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Unemployment male percentage of male 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.Source:
#Flag
Country
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate)Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate)Year
1
Lesotho
32.54%
2008
2
Equatorial Guinea
28.05%
1983
3
Kosovo
26.15%
2016
4
South Africa
25.15%
2018
5
Angola
23.65%
2014
6
Republic of Macedonia
22.74%
2017
7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
22.6%
2001
8
Namibia
21.78%
2016
9
Swaziland
21.03%
2016
10
Saint Lucia
19.39%
2016
11
Bosnia and Herzegovina
18.82%
2017
12
Greece
17.82%
2017
13
Libya
15.88%
2012
14
Rwanda
15.7%
2017
15
Spain
15.66%
2017
16
Montenegro
15.38%
2017
17
Georgia
15.01%
2017
18
Albania
14.61%
2017
19
Botswana
14.59%
2010
20
Gabon
14.42%
2010
21
Armenia
14.37%
2013
22
Puerto Rico
13.8%
2015
23
New Caledonia
13.74%
2014
24
Jordan
13.32%
2016
25
Tunisia
12.39%
2017
26
Sudan
12.37%
2011
27
Yemen
12.34%
2014
28
Serbia
11.96%
2018
29
Dominica
11.92%
2001
30
Guam
11.9%
2012
31
Kiribati
11.87%
2015
32
Cape Verde
11.82%
2017
33
Haiti
11.5%
2012
34
South Sudan
11.17%
2008
35
The Bahamas
11.1%
2016
36
Ukraine
11.1%
2017
37
São Tomé and Príncipe
11.05%
2006
38
French Polynesia
11%
2007
39
Zambia
10.88%
2017
40
Cyprus
10.86%
2017
41
Brazil
10.84%
2018
42
Laos
10.75%
2017
43
Croatia
10.61%
2017
44
Samoa
10.61%
2017
45
Grenada
10.57%
1998
46
Afghanistan
10.37%
2017
47
Italy
10.34%
2017
48
Iraq
10.26%
2017
49
Iran
10.19%
2017
50
Nauru
10.03%
2013
51
Kenya
9.9%
2009
52
Guyana
9.88%
2017
53
Bermuda
9.8%
2014
54
Latvia
9.76%
2017
55
Northern Mariana Islands
9.66%
2010
56
France
9.45%
2017
57
Republic of the Congo
9.4%
2012
58
Turkey
9.37%
2017
59
Barbados
9.26%
2016
60
Greenland
8.9%
2015
61
Finland
8.87%
2017
62
Morocco
8.81%
2016
63
Brunei
8.8%
2017
64
Aruba
8.6%
2011
65
Costa Rica
8.59%
2011
66
Lithuania
8.5%
2017
67
Mauritania
8.46%
2012
68
Portugal
8.41%
2017
69
Egypt
8.22%
2017
70
Algeria
8.18%
2016
71
Uganda
8.07%
2017
72
Antigua and Barbuda
8.04%
2001
73
Slovakia
7.9%
2017
74
Gibraltar
7.74%
1991
75
Argentina
7.51%
2017
76
Zimbabwe
7.3%
2014
77
Belarus
7.23%
2017
78
Colombia
7.15%
2018
79
Belgium
7.11%
2017
80
Republic of Ireland
7.06%
2017
81
Ghana
7.04%
2015
82
Mongolia
6.98%
2017
83
Sweden
6.97%
2017
84
Jamaica
6.76%
2018
85
Gambia
6.73%
2012
86
Chile
6.69%
2018
87
Uruguay
6.56%
2017
88
Maldives
6.43%
2016
89
Senegal
6.39%
2015
90
Bulgaria
6.35%
2017
91
Venezuela
6.27%
2012
92
Syria
6.23%
2010
93
Estonia
6.19%
2017
94
Canada
6.14%
2018
95
Austria
5.91%
2017
96
Saint Kitts And Nevis
5.86%
2001
97
Slovenia
5.77%
2017
98
Guinea
