Unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education)

The percentage of the labor force with a basic level of education who are unemployed. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).

📅 2025📏 % of total labor force with basic education17 entries

PalestineSpainCanadaAustriaChileUnited KingdomColombiaBrazilUnited StatesPortugalPakistanCosta RicaDominican RepublicHondurasSouth KoreaPeruEcuador

32.6% – 13.6%8.7% – 7.2%7.0% – 6.3%6.1% – 4.2%3.4% – 1.3%No data

🇵🇸Palestine

32.6%

🇪🇸Spain

15.3%

🇨🇦Canada

15.1%

🇦🇹Austria

13.6%

🇨🇱Chile

8.7%

🇬🇧United Kingdom

8.2%

🇨🇴Colombia

7.2%

🇧🇷Brazil

7.0%

🇺🇸United States

6.6%

🇵🇹Portugal

6.4%

🇵🇰Pakistan

6.3%

🇨🇷Costa Rica

6.1%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

5.2%

🇭🇳Honduras

4.2%

🇰🇷South Korea

3.4%

🇵🇪Peru

3.0%

🇪🇨Ecuador

1.3%

Highlights

As of 2025, Palestine ranks first with 32.6%, followed by Spain (15.3%) and Canada (15.1%).

Palestine is 2.1 times higher than Spain, the runner-up.

Across 17 countries and territories, values run from 32.6% (Palestine) to 1.3% (Ecuador), with a median of 6.6%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from the Americas, 4 from Europe and 1 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education), 2025. Unit: % of total labor force with basic education.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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