WORLD ATLAS
World Unemployment Ranking Map
In the available data, Eswatini has the highest recorded value at 34.2% (rank #1); Japan ranks #163 at 2.5%. Coverage: 186 countries and territories. Reference years: Eswatini 2025; Japan 2025. This is the share of the labor force without work and seeking it, not the share of the whole population.
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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.
Japan, world rank 163 for Unemployment, 2.5%
02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Unemployment ranking map
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%)
- Data period
- latest available year by country (2010–2025)
Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
03 / FULL RANKING
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UnemploymentFull ranking186 countries
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