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Unemployment rate by country from 2012 to 2021 (percent of total labour force)
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Country | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albania | 13.40 | 15.90 | 17.50 | 17.10 | 15.20 | 13.70 | 12.30 | 11.47 | 11.68 | 10.60 |
Algeria | 10.97 | 9.83 | 10.60 | 11.21 | 10.50 | 11.71 | 11.73 | 11.38 | 14.65 | 13.37 |
Andorra | 6.18 | 6.33 | 5.80 | 3.58 | 3.03 | 1.73 | 1.53 | 1.78 | 2.85 | 2.88 |
Argentina | 7.20 | 7.08 | 7.25 | 6.53 | 8.47 | 8.35 | 9.20 | 9.83 | 11.55 | 9.31 |
Armenia | 17.30 | 16.20 | 17.60 | 18.50 | 18.00 | 17.80 | 19.00 | 18.30 | 18.10 | 18.50 |
Aruba | 9.61 | 7.60 | 7.45 | 7.30 | 7.69 | 8.92 | 7.28 | 5.20 | 14.00 | 12.08 |
Australia | 5.23 | 5.66 | 6.06 | 6.06 | 5.72 | 5.59 | 5.30 | 5.16 | 6.49 | 5.10 |
Austria | 5.24 | 5.35 | 6.05 | 6.17 | 6.48 | 5.93 | 5.23 | 4.81 | 5.40 | 6.17 |
Azerbaijan | 5.19 | 4.97 | 4.91 | 4.96 | 5.04 | 4.96 | 4.94 | 4.85 | 7.16 | 5.95 |
Bahamas | 14.37 | 15.78 | 14.64 | 13.38 | 12.15 | 10.10 | 10.35 | 10.10 | 25.55 | 18.15 |
Bahrain | 3.70 | 4.40 | 3.80 | 3.40 | 3.70 | 3.58 | 3.89 | 4.70 | 5.90 | 6.60 |
Barbados | 11.50 | 11.63 | 12.28 | 11.30 | 9.65 | 9.95 | 10.05 | 10.09 | 21.28 | 14.50 |
Belarus | 5.54 | 5.44 | 5.42 | 5.82 | 5.92 | 5.68 | 4.83 | 4.19 | 4.08 | 3.93 |
Belgium | 7.64 | 8.56 | 8.65 | 8.68 | 7.93 | 7.16 | 6.03 | 5.44 | 5.73 | 6.28 |
Belize | 15.25 | 12.95 | 11.58 | 10.16 | 9.55 | 9.35 | 8.95 | 9.00 | 13.70 | 10.20 |
Bhutan | 2.10 | 2.90 | 2.60 | 2.50 | 2.10 | 3.14 | 3.40 | 2.30 | 5.00 | |
Bolivia | 3.23 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8.30 | 5.20 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.00 | 27.50 | 27.50 | 27.70 | 25.40 | 20.50 | 18.40 | 15.70 | 15.90 | 15.80 |
Brazil | 7.40 | 7.23 | 6.90 | 8.63 | 11.65 | 12.85 | 12.38 | 11.98 | 13.78 | 14.20 |
Brunei Darussalam | 8.50 | 7.70 | 6.90 | 7.70 | 8.50 | 9.30 | 8.70 | 6.82 | 6.82 | 6.82 |
Bulgaria | 12.38 | 13.04 | 11.52 | 9.23 | 7.67 | 6.23 | 5.27 | 4.28 | 5.21 | 5.30 |
Cabo Verde | 16.80 | 16.40 | 15.80 | 12.40 | 15.00 | 12.20 | 12.20 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 8.50 |
Canada | 7.38 | 7.13 | 6.97 | 6.94 | 7.05 | 6.38 | 5.91 | 5.75 | 9.58 | 7.43 |
Chile | 6.60 | 6.08 | 6.50 | 6.33 | 6.69 | 6.97 | 7.38 | 7.22 | 10.77 | 8.86 |
China | 4.09 | 4.05 | 4.09 | 4.05 | 4.02 | 3.90 | 3.80 | 3.62 | 4.24 | 3.96 |
China, Hong Kong SAR | 3.29 | 3.40 | 3.30 | 3.32 | 3.39 | 3.13 | 2.82 | 2.93 | 5.83 | 5.18 |
