1
🇸🇿Eswatini
34.2%
2
🇿🇦South Africa
32.4%
3
🇩🇯Djibouti
26.0%
4
🇧🇼Botswana
24.5%
5
🇬🇦Gabon
20.2%
6
🇨🇬Congo
19.9%
7
🇳🇦Namibia
19.3%
8
🇸🇴Somalia
18.9%
9
🇱🇾Libya
18.8%
10
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
18.0%
11
🇾🇪Yemen
17.3%
12
🇯🇴Jordan
16.5%
13
🇱🇸Lesotho
16.3%
14
🇮🇶Iraq
15.5%
15
🇹🇳Tunisia
15.1%
16
🇭🇹Haiti
14.9%
17
🇦🇴Angola
14.1%
18
🇲🇪Montenegro
13.6%
19
🇸🇾Syria
13.6%
20
🇦🇫Afghanistan
13.4%
21
🇦🇲Armenia
12.9%
22
🇲🇰North Macedonia
12.3%
23
🇬🇪Georgia
12.1%
24
🇬🇾Guyana
12.0%
25
🇨🇻Cape Verde
11.9%
26
🇵🇫French Polynesia
11.7%
27
🇩🇿Algeria
11.6%
28
🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands
11.4%
29
🇷🇼Rwanda
11.4%
30
🇳🇨New Caledonia
11.2%
31
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
11.0%
32
🇦🇱Albania
10.9%
33
🇳🇵Nepal
10.5%
34
🇪🇸Spain
10.4%
35
🇲🇷Mauritania
10.3%
36
🇫🇮Finland
9.5%
37
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
9.5%
38
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
9.3%
39
🇧🇸Bahamas
9.2%
40
🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
9.1%
41
🇲🇦Morocco
9.0%
42
🇨🇱Chile
9.0%
43
🇧🇿Belize
8.9%
44
🇸🇪Sweden
8.7%
45
🇬🇷Greece
8.5%
46
🇹🇷Türkiye
8.5%
47
🇵🇦Panama
8.4%
48
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
8.3%
49
🇪🇪Estonia
8.3%
50
🇮🇷Iran
8.3%
Highlights
As of 2025, Eswatini ranks first with 34.2%, followed by South Africa (32.4%) and Djibouti (26.0%).
Across 181 countries and territories, values run from 34.2% (Eswatini) to 0.1% (Qatar), with a median of 5.1%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Africa and 1 from the Americas.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025. Unit: % of labour force.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026