Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, total (% of total labor force in working age) by country

Countries reporting
111
Highest
0.4%
Kosovo
Lowest
0.0%
Niger
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,633

What the numbers show

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, total (% of total labor force in working age) is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 0.4% in Kosovo; the lowest is 0.0% in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 111.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 616.4%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 95.4%).

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kosovo 0.4% 2017 up 1.8% falling
1 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% 2017 up 1.8% falling
3 Georgia 0.4% 2020 up 108.3% rising
4 South Africa 0.3% 2020 up 18.4% falling
5 Djibouti 0.3% 2017 down 46.5% falling
6 Albania 0.3% 2019 up 106.8% rising
7 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2018 up 429.5% volatile
8 Gambia 0.3% 2020 up 254.2% volatile
9 Greece 0.3% 2016 up 142.7% rising
10 Croatia 0.2% 2016 down 17.2% falling
11 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 98.5% rising
12 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 283.9% volatile
13 Jordan 0.2% 2016 down 4.0% flat
14 Montenegro 0.2% 2010 up 73.2% rising
15 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 299.0% volatile
16 Namibia 0.2% 2015 up 24.2% flat
17 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 36.1% rising
18 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 67.3% rising
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2% 2019 down 41.1% flat
20 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 up 85.5% falling
21 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 58.8% rising
22 North Macedonia 0.2% 2020 down 48.5% falling
23 Slovenia 0.2% 2016 up 17.6% rising
24 Ukraine 0.2% 2014 down 23.1% falling
25 Puerto Rico 0.2% 2005 down 18.6% volatile
26 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 down 42.0% falling
27 Brazil 0.1% 2021 up 107.7% rising
28 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 26.7% flat
29 Türkiye 0.1% 2019 down 2.1% rising
30 Finland 0.1% 2016 up 39.3% falling
31 Serbia 0.1% 2018 down 31.4% falling
32 Morocco 0.1% 2013 up 15.4% falling
33 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 247.5% volatile
34 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 71.1% falling
35 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 up 18.2% rising
36 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 up 43.5% rising
37 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 up 0.1% falling
38 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 15.2% rising
39 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 161.4% falling
40 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 down 50.0% falling
41 France 0.1% 2016 up 5.4% flat
42 Belgium 0.1% 2016 down 16.2% rising
43 Russian Federation 0.1% 2016 up 442.5% volatile
44 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 10.1% rising
45 Belize 0.1% 1999 up 65.5% rising
46 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1% 2006 down 9.2% rising
47 Austria 0.1% 2016 up 14.7% rising
48 Germany 0.1% 2011 up 8.1% flat
49 Armenia 0.1% 2020 down 63.9% falling
50 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 up 35.2% falling
51 Mongolia 0.1% 2021 up 95.1% rising
52 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 9.1% flat
53 Czechia 0.1% 2016 down 35.2% rising
54 Mauritius 0.1% 2017 down 6.0% falling
55 Egypt 0.1% 2019 down 7.6% rising
56 Argentina 0.1% 2021 up 5.8% rising
57 India 0.1% 2019 up 141.9% rising
58 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 up 65.7% rising
59 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 402.2% volatile
60 Sweden 0.1% 2016 up 37.5% rising
61 Estonia 0.1% 2016 down 3.4% falling
62 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2011 down 32.8% falling
63 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 down 53.9% falling
64 Denmark 0.1% 2016 up 27.2% falling
65 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 14.6% falling
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2021 up 146.4% rising
67 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2021 up 54.4% falling
68 Paraguay 0.1% 2021 up 11.1% falling
69 Honduras 0.1% 2019 up 80.2% rising
70 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 up 78.4% falling
71 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 down 13.6% falling
72 Australia 0.1% 2015 up 19.7% flat
73 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 616.4% volatile
74 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 down 17.6% volatile
75 Philippines 0.1% 2019 down 32.0% falling
76 Kenya 0.1% 2019 down 46.1% falling
77 Peru 0.0% 2021 up 42.1% falling
78 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2013 down 3.4% volatile
79 Bangladesh 0.0% 2016 up 15.0% rising
80 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 down 8.2% falling
81 Norway 0.0% 2016 up 40.8% flat
82 Belarus 0.0% 2010 up 183.9% volatile
83 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0% 2016 up 10.5% falling
84 Ecuador 0.0% 2021 down 7.8% falling
85 United States 0.0% 2018 down 62.1% rising
86 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 248.0% rising
87 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 22.6% falling
88 Nigeria 0.0% 2018 down 57.6% volatile
89 Malta 0.0% 2016 down 49.7% falling
90 Iceland 0.0% 2015 up 78.7% volatile
91 Mexico 0.0% 2020 down 35.1% falling
92 Indonesia 0.0% 2019 down 36.1% rising
93 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 up 28.8% flat
94 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 77.5% rising
95 Ghana 0.0% 2016 down 35.6% volatile
96 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 up 18.3% volatile
97 Uganda 0.0% 2016 up 50.4% rising
98 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2015 down 32.3% falling
99 Guinea 0.0% 2018 up 68.7% falling
100 Nepal 0.0% 2014 up 10.1% falling
101 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2009 up 225.0% rising
102 Tajikistan 0.0% 2013 down 45.1% volatile
103 China 0.0% 2013 down 64.6% volatile
104 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 down 50.9% rising
105 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 down 74.8% volatile
106 Cambodia 0.0% 2012 down 37.0% falling
107 Thailand 0.0% 2021 up 204.2% rising
108 Senegal 0.0% 2018 down 91.2% volatile
109 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 52.7% volatile
110 Togo 0.0% 2018 down 89.1% volatile
111 Niger 0.0% 2018 down 95.4% volatile

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Indicator
Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, total (% of total labor force in working age)
Unit
% of total labor force in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
111 places, 1,633 data points, 1970–2021
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