China, Macao SAR | 2.00 | 1.85 | 1.70 | 1.83 | 1.90 | 1.98 | 1.80 | 1.73 | 2.55 | 2.95 |
Colombia | 10.38 | 9.66 | 9.10 | 8.92 | 9.22 | 9.37 | 9.67 | 10.51 | 16.07 | 13.72 |
Costa Rica | 9.85 | 8.31 | 9.66 | 9.60 | 9.54 | 9.29 | 11.95 | 12.42 | 19.98 | 13.68 |
Croatia | 18.60 | 19.81 | 19.28 | 17.07 | 14.96 | 12.43 | 9.86 | 7.76 | 9.00 | 8.17 |
Cyprus | 11.80 | 15.85 | 16.08 | 14.90 | 12.95 | 11.05 | 8.35 | 7.08 | 7.58 | 7.48 |
Czechia | 6.98 | 6.95 | 6.11 | 5.02 | 3.95 | 2.89 | 2.24 | 2.00 | 2.54 | 2.82 |
Denmark | 7.81 | 7.38 | 6.85 | 6.29 | 6.02 | 5.82 | 5.10 | 5.04 | 5.66 | 5.08 |
Dominican Republic | 8.41 | 9.20 | 8.54 | 7.33 | 7.08 | 5.51 | 5.66 | 6.17 | 5.83 | 7.35 |
Ecuador | 4.12 | 4.15 | 3.80 | 4.77 | 5.21 | 4.62 | 3.69 | 3.84 | 5.35 | 4.15 |
Egypt | 12.37 | 12.99 | 13.37 | 12.86 | 12.71 | 12.25 | 10.93 | 8.61 | 8.30 | 7.29 |
El Salvador | 6.10 | 5.90 | 7.00 | 7.01 | 6.98 | 7.05 | 6.35 | 6.34 | 11.97 | 10.30 |
Estonia | 10.02 | 8.63 | 7.35 | 6.19 | 6.76 | 5.76 | 5.37 | 4.45 | 6.81 | 6.18 |
Fiji | 6.80 | 6.37 | 6.20 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 13.35 | 9.00 |
Finland | 7.80 | 8.33 | 8.83 | 9.58 | 8.98 | 8.83 | 7.41 | 6.74 | 7.76 | 7.63 |
France | 9.76 | 10.31 | 10.26 | 10.35 | 10.04 | 9.44 | 9.01 | 8.42 | 8.01 | 7.85 |
Georgia | 26.70 | 26.40 | 23.00 | 21.90 | 21.70 | 21.60 | 19.20 | 17.60 | 18.50 | 20.30 |
Germany | 5.38 | 5.24 | 4.99 | 4.63 | 4.13 | 3.76 | 3.40 | 3.15 | 3.83 | 3.52 |
Greece | 24.43 | 27.48 | 26.50 | 24.90 | 23.55 | 21.45 | 19.30 | 17.33 | 16.40 | 15.00 |
Honduras | 3.75 | 4.10 | 5.49 | 6.15 | 6.73 | 5.53 | 5.65 | 5.39 | 9.40 | 4.51 |
Hungary | 10.67 | 9.85 | 7.51 | 6.63 | 4.97 | 4.04 | 3.60 | 3.31 | 4.12 | 4.07 |
Iceland | 6.62 | 5.83 | 5.42 | 4.50 | 3.34 | 3.28 | 3.10 | 3.93 | 6.43 | 6.02 |
Indonesia | 6.14 | 6.25 | 5.94 | 6.18 | 5.61 | 5.50 | 5.24 | 5.18 | 7.07 | 6.49 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 12.10 | 10.40 | 10.60 | 11.00 | 12.43 | 12.08 | 12.03 | 10.63 | 9.60 | 9.81 |
Ireland | 15.48 | 13.77 | 11.88 | 9.92 | 8.38 | 6.74 | 5.79 | 4.98 | 5.84 | 6.25 |
Israel | 6.87 | 6.21 | 5.88 | 5.24 | 4.83 | 4.23 | 3.98 | 3.82 | 4.30 | 4.96 |
Italy | 10.90 | 12.36 | 12.78 | 12.02 | 11.72 | 11.31 | 10.63 | 9.89 | 9.34 | 9.54 |
Jamaica | 13.93 | 15.28 | 13.75 | 13.50 | 13.20 | 11.65 | 9.13 | 7.70 | ||
Japan | 4.33 | 4.01 | 3.58 | 3.38 | 3.11 | 2.83 | 2.44 | 2.36 | 2.78 | 2.82 |
Jordan | 12.15 | 12.60 | 11.88 | 13.08 | 15.28 | 18.30 | 18.60 | 19.08 | 22.70 | 24.43 |
