| # | Flag | Country | Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosovo | 27.47% | 2016 | |
| 2 | South Africa | 26.92% | 2018 | |
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 25% | 1983 | |
| 4 | Lesotho | 24.58% | 2013 | |
| 5 | Angola | 24.22% | 2014 | |
| 6 | Namibia | 23.35% | 2016 | |
| 7 | Grenada | 22.9% | 2015 | |
| 8 | Swaziland | 22.72% | 2016 | |
| 9 | Republic of Macedonia | 22.38% | 2017 | |
| 10 | Greece | 21.49% | 2017 | |
| 11 | Saint Lucia | 21.26% | 2016 | |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.47% | 2017 | |
| 13 | Gabon | 20.39% | 2010 | |
| 14 | Libya | 19.03% | 2012 | |
| 15 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.79% | 2008 | |
| 16 | Botswana | 17.86% | 2010 | |
| 17 | Sudan | 17.44% | 2011 | |
| 18 | Rwanda | 17.36% | 2017 | |
| 19 | Spain | 17.22% | 2017 | |
| 20 | Armenia | 16.18% | 2013 | |
| 21 | Montenegro | 16.07% | 2017 | |
| 22 | Tunisia | 15.38% | 2017 | |
| 23 | Jordan | 15.27% | 2016 | |
| 24 | New Caledonia | 14.59% | 2014 | |
| 25 | Samoa | 14.47% | 2017 | |
| 26 | Haiti | 14.1% | 2012 | |
| 27 | Georgia | 13.94% | 2017 | |
| 28 | Albania | 13.75% | 2017 | |
| 29 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 13.59% | 2012 | |
| 30 | Yemen | 13.47% | 2014 | |
| 31 | Nauru | 13.28% | 2013 | |
| 32 | Iraq | 13.02% | 2017 | |
| 33 | Serbia | 12.73% | 2018 | |
| 34 | The Bahamas | 12.7% | 2016 | |
| 35 | Brazil | 12.34% | 2018 | |
| 36 | Cape Verde | 12.24% | 2017 | |
| 37 | South Sudan | 12.15% | 2008 | |
| 38 | Iran | 12.1% | 2017 | |
| 39 | Guyana | 12.04% | 2017 | |
| 40 | French Polynesia | 11.74% | 2007 | |
| 41 | Egypt | 11.74% | 2017 | |
| 42 | Curacao | 11.71% | 2015 | |
| 43 | Zambia | 11.63% | 2017 | |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 11.32% | 2014 | |
| 45 | Italy | 11.21% | 2017 | |
| 46 | Croatia | 11.21% | 2017 | |
| 47 | Afghanistan | 11.18% | 2017 | |
| 48 | Northern Mariana Islands | 11.17% | 2010 | |
| 49 | Cyprus | 11.05% | 2017 | |
| 50 | Dominica | 10.96% | 2001 | |
| 51 | Turkey | 10.82% | 2017 | |
| 52 | Algeria | 10.2% | 2016 | |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 10.14% | 2011 | |
| 54 | Republic of the Congo | 10% | 2012 | |
| 55 | Mauritania | 9.86% | 2012 | |
| 56 | Barbados | 9.72% | 2016 | |
| 57 | Kenya | 9.6% | 2009 | |
| 58 | Ukraine | 9.5% | 2017 | |
| 59 | Uganda | 9.44% | 2017 | |
| 60 | Gambia | 9.42% | 2012 | |
| 61 | Laos | 9.41% | 2017 | |
| 62 | France | 9.4% | 2017 | |
| 63 | Kiribati | 9.33% | 2015 | |
| 64 | Brunei | 9.32% | 2017 | |
| 65 | Morocco | 9.3% | 2016 | |
| 66 | American Samoa | 9.2% | 2010 | |
| 67 | Puerto Rico | 9.2% | 2018 | |