5.71%
2002
99
Romania
5.6%
2017
100
Kyrgyzstan
5.59%
2017
101
Sierra Leone
5.58%
2014
102
Denmark
5.57%
2017
103
Peru
5.55%
2018
104
Luxembourg
5.54%
2017
105
Australia
5.52%
2017
106
Federated States of Micronesia
5.37%
2014
107
Russia
5.36%
2017
108
Democratic Republic Of Congo
5.32%
2012
109
Turkmenistan
5.3%
2010
110
Paraguay
5.29%
2018
111
Lebanon
5.02%
2009
112
American Samoa
4.88%
2000
113
Poland
4.87%
2017
114
Marshall Islands
4.87%
2011
115
El Salvador
4.65%
2017
116
Tuvalu
4.64%
2016
117
Mauritius
4.64%
2017
118
Belize
4.59%
2017
119
Norway
4.58%
2017
120
Monaco
4.58%
2016
121
Kazakhstan
4.57%
2013
122
Switzerland
4.57%
2017
123
Malta
4.51%
2017
124
Netherlands
4.48%
2017
125
United Kingdom
4.44%
2017
126
Suriname
4.38%
2015
127
Malawi
4.37%
2017
128
Comoros
4.36%
2004
129
Indonesia
4.35%
2017
130
Dominican Republic
4.29%
2017
131
New Zealand
4.26%
2017
132
Israel
4.12%
2017
133
Germany
4.12%
2017
134
Vanuatu
4.11%
2009
135
Azerbaijan
4.1%
2017
136
Pakistan
3.96%
2018
137
United States
3.95%
2018
138
Burkina Faso
3.93%
2014
139
Nicaragua
3.84%
2014
140
Hungary
3.81%
2017
141
South Korea
3.8%
2017
142
Liberia
3.79%
2016
143
Tonga
3.79%
2003
144
Palau
3.73%
2005
145
Seychelles
3.7%
2017
146
Papua New Guinea
3.7%
2011
147
Fiji
3.7%
2016
148
Nigeria
3.62%
2015
149
San Marino
3.52%
2016
150
Moldova
3.48%
2018
151
Virgin Islands (British)
3.46%
1991
152
Hong Kong
3.39%
2017
153
East Timor
3.34%
2016
154
Bangladesh
3.32%
2017
155
Cayman Islands
3.3%
2015
156
Saudi Arabia
3.22%
2017
157
Singapore
3.21%
1995
158
Mexico
3.19%
2018
159
Mozambique
3.15%
2015
160
Malaysia
3.13%
2016
161
Honduras
3.12%
2017
162
Panama
3.08%
2017
163
Cameroon
3.06%
2014
164
Isle Of Man
3.03%
2016
165
Trinidad and Tobago
2.99%
2016
166
Ecuador
2.92%
2018
167
Sri Lanka
2.84%
2016
168
Iceland
2.76%
2017
169
Togo
2.71%
2015
170
Japan
2.6%
2018
171
Bolivia
2.55%
2015
172
Philippines
2.46%
2017
173
Benin
2.42%
2011
174
India
2.4%
2012
175
Tajikistan
2.4%
1997
176
Macao
2.4%
2017
177
Czech Republic
2.34%
2017
178
Cuba
2.3%
2015
179
Ivory Coast
2.08%
2016
180
Burundi
2.05%
2014
181
Vietnam
2.05%
2017
182
Guatemala
1.93%
2017
183
Bhutan
1.84%
2015
184
Oman
1.8%
2016
185
Liechtenstein
1.68%
2007
186
Ethiopia
1.65%
2013
187
Nepal
1.6%
2008
188
Tanzania
1.57%
2014
189
Mali
1.42%
2016
190
United Arab Emirates
1.41%
2017
191
Myanmar
1.22%
2017
192
Chad
1.1%
1993
193
Kuwait
0.94%
2016
194
Solomon Islands
0.67%
2013
195
Thailand
0.67%
2016
196
Niger
0.6%
2014
197
Cambodia
0.59%
2016
198
Madagascar
0.57%
2012
199
Bahrain
0.47%
2012
200
Uzbekistan
0.3%
1995
201
Qatar
0.06%
2017
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