Kazakhstan | 5.28 | 5.19 | 5.14 | 5.04 | 4.93 | 4.87 | 4.83 | 4.79 | 4.93 | 4.88 |
Korea, Republic of | 3.23 | 3.10 | 3.49 | 3.59 | 3.68 | 3.68 | 3.83 | 3.78 | 3.94 | 3.68 |
Kosovo | 30.90 | 30.00 | 35.30 | 32.90 | 27.53 | 30.48 | 29.50 | 25.65 | 25.95 | 25.80 |
Kuwait | 1.99 | 1.90 | 1.72 | 1.32 | 1.25 | 1.28 | 1.09 | 1.18 | 1.28 | 1.28 |
Kyrgyz Republic | 8.43 | 8.33 | 8.05 | 7.55 | 7.21 | 6.89 | 6.61 | 6.61 | 6.61 | 6.61 |
Latvia | 15.05 | 11.87 | 10.85 | 9.88 | 9.64 | 8.72 | 7.42 | 6.31 | 8.10 | 7.56 |
Lithuania | 13.37 | 11.77 | 10.70 | 9.12 | 7.86 | 7.07 | 6.15 | 6.25 | 8.49 | 7.12 |
Luxembourg | 6.10 | 6.83 | 7.09 | 6.65 | 6.26 | 5.84 | 5.10 | 5.40 | 6.36 | 5.72 |
Malaysia | 3.03 | 3.10 | 2.88 | 3.15 | 3.45 | 3.43 | 3.33 | 3.28 | 4.53 | 4.65 |
Malta | 6.20 | 6.11 | 5.73 | 5.39 | 4.70 | 4.00 | 3.66 | 3.63 | 4.37 | 3.55 |
Mauritius | 8.10 | 8.00 | 7.80 | 7.90 | 7.30 | 7.10 | 6.90 | 6.70 | 9.20 | 9.50 |
Mexico | 4.89 | 4.90 | 4.82 | 4.35 | 3.88 | 3.42 | 3.32 | 3.49 | 4.41 | 4.14 |
Mongolia | 8.20 | 7.90 | 7.90 | 7.50 | 10.00 | 8.80 | 7.80 | 10.00 | 7.00 | 6.30 |
Morocco | 8.70 | 9.50 | 9.70 | 9.20 | 9.00 | 10.60 | 9.40 | 10.20 | 12.20 | 11.90 |
Netherlands | 6.82 | 8.20 | 8.34 | 7.89 | 7.01 | 5.87 | 4.88 | 4.44 | 4.85 | 4.23 |
New Zealand | 6.45 | 5.83 | 5.43 | 5.43 | 5.18 | 4.73 | 4.30 | 4.15 | 4.63 | 3.78 |
Nicaragua | 5.91 | 5.75 | 6.56 | 5.91 | 4.48 | 3.67 | 5.50 | 6.12 | 7.29 | 11.10 |
Nigeria | 10.57 | 9.96 | 7.84 | 9.00 | 13.38 | 17.46 | 22.56 | |||
North Macedonia | 31.00 | 29.00 | 28.03 | 26.05 | 23.75 | 22.38 | 20.73 | 17.25 | 16.38 | 15.70 |
Norway | 3.29 | 3.77 | 3.62 | 4.53 | 4.74 | 4.22 | 3.85 | 3.73 | 4.60 | 4.41 |
Pakistan | 5.95 | 5.98 | 6.00 | 5.90 | 5.96 | 6.02 | 5.80 | 6.90 | 7.60 | 7.40 |
Panama | 4.05 | 4.10 | 4.82 | 5.05 | 5.49 | 6.13 | 5.96 | 7.07 | 18.55 | 11.29 |
Paraguay | 4.57 | 5.02 | 6.04 | 5.35 | 6.00 | 6.09 | 6.24 | 6.57 | 7.71 | 7.74 |
Peru | 6.80 | 5.95 | 5.94 | 6.49 | 6.74 | 6.88 | 6.70 | 6.60 | 13.90 | 10.90 |
Philippines | 6.98 | 7.08 | 6.80 | 6.28 | 5.48 | 5.73 | 5.33 | 5.10 | 10.40 | 7.76 |
Poland | 10.38 | 10.60 | 9.20 | 7.66 | 6.26 | 4.95 | 3.89 | 3.31 | 3.20 | 3.50 |
Portugal | 16.52 | 17.09 | 14.54 | 12.94 | 11.45 | 9.23 | 7.17 | 6.67 | 7.14 | 6.59 |
Republic of Moldova | 5.60 | 5.10 | 3.90 | 5.03 | 4.23 | 4.13 | 3.05 | 5.13 | 3.83 | 3.46 |
Romania | 6.79 | 7.10 | 6.80 | 6.81 | 5.90 | 4.93 | 4.19 | 3.91 | 5.04 | 5.30 |
Russian Federation | 5.45 | 5.50 | 5.16 | 5.58 | 5.53 | 5.20 | 4.80 | 4.60 | 5.78 | 4.83 |
