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Unemployment total percentage 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.Source:
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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
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