| 68 | Colombia | 9.12% | 2018 | |
| 69 | Greenland | 9.1% | 2015 | |
| 70 | Jamaica | 9.09% | 2018 | |
| 71 | Bermuda | 8.94% | 2014 | |
| 72 | Aruba | 8.9% | 2011 | |
| 73 | Portugal | 8.87% | 2017 | |
| 74 | Federated States of Micronesia | 8.86% | 2014 | |
| 75 | Latvia | 8.72% | 2017 | |
| 76 | Finland | 8.64% | 2017 | |
| 77 | Syria | 8.61% | 2010 | |
| 78 | Tuvalu | 8.49% | 2016 | |
| 79 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.42% | 2001 | |
| 80 | Argentina | 8.35% | 2017 | |
| 81 | Turks And Caicos Islands | 8.3% | 2008 | |
| 82 | Slovakia | 8.13% | 2017 | |
| 83 | Uruguay | 7.89% | 2017 | |
| 84 | Chile | 7.23% | 2018 | |
| 85 | Suriname | 7.22% | 2015 | |
| 86 | Belgium | 7.09% | 2017 | |
| 87 | Lithuania | 7.07% | 2017 | |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.89% | 2017 | |
| 89 | Ghana | 6.81% | 2015 | |
| 90 | Senegal | 6.76% | 2015 | |
| 91 | Mauritius | 6.75% | 2017 | |
| 92 | Sweden | 6.72% | 2017 | |
| 93 | Republic of Ireland | 6.71% | 2017 | |
| 94 | Venezuela | 6.6% | 2012 | |
| 95 | Belize | 6.6% | 2017 | |
| 96 | Slovenia | 6.56% | 2017 | |
| 97 | Burkina Faso | 6.48% | 2014 | |
| 98 | San Marino | 6.45% | 2016 | |
| 99 | Gibraltar | 6.44% | 1991 | |
| 100 | Peru | 6.43% | 2018 | |
| 101 | Mongolia | 6.36% | 2017 | |
| 102 | Lebanon | 6.35% | 2009 | |
| 103 | Monaco | 6.33% | 2016 | |
| 104 | Paraguay | 6.22% | 2018 | |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 6.16% | 2017 | |
| 106 | Maldives | 6.12% | 2016 | |
| 107 | Saudi Arabia | 5.89% | 2017 | |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 5.83% | 2017 | |
| 109 | Canada | 5.83% | 2018 | |
| 110 | Uzbekistan | 5.83% | 2017 | |
| 111 | Malawi | 5.76% | 2017 | |
| 112 | Estonia | 5.76% | 2017 | |
| 113 | Denmark | 5.74% | 2017 | |
| 114 | Belarus | 5.65% | 2017 | |
| 115 | Australia | 5.59% | 2017 | |
| 116 | Luxembourg | 5.52% | 2017 | |
| 117 | Austria | 5.5% | 2017 | |
| 118 | Guam | 5.4% | 2016 | |
| 119 | Russia | 5.21% | 2017 | |
| 120 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 5.12% | 2001 | |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 5% | 2017 | |
| 122 | Romania | 4.93% | 2017 | |
| 123 | Kazakhstan | 4.9% | 2017 | |
| 124 | Poland | 4.89% | 2017 | |
| 125 | Netherlands | 4.84% | 2017 | |
| 126 | Switzerland | 4.8% | 2017 | |
| 127 | Marshall Islands | 4.74% | 2011 | |
| 128 | New Zealand | 4.7% | 2017 | |
| 129 | Sierra Leone | 4.68% | 2014 | |
| 130 | East Timor | 4.66% | 2016 | |
| 131 | Comoros | 4.57% | 2004 | |
| 132 | Malta | 4.57% | 2017 | |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 4.56% | 2009 | |
| 134 | Guinea | 4.55% | 2002 | |
