| # | Flag | Country | Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 26.96% | 2018 | |
| 2 | Lesotho | 23.6% | 2018 | |
| 3 | Namibia | 23.09% | 2018 | |
| 4 | Swaziland | 22.48% | 2018 | |
| 5 | Republic of Macedonia | 21.55% | 2018 | |
| 6 | Saint Lucia | 20.87% | 2018 | |
| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.84% | 2018 | |
| 8 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.76% | 2018 | |
| 9 | Gabon | 19.49% | 2018 | |
| 10 | Greece | 19.21% | 2018 | |
| 11 | Botswana | 17.94% | 2018 | |
| 12 | Armenia | 17.71% | 2018 | |
| 13 | Libya | 17.29% | 2018 | |
| 14 | Spain | 15.49% | 2018 | |
| 15 | Tunisia | 15.48% | 2018 | |
| 16 | Montenegro | 15.46% | 2018 | |
| 17 | Jordan | 15.02% | 2018 | |
| 18 | Georgia | 14.11% | 2018 | |
| 19 | Somalia | 13.96% | 2018 | |
| 20 | Albania | 13.9% | 2018 | |
| 21 | New Caledonia | 13.62% | 2018 | |
| 22 | Haiti | 13.53% | 2018 | |
| 23 | Serbia | 13.51% | 2018 | |
| 24 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 13.32% | 2018 | |
| 25 | Yemen | 12.93% | 2018 | |
| 26 | Sudan | 12.88% | 2018 | |
| 27 | South Sudan | 12.7% | 2018 | |
| 28 | Brazil | 12.54% | 2018 | |
| 29 | Cape Verde | 12.28% | 2018 | |
| 30 | Guyana | 12.15% | 2018 | |
| 31 | Algeria | 12.15% | 2018 | |
| 32 | French Polynesia | 12.02% | 2018 | |
| 33 | Iran | 11.99% | 2018 | |
| 34 | The Bahamas | 11.85% | 2018 | |
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 11.44% | 2018 | |
| 36 | Egypt | 11.44% | 2018 | |
| 37 | Djibouti | 11.12% | 2018 | |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 10.92% | 2018 | |
| 39 | Turkey | 10.9% | 2018 | |
| 40 | Republic of the Congo | 10.38% | 2018 | |
| 41 | Mauritania | 10.31% | 2018 | |
| 42 | Italy | 10.2% | 2018 | |
| 43 | Mali | 9.57% | 2018 | |
| 44 | Barbados | 9.57% | 2018 | |
| 45 | Argentina | 9.48% | 2018 | |
| 46 | Jamaica | 9.44% | 2018 | |
| 47 | Ukraine | 9.38% | 2018 | |
| 48 | Belize | 9.37% | 2018 | |
| 49 | Kenya | 9.31% | 2018 | |
| 50 | Brunei | 9.22% | 2018 | |
| 51 | France | 9.18% | 2018 | |
| 52 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.16% | 2018 | |
| 53 | Colombia | 9.09% | 2018 | |
| 54 | Morocco | 9.04% | 2018 | |
| 55 | Gambia | 8.9% | 2018 | |
| 56 | Croatia | 8.85% | 2018 | |
| 57 | Virgin Islands (US) | 8.41% | 2018 | |
| 58 | Venezuela | 8.36% | 2018 | |
| 59 | Samoa | 8.32% | 2018 | |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 8.13% | 2018 | |
| 61 | Syria | 8.12% | 2018 | |
| 62 | Cyprus | 8.11% | 2018 | |
| 63 | Uruguay | 7.96% | 2018 | |
| 64 | Iraq | 7.93% | 2018 | |
| 65 | Latvia | 7.86% | 2018 | |
| 66 | Finland | 7.76% | 2018 | |
| 67 | Suriname | 7.63% | 2018 | |
| 68 | Angola | 7.25% | 2018 | |
| 69 | Chile | 7.22% | 2018 | |
| 70 | Zambia | 7.21% | 2018 | |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.17% | 2018 | |
| 72 | Mauritius | 6.87% | 2018 | |
| 73 | Portugal | 6.86% | 2018 | |
| 74 | Slovakia | 6.76% | 2018 | |
| 75 | Ghana | 6.71% | 2018 | |
| 76 | Eritrea | 6.54% | 2018 | |
| 77 | Central African Republic | 6.48% | 2018 | |
| 78 | Senegal | 6.46% | 2018 | |
| 79 | Sweden | 6.44% | 2018 | |
| 80 | Belgium | 6.32% | 2018 | |
| 81 | Mongolia | 6.32% | 2018 | |
| 82 | Lebanon | 6.17% | 2018 | |
| 83 | Maldives | 6.07% | 2018 | |
| 84 | Burkina Faso | 6.06% | 2018 | |
| 85 | Nigeria | 6.03% | 2018 | |
| 86 | Lithuania | 6.01% | 2018 | |
| 87 | Canada | 5.92% | 2018 | |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 5.92% | 2018 | |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 5.83% | 2018 | |
| 90 | Belarus | 5.71% | 2018 | |
| 91 | Republic of Ireland | 5.69% | 2018 | |
| 92 | Guam | 5.61% | 2018 | |
| 93 | Slovenia | 5.51% | 2018 | |