San Marino | 6.95 | 8.08 | 8.74 | 9.18 | 8.60 | 8.10 | 8.01 | 7.66 | 7.34 | 6.16 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 13.59 | 13.53 | 13.47 | 13.43 | 13.42 | 13.47 | ||||
Saudi Arabia | 5.52 | 5.57 | 5.72 | 5.59 | 5.60 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 5.70 | 7.40 | 6.65 |
Serbia | 24.60 | 23.00 | 21.02 | 19.28 | 16.85 | 14.87 | 14.07 | 11.58 | 10.09 | 10.09 |
Seychelles | 3.71 | 3.33 | 2.98 | 2.68 | 2.68 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
Singapore | 1.95 | 1.90 | 1.95 | 1.90 | 2.08 | 2.18 | 2.10 | 2.25 | 3.00 | 2.63 |
Slovakia | 13.97 | 14.23 | 13.18 | 11.48 | 9.64 | 8.05 | 6.54 | 5.72 | 6.65 | 6.78 |
Slovenia | 8.92 | 10.18 | 9.79 | 9.03 | 8.03 | 6.60 | 5.16 | 4.47 | 5.01 | 4.73 |
South Africa | 24.88 | 24.73 | 25.10 | 25.35 | 26.73 | 27.45 | 27.13 | 28.70 | 29.18 | 34.20 |
Spain | 24.79 | 26.10 | 24.44 | 22.06 | 19.64 | 17.23 | 15.26 | 14.11 | 15.53 | 14.79 |
Sri Lanka | 4.00 | 4.40 | 4.30 | 4.70 | 4.40 | 4.20 | 4.40 | 4.80 | 5.50 | 5.30 |
State of Palestine | 23.00 | 23.40 | 26.90 | 25.90 | 26.90 | 25.45 | 26.25 | 25.35 | 25.93 | 26.39 |
Sudan | 14.80 | 15.20 | 19.80 | 21.60 | 20.60 | 19.60 | 19.50 | 22.10 | 26.83 | 28.33 |
Suriname | 8.10 | 6.60 | 5.50 | 7.00 | 10.00 | 7.00 | 9.00 | 8.81 | 11.15 | 11.20 |
Sweden | 8.13 | 8.20 | 8.10 | 7.59 | 7.12 | 6.86 | 6.51 | 6.95 | 8.53 | 8.80 |
Switzerland | 2.91 | 3.16 | 3.04 | 3.18 | 3.32 | 3.09 | 2.55 | 2.31 | 3.14 | 2.97 |
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Türkiye | 8.43 | 9.04 | 9.90 | 10.32 | 10.92 | 10.92 | 10.91 | 13.73 | 13.15 | 11.96 |
Taiwan | 4.24 | 4.18 | 3.96 | 3.78 | 3.92 | 3.76 | 3.71 | 3.73 | 3.85 | 3.95 |
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Thailand | 0.66 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 |
Tunisia | 16.72 | 15.33 | 14.96 | 15.39 | 15.54 | 15.51 | 15.53 | 14.89 | 17.40 | |
Ukraine | 7.53 | 7.17 | 9.28 | 9.14 | 9.45 | 9.65 | 9.00 | 8.50 | 9.15 | 9.78 |
United Kingdom | 7.98 | 7.58 | 6.20 | 5.38 | 4.88 | 4.43 | 4.08 | 3.83 | 4.53 | 4.50 |
United States of America | 8.08 | 7.36 | 6.16 | 5.28 | 4.88 | 4.36 | 3.89 | 3.68 | 8.09 | 5.36 |
Uruguay | 6.33 | 6.51 | 6.63 | 7.53 | 7.87 | 7.93 | 8.37 | 8.93 | 10.35 | 9.40 |
Uzbekistan | 4.87 | 4.86 | 5.09 | 5.15 | 5.16 | 5.83 | 9.35 | 8.98 | 10.53 | 9.50 |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep. of) | 7.82 | 7.47 | 6.70 | 7.40 | 20.86 | 27.89 | 35.54 | |||
Vietnam | 1.96 | 2.18 | 2.10 | 2.33 | 2.30 | 2.24 | 2.19 | 2.17 | 3.30 | 2.70 |
