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Unemployment rate by country from 2012 to 2021 (percent of total labour force)

The unemployment rate is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed by the total number of individuals currently in the labour force.

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
Syrian Arab Republic
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
Tajikistan
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

Source: World Economic Outlook Database, April 2022

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