| 135 | Nicaragua | 4.52% | 2014 | |
| 136 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 4.49% | 2012 | |
| 137 | El Salvador | 4.39% | 2017 | |
| 138 | Bangladesh | 4.37% | 2017 | |
| 139 | United Kingdom | 4.33% | 2017 | |
| 140 | Fiji | 4.32% | 2016 | |
| 141 | Nigeria | 4.31% | 2015 | |
| 142 | Sri Lanka | 4.24% | 2016 | |
| 143 | Cayman Islands | 4.24% | 2015 | |
| 144 | Israel | 4.22% | 2017 | |
| 145 | Indonesia | 4.18% | 2017 | |
| 146 | Norway | 4.16% | 2017 | |
| 147 | Hungary | 4.16% | 2017 | |
| 148 | Pakistan | 4.08% | 2018 | |
| 149 | Honduras | 4.05% | 2017 | |
| 150 | Turkmenistan | 4% | 2010 | |
| 151 | Bahrain | 4% | 2011 | |
| 152 | China | 3.9% | 2017 | |
| 153 | Panama | 3.9% | 2017 | |
| 154 | United States | 3.9% | 2018 | |
| 155 | Germany | 3.75% | 2017 | |
| 156 | Seychelles | 3.71% | 2017 | |
| 157 | South Korea | 3.7% | 2017 | |
| 158 | Faroe Islands | 3.7% | 2004 | |
| 159 | Cameroon | 3.53% | 2014 | |
| 160 | Ecuador | 3.53% | 2018 | |
| 161 | Mozambique | 3.43% | 2015 | |
| 162 | Malaysia | 3.41% | 2017 | |
| 163 | Virgin Islands (British) | 3.29% | 1991 | |
| 164 | Mexico | 3.28% | 2018 | |
| 165 | Oman | 3.27% | 2016 | |
| 166 | Hong Kong | 3.09% | 2017 | |
| 167 | Liberia | 3.08% | 2016 | |
| 168 | Bolivia | 3.07% | 2015 | |
| 169 | Moldova | 2.98% | 2018 | |
| 170 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.97% | 2016 | |
| 171 | Czech Republic | 2.89% | 2017 | |
| 172 | Iceland | 2.74% | 2017 | |
| 173 | India | 2.69% | 2012 | |
| 174 | Isle Of Man | 2.67% | 2016 | |
| 175 | Benin | 2.65% | 2011 | |
| 176 | Papua New Guinea | 2.62% | 2011 | |
| 177 | Ivory Coast | 2.6% | 2016 | |
| 178 | Philippines | 2.55% | 2017 | |
| 179 | Tajikistan | 2.5% | 2007 | |
| 180 | United Arab Emirates | 2.46% | 2017 | |
| 181 | Guatemala | 2.46% | 2017 | |
| 182 | Bhutan | 2.45% | 2015 | |
| 183 | Japan | 2.4% | 2018 | |
| 184 | Cuba | 2.4% | 2015 | |
| 185 | Ethiopia | 2.25% | 2013 | |
| 186 | Togo | 2.2% | 2015 | |
| 187 | Kuwait | 2.16% | 2016 | |
| 188 | Tanzania | 2.12% | 2014 | |
| 189 | Liechtenstein | 2.01% | 2007 | |
| 190 | Macao | 2% | 2017 | |
| 191 | Vietnam | 1.89% | 2017 | |
| 192 | Singapore | 1.8% | 2016 | |
| 193 | Burundi | 1.57% | 2014 | |
| 194 | Myanmar | 1.55% | 2017 | |
| 195 | Mali | 1.37% | 2016 | |
| 196 | Nepal | 1.34% | 2008 | |
| 197 | Tonga | 1.09% | 2006 | |
| 198 | Cambodia | 0.72% | 2016 | |
| 199 | Chad | 0.7% | 1993 | |
| 200 | Solomon Islands | 0.69% | 2013 | |
| 201 | Thailand | 0.69% | 2016 | |
| 202 | Madagascar | 0.6% | 2012 | |
| 203 | Palau | 0.57% | 2014 | |
| 204 | Niger | 0.52% | 2014 | |
| 205 | Qatar | 0.14% | 2017 |