| 94 | Estonia | 5.51% | 2018 | |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 5.47% | 2018 | |
| 96 | Malawi | 5.43% | 2018 | |
| 97 | Vanuatu | 5.41% | 2018 | |
| 98 | Australia | 5.39% | 2018 | |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 5.26% | 2018 | |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 5.22% | 2018 | |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 5.22% | 2018 | |
| 102 | Denmark | 4.97% | 2018 | |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 4.92% | 2018 | |
| 104 | Kazakhstan | 4.89% | 2018 | |
| 105 | Switzerland | 4.88% | 2018 | |
| 106 | Austria | 4.79% | 2018 | |
| 107 | Russia | 4.74% | 2018 | |
| 108 | Paraguay | 4.71% | 2018 | |
| 109 | Malta | 4.58% | 2018 | |
| 110 | New Zealand | 4.52% | 2018 | |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 4.48% | 2018 | |
| 112 | China | 4.42% | 2018 | |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 4.4% | 2018 | |
| 114 | El Salvador | 4.39% | 2018 | |
| 115 | Sierra Leone | 4.31% | 2018 | |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 4.31% | 2018 | |
| 117 | Indonesia | 4.3% | 2018 | |
| 118 | Romania | 4.3% | 2018 | |
| 119 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 4.16% | 2018 | |
| 120 | Fiji | 4.15% | 2018 | |
| 121 | Honduras | 4.08% | 2018 | |
| 122 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.06% | 2018 | |
| 123 | United Kingdom | 3.95% | 2018 | |
| 124 | Israel | 3.95% | 2018 | |
| 125 | United States | 3.93% | 2018 | |
| 126 | Panama | 3.92% | 2018 | |
| 127 | Norway | 3.92% | 2018 | |
| 128 | Ecuador | 3.91% | 2018 | |
| 129 | Netherlands | 3.88% | 2018 | |
| 130 | South Korea | 3.8% | 2018 | |
| 131 | Turkmenistan | 3.78% | 2018 | |
| 132 | Singapore | 3.77% | 2018 | |
| 133 | Comoros | 3.71% | 2018 | |
| 134 | Poland | 3.67% | 2018 | |
| 135 | Hungary | 3.66% | 2018 | |
| 136 | Guinea | 3.61% | 2018 | |
| 137 | Germany | 3.43% | 2018 | |
| 138 | Moldova | 3.41% | 2018 | |
| 139 | Cameroon | 3.36% | 2018 | |
| 140 | Malaysia | 3.36% | 2018 | |
| 141 | Mexico | 3.32% | 2018 | |
| 142 | North Korea | 3.3% | 2018 | |
| 143 | Bolivia | 3.26% | 2018 | |
| 144 | Mozambique | 3.17% | 2018 | |
| 145 | Oman | 3.11% | 2018 | |
| 146 | Pakistan | 3.04% | 2018 | |
| 147 | East Timor | 3% | 2018 | |
| 148 | Iceland | 2.92% | 2018 | |
| 149 | Peru | 2.84% | 2018 | |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.83% | 2018 | |
| 151 | Hong Kong | 2.78% | 2018 | |
| 152 | Guatemala | 2.73% | 2018 | |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 2.57% | 2018 | |
| 154 | India | 2.55% | 2018 | |
| 155 | Philippines | 2.52% | 2018 | |
| 156 | Ivory Coast | 2.48% | 2018 | |
| 157 | Japan | 2.44% | 2018 | |
| 158 | Czech Republic | 2.4% | 2018 | |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 2.37% | 2018 | |
| 160 | Cuba | 2.26% | 2018 | |
| 161 | Chad | 2.23% | 2018 | |
| 162 | Bhutan | 2.2% | 2018 | |
| 163 | Benin | 2.13% | 2018 | |
| 164 | Kuwait | 2.08% | 2018 | |
| 165 | Liberia | 2.03% | 2018 | |
| 166 | Macao | 2.02% | 2018 | |
| 167 | Tanzania | 1.93% | 2018 | |
| 168 | Vietnam | 1.89% | 2018 | |
| 169 | Ethiopia | 1.81% | 2018 | |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 1.79% | 2018 | |
| 171 | Uganda | 1.74% | 2018 | |
| 172 | Togo | 1.67% | 2018 | |
| 173 | Madagascar | 1.66% | 2018 | |
| 174 | Myanmar | 1.56% | 2018 | |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 1.54% | 2018 | |
| 176 | Burundi | 1.53% | 2018 | |
| 177 | Nepal | 1.26% | 2018 | |
| 178 | Cambodia | 1.05% | 2018 | |
| 179 | Tonga | 1.03% | 2018 | |
| 180 | Rwanda | 0.97% | 2018 | |
| 181 | Bahrain | 0.96% | 2018 | |
| 182 | Thailand | 0.66% | 2018 | |
| 183 | Laos | 0.61% | 2018 | |
| 184 | Niger | 0.27% | 2018 | |
| 185 | Qatar | 0.14% | 2018 |