Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.

📅 2025📏 % of total labor force87 entries

DjiboutiPalestineSpainAngolaFinlandZimbabweChileColombiaTürkiyeGeorgiaFranceSaint LuciaArgentinaBurkina FasoGambiaPakistanLatviaCanadaCosta RicaBrazilMongoliaRwandaBruneiNew ZealandDominican RepublicIrelandSenegalParaguayIndiaNorwayIcelandPeruUnited StatesAustraliaHong KongBhutanCambodiaSingaporeSaudi ArabiaEcuadorGhanaMaltaSouth KoreaSeychellesMexicoBoliviaJapanRussiaVanuatu

38.8% – 7.4%7.4% – 5.8%5.8% – 4.4%4.4% – 3.1%3.0% – 0.6%No data

🇩🇯Djibouti

38.8%

🇵🇸Palestine

28.7%

🇲🇰North Macedonia

11.5%

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

10.7%

🇪🇸Spain

10.5%

🇦🇴Angola

10.4%

🇫🇮Finland

9.6%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

9.2%

🇨🇱Chile

8.9%

🇬🇷Greece

8.8%

🇸🇪Sweden

8.7%

🇨🇴Colombia

8.4%

🇹🇷Türkiye

8.3%

🇵🇦Panama

8.3%

🇬🇪Georgia

8.2%

🇫🇷France

7.7%

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

7.7%

🇪🇪Estonia

7.4%

🇦🇷Argentina

7.4%

🇺🇾Uruguay

7.3%

🇷🇸Serbia

7.3%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

7.1%

🇬🇲Gambia

7.1%

🇵🇰Pakistan

7.0%

🇱🇻Latvia

6.9%

🇱🇹Lithuania

6.9%

🇨🇦Canada

6.8%

🇱🇺Luxembourg

6.5%

🇨🇷Costa Rica

6.3%

🇩🇰Denmark

6.3%

🇧🇪Belgium

6.2%

🇮🇹Italy

6.1%

🇷🇴Romania

6.1%

🇵🇹Portugal

6.0%

🇧🇷Brazil

5.8%

🇦🇹Austria

5.8%

🇵🇷Puerto Rico

5.6%

🇸🇰Slovakia

5.4%

🇲🇳Mongolia

5.4%

🇷🇼Rwanda

5.4%

🇧🇳Brunei

5.4%

🇳🇿New Zealand

5.3%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

5.2%

🇬🇧United Kingdom

4.9%

🇭🇷Croatia

4.9%

🇭🇳Honduras

4.9%

🇨🇭Switzerland

4.8%

🇮🇪Ireland

4.6%

🇸🇳Senegal

4.6%

🇵🇾Paraguay

4.5%

Highlights

As of 2025, Djibouti ranks first with 38.8%, followed by Palestine (28.7%) and North Macedonia (11.5%).

Across 87 countries and territories, values run from 38.8% (Djibouti) to 0.6% (Thailand), with a median of 4.9%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 3 from Africa, 1 from the Americas and 1 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate), 2025. Unit: % of total labor force.

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

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Highlights

As of 2025, Djibouti ranks first with 38.8%, followed by Palestine (28.7%) and North Macedonia (11.5%).

Across 87 countries and territories, values run from 38.8% (Djibouti) to 0.6% (Thailand), with a median of 4.9%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 3 from Africa, 1 from the Americas and 1 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate), 2025. Unit: % of total labor force.