1.6   1.8
165
 Madagascar   1.7   1.6   1.7
166
 Uganda   1.7   1.2   2.2
167
 Vanuatu   1.7   1.9   1.4
168
 Bahrain   1.6   0.7   4.8
169
 Burundi   1.4   1.9   1.0
170
 Rwanda   1.0   0.9   1.0
171
 Thailand   0.7   0.7   0.7
172
 Solomon Islands   0.6   0.6   0.6
173
 Myanmar   0.5   0.4   0.6
174
 Niger   0.5   0.5   0.4
175
 Cambodia   0.1   0.1   0.2
176
 Qatar   0.1   0.1   0.4