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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.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
|
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Tajikistan |
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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 |
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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 |
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Vietnam |
1.96 |
2.18 |
2.10 |
2.33 |
2.30 |
2.24 |
2.19 |
2.17 |
3.30 |
2.70 |
