Unemployment is a situation in which the able-bodied people who are looking for a job cannot find a job. The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labour force. With about 7% of the world’s population being jobless, unemployment is one of the major challenges that face many countries. According to the CIA World Factbook, Zimbabwe tops the list with 95% of its workforce being jobless.
Here is the list of countries by their unemployment rates in the world.
Rank | Country | Unemployment rate |
1 | Zimbabwe | 95% |
2 | Burkina Faso | 77% |
3 | Djibouti | 60% |
4 | Syria | 50% |
5 | Senegal | 48% |
6 | Haiti | 41% |
7 | Kenya | 40% |
8 | Republic of the Congo | 36% |
9 | Afghanistan | 35% |
10 | Grenada | 34% |
11 | Kiribati | 31% |
12 | Libya | 30% |
13 | Lesotho | 28% |
14 | Namibia | 28% |
15 | Swaziland | 28% |
16 | Gabon | 28% |
17 | South Africa | 28% |
18 | Yemen | 27% |
19 | Venezuela | 26% |
20 | North Korea | 26% |
21 | Macedonia | 23% |
22 | Nauru | 23% |
23 | Dominica | 23% |
24 | Mozambique | 22% |
25 | Greece | 22% |
26 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21% |
27 | Malawi | 20% |
28 | Botswana | 20% |
29 | Saint Lucia | 20% |
30 | Sudan | 20% |
31 | Armenia | 19% |
32 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19% |
33 | Ethiopia | 18% |
34 | Montenegro | 17% |
35 | Spain | 17% |
36 | Jordan | 17% |
37 | Iraq | 16% |
38 | Serbia | 16% |
39 | Oman | 15% |
40 | Zambia | 15% |
41 | New Caledonia | 15% |
42 | Albania | 14% |
43 | Croatia | 14% |
44 | Nigeria | 13% |
45 | Brazil | 13% |
46 | Tunisia | 13% |
47 | Iran | 12% |
48 | Jamaica | 12% |
49 | Egypt | 12% |
50 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 12% |
51 | Ghana | 12% |
52 | Algeria | 12% |
53 | Mauritania | 12% |
54 | Puerto Rico | 12% |
55 | Georgia | 12% |
56 | Italy | 11% |
57 | Turkey | 11% |
58 | Guyana | 11% |
59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11% |
60 | Turkmenistan | 11% |
61 | Tanzania | 10% |
62 | Belize | 10% |
63 | Bahamas, The | 10% |
64 | Barbados | 10% |
65 | Portugal | 10% |
66 | France | 10% |
67 | Ukraine | 10% |
68 | Uganda | 9% |
69 | Cote d’Ivoire | 9% |
70 | Morocco | 9% |
71 | Colombia | 9% |
72 | Greenland | 9% |
73 | Suriname | 9% |
74 | Sierra Leone | 9% |
75 | Latvia | 9% |
76 | Cape Verde | 9% |
77 | India | 9% |
78 | Finland | 9% |
79 | Equatorial Guinea | 9% |
80 | Eritrea | 9% |
81 | Estonia | 8% |
82 | Costa Rica | 8% |
83 | Argentina | 8% |
84 | Slovakia | 8% |
85 | Mali | 8% |
86 | Mongolia | 8% |
87 | Central African Republic | 8% |
88 | San Marino | 8% |
89 | Belgium | 8% |
90 | Kyrgyzstan | 7% |
91 | Uruguay | 7% |
92 | Lithuania | 7% |
93 | Chile | 7% |
94 | El Salvador | 7% |
95 | Brunei | 7% |
96 | Mauritius | 7% |
97 | Togo | 7% |
98 | Slovenia | 7% |
99 | Peru | 7% |
100 | Bulgaria | 7% |
101 | Sweden | 7% |
102 | Comoros | 7% |
103 | Canada | 7% |
104 | Paraguay | 7% |
105 | Nicaragua | 7% |
106 | Ireland | 6% |
107 | Azerbaijan | 6% |
108 | Pakistan | 6% |
109 | Philippines | 6% |
110 | Luxembourg | 6% |
111 | Honduras | 6% |
112 | Denmark | 6% |
113 | Australia | 6% |
114 | Saudi Arabia | 6% |
115 | Dominican Republic | 6% |
116 | Fiji | 6% |
117 | Panama | 6% |
118 | Russia | 6% |
119 | Indonesia | 5% |
120 | Austria | 5% |
121 | Romania | 5% |
122 | Netherlands | 5% |
123 | Ecuador | 5% |
124 | Kazakhstan | 5% |
125 | New Zealand | 5% |
126 | Uzbekistan | 5% |
127 | Poland | 5% |
128 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5% |
129 | United States | 4% |
130 | United Kingdom | 4% |
131 | East Timor | 4% |
132 | Malta | 4% |
133 | Hungary | 4% |
134 | Israel | 4% |
135 | Moldova | 4% |
136 | Cameroon | 4% |
137 | Bangladesh | 4% |
138 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 4% |
139 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4% |
140 | Cayman Islands | 4% |
141 | Sri Lanka | 4% |
142 | China | 4% |
143 | Bolivia | 4% |
144 | Burma | 4% |
145 | Norway | 4% |
146 | Korea, South | 4% |
147 | Bahrain | 4% |
148 | Germany | 4% |
149 | Taiwan | 4% |
150 | Andorra | 4% |
151 | Mexico | 4% |
152 | United Arab Emirates | 4% |
153 | Malaysia | 3% |
154 | Nepal | 3% |
155 | Bhutan | 3% |
156 | Switzerland | 3% |
157 | Seychelles | 3% |
158 | Japan | 3% |
159 | Czech Republic | 3% |
160 | Guinea | 3% |
161 | Iceland | 3% |
162 | Liberia | 3% |
163 | Rwanda | 3% |
164 | Niger | 3% |
165 | Hong Kong | 3% |
166 | Papua New Guinea | 3% |
167 | Liechtenstein | 2% |
168 | Guatemala | 2% |
169 | Tajikistan | 2% |
170 | Vietnam | 2% |
171 | Singapore | 2% |
172 | Cuba | 2% |
173 | Kuwait | 2% |
174 | Madagascar | 2% |
175 | Macau | 2% |
176 | Monaco | 2% |
177 | Vanuatu | 2% |
178 | Palau | 2% |
179 | Laos | 2% |
180 | Tonga | 1% |
181 | Benin | 1% |
182 | Belarus | 1% |
183 | Thailand | 1% |
184 | Qatar | 1% |
185 | Cambodia | 0% |
