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World Unemployment Ranking

Compare unemployment by country, including the top and bottom results, Japan's position and country details.

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01GDP per capitaCompare gdp per capita by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.02Nominal GDPCompare nominal gdp by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.03GDP per capita (PPP)Compare gdp per capita (ppp) by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.04Real GDP growthCompare real gdp growth by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.05InflationCompare inflation by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.06UnemploymentCompare unemployment by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.07Youth unemploymentCompare youth unemployment by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.08Average annual working hoursCompare average annual working hours by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.09Average sleep timeCompare average sleep time by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.10Income inequality (Gini index)Compare income inequality (gini index) by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.

01 / RANKING MAP

Compare unemployment across the world.

Compare unemployment by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.

Japan2.5%
Fiji: 5.3%Tanzania: 1.6%Western Sahara: No dataCanada: 6.9%United States: 4.2%Kazakhstan: 4.8%Uzbekistan: 4.6%Papua New Guinea: 2.6%Indonesia: 3.2%Argentina: 7.1%Chile: 9%Congo, Dem. Rep.: 4.4%Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 18.9%Kenya: 5.4%Sudan: 7.5%Chad: 1.1%Haiti: 14.9%Dominican Republic: 5.1%Russian Federation: 2.1%Bahamas, The: 9.2%Falkland Islands: No dataNorway: 4.6%Greenland: No dataFr. S. Antarctic Lands: No dataTimor-Leste: 1.6%South Africa: 32.4%Lesotho: 16.3%Mexico: 2.7%Uruguay: 7.5%Brazil: 6%Bolivia: 3%Peru: 5.1%Colombia: 8.3%Panama: 8.4%Costa Rica: 6.8%Nicaragua: 5%Honduras: 4.9%El Salvador: 3.3%Guatemala: 2.6%Belize: 8.9%Venezuela, RB: 5.3%Guyana: 12%Suriname: 7.8%France: 7.5%Ecuador: 3.3%Puerto Rico (US): 6%Jamaica: 3.3%Cuba: 1.7%Zimbabwe: 9.3%Botswana: 24.5%Namibia: 19.3%Senegal: 2.7%Mali: 2.8%Mauritania: 10.3%Benin: 1.6%Niger: 0.4%Nigeria: 3.1%Cameroon: 3.6%Togo: 2%Ghana: 3%Cote d'Ivoire: 2.3%Guinea: 5.2%Guinea-Bissau: 2.7%Liberia: 2.9%Sierra Leone: 3.2%Burkina Faso: 3.5%Central African Republic: 6.3%Congo, Rep.: 19.9%Gabon: 20.2%Equatorial Guinea: 8.3%Zambia: 5.9%Malawi: 5.1%Mozambique: 6.6%Eswatini: 34.2%Angola: 14.1%Burundi: 0.9%Israel: 3.5%Lebanon: 11%Madagascar: 3%West Bank and Gaza: 24.4%Gambia, The: 6.5%Tunisia: 15.1%Algeria: 11.6%Jordan: 16.5%United Arab Emirates: 2.2%Qatar: 0.1%Kuwait: 2.2%Iraq: 15.5%Oman: 3.3%Vanuatu: 5.1%Cambodia: 0.3%Thailand: 0.8%Lao PDR: 1.2%Myanmar: 3%Viet Nam: 1.5%Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 3.5%Korea, Rep.: 2.7%Mongolia: 5.2%India: 4.2%Bangladesh: 3.8%Bhutan: 3.2%Nepal: 10.5%Pakistan: 5.4%Afghanistan: 13.4%Tajikistan: 6.9%Kyrgyz Republic: 3.5%Turkmenistan: 4.3%Iran, Islamic Rep.: 8.3%Syrian Arab Republic: 13.6%Armenia: 12.9%Sweden: 8.7%Belarus: 3.4%Ukraine: 9.8%Poland: 3%Austria: 5.6%Hungary: 4.5%Moldova: 1.5%Romania: 6%Lithuania: 6.7%Latvia: 6.6%Estonia: 8.3%Germany: 3.7%Bulgaria: 3.5%Greece: 8.5%Turkiye: 8.5%Albania: 10.9%Croatia: 5%Switzerland: 4.9%Luxembourg: 6.3%Belgium: 5.9%Netherlands: 3.9%Portugal: 6.2%Spain: 10.4%Ireland: 4.6%New Caledonia: 11.2%Solomon Islands: 1.4%New Zealand: 5.1%Australia: 4.1%Sri Lanka: 4%China: 4.6%Taiwan: No dataItaly: 6.4%Denmark: 5.5%United Kingdom: 4.7%Iceland: 3.6%Azerbaijan: 5.5%Georgia: 12.1%Philippines: 2.2%Malaysia: 3.8%Brunei Darussalam: 5.3%Slovenia: 3.2%Finland: 9.5%Slovak Republic: 5.4%Czechia: 2.8%Eritrea: 6%Japan: 2.5%Paraguay: 4.8%Yemen, Rep.: 17.3%Saudi Arabia: 3%Antarctica: No dataN. Cyprus: No dataCyprus: 4.9%Morocco: 9%Egypt, Arab Rep.: 6.8%Libya: 18.8%Ethiopia: 3.3%Djibouti: 26%Somaliland: No dataUganda: 2.7%Rwanda: 11.4%Bosnia and Herzegovina: 11%North Macedonia: 12.3%Serbia: 7.1%Montenegro: 13.6%Kosovo: No dataTrinidad and Tobago: 3.3%South Sudan: 12.4%
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02 / ABOUT THIS DATA

How to read the World Unemployment Ranking

Compare unemployment by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 186 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.

Top 3
#1 Eswatini (34.2%), #2 South Africa (32.4%), #3 Djibouti (26%)
Japan’s position
World #163 (2.5%)
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