๐Ÿ“‰ Highest Unemployment

Share of the labour force without work (ILO estimate).

๐Ÿ“… 2025๐Ÿ“ % of labour force181 entries
1
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini
34.2%
2
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa
32.4%
3
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti
26.0%
4
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana
24.5%
5
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon
20.2%
6
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo
19.9%
7
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia
19.3%
8
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia
18.9%
9
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya
18.8%
10
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
18.0%
11
๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen
17.3%
12
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan
16.5%
13
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho
16.3%
14
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq
15.5%
15
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia
15.1%
16
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti
14.9%
17
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola
14.1%
18
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro
13.6%
19
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyria
13.6%
20
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan
13.4%
21
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia
12.9%
22
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia
12.3%
23
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia
12.1%
24
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana
12.0%
25
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCape Verde
11.9%
26
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia
11.7%
27
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria
11.6%
28
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands
11.4%
29
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda
11.4%
30
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia
11.2%
31
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina
11.0%
32
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania
10.9%
33
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal
10.5%
34
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain
10.4%
35
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania
10.3%
36
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland
9.5%
37
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia
9.5%
38
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe
9.3%
39
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas
9.2%
40
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe
9.1%
41
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco
9.0%
42
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile
9.0%
43
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize
8.9%
44
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden
8.7%
45
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece
8.5%
46
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye
8.5%
47
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama
8.4%
48
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea
8.3%
49
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia
8.3%
50
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran
8.3%

Source: World Bank Open Data โ€” Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) ยท CC BY 4.0 ยท fetched Oct 13, 2026