THE GLOBAL INDEX #034
Unemployment2023
ILO modeled estimate of unemployed people as a percentage of the labor force.
Eswatini34.61 %Top 10
% · 2023Complete ranking
Download CSV ↓| Rank | Country / territory | Value (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Eswatini | 34.61 | 2023 |
| 02 |  South Africa | 32.1 | 2023 |
| 03 |  Djibouti | 26.07 | 2023 |
| 04 |  Botswana | 23.38 | 2023 |
| 05 |  Gabon | 20.16 | 2023 |
| 06 |  Congo - Brazzaville | 19.92 | 2023 |
| 07 |  Namibia | 19.15 | 2023 |
| 08 |  Somalia | 18.96 | 2023 |
| 09 |  Libya | 18.71 | 2023 |
| 10 |  St. Vincent & Grenadines | 18.35 | 2023 |
| 11 |  Yemen | 16.94 | 2023 |
| 12 |  Jordan | 16.62 | 2023 |
| 13 |  Lesotho | 16.35 | 2023 |
| 14 |  Iraq | 15.24 | 2023 |
| 15 |  Tunisia | 15.11 | 2023 |
| 16 |  Haiti | 14.46 | 2023 |
| 17 |  Angola | 14.05 | 2023 |
| 18 |  Afghanistan | 14.01 | 2023 |
| 19 |  Syria | 13.27 | 2023 |
| 20 |  North Macedonia | 13.17 | 2023 |
| 21 |  Montenegro | 13.15 | 2023 |
| 22 |  Armenia | 12.4 | 2023 |
| 23 |  South Sudan | 12.37 | 2023 |
| 24 |  Rwanda | 12.35 | 2023 |
| 25 |  Spain | 12.18 | 2023 |
| 26 |  St. Lucia | 12.09 | 2023 |
| 27 |  Guyana | 11.92 | 2023 |
| 28 |  Cape Verde | 11.88 | 2023 |
| 29 |  Algeria | 11.64 | 2023 |
| 30 |  French Polynesia | 11.61 | 2023 |
| 31 |  Georgia | 11.55 | 2023 |
| 32 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 11.36 | 2023 |
| 33 |  Greece | 11.02 | 2023 |
| 34 |  Lebanon | 10.98 | 2023 |
| 35 |  New Caledonia | 10.92 | 2023 |
| 36 |  Albania | 10.67 | 2023 |
| 37 |  Bosnia & Herzegovina | 10.67 | 2023 |
| 38 |  Nepal | 10.44 | 2023 |
| 39 |  Mauritania | 10.37 | 2023 |
| 40 |  Colombia | 9.59 | 2023 |
| 41 |  Türkiye | 9.39 | 2023 |
| 42 |  Zimbabwe | 9.35 | 2023 |
| 43 |  São Tomé & Príncipe | 9.03 | 2023 |
| 44 |  Chile | 9.01 | 2023 |
| 45 |  Morocco | 8.9 | 2023 |
| 46 |  Bahamas | 8.64 | 2023 |
| 47 |  Uruguay | 8.36 | 2023 |
| 48 |  Costa Rica | 8.32 | 2023 |
| 49 |  Belize | 8.28 | 2023 |
| 50 |  Serbia | 8.27 | 2023 |
| 51 |  Equatorial Guinea | 8.22 | 2023 |
| 52 |  Iran | 8.13 | 2023 |
| 53 |  Brazil | 7.95 | 2023 |
| 54 |  Suriname | 7.7 | 2023 |
| 55 |  Italy | 7.63 | 2023 |
| 56 |  Sweden | 7.61 | 2023 |
| 57 |  France | 7.34 | 2023 |
| 58 |  Finland | 7.15 | 2023 |
| 59 |  Tajikistan | 7.04 | 2023 |
| 60 |  Lithuania | 6.84 | 2023 |
| 61 |  Egypt | 6.75 | 2023 |
| 62 |  Mozambique | 6.66 | 2023 |
| 63 |  Panama | 6.54 | 2023 |
| 64 |  Barbados | 6.54 | 2023 |
| 65 |  Portugal | 6.5 | 2023 |
| 66 |  Gambia | 6.48 | 2023 |
| 67 |  Latvia | 6.46 | 2023 |
| 68 |  Estonia | 6.38 | 2023 |
| 69 |  Central African Republic | 6.18 | 2023 |
| 70 |  Argentina | 6.14 | 2023 |
| 71 |  Croatia | 6.12 | 2023 |
| 72 |  Honduras | 6.07 | 2023 |
| 73 | Channel Islands | 5.93 | 2023 |
| 74 |  Eritrea | 5.91 | 2023 |
| 75 |  Zambia | 5.86 | 2023 |
| 76 |  Slovakia | 5.84 | 2023 |
| 77 |  Cyprus | 5.84 | 2023 |
| 78 |  Paraguay | 5.79 | 2023 |
| 79 |  Puerto Rico | 5.72 | 2023 |
| 80 |  Azerbaijan | 5.64 | 2023 |
| 81 |  Romania | 5.59 | 2023 |
| 82 |  Mauritius | 5.57 | 2023 |
| 83 |  Dominican Republic | 5.56 | 2023 |
| 84 |  Belgium | 5.55 | 2023 |
| 85 |  Canada | 5.42 | 2023 |
| 86 |  Kenya | 5.41 | 2023 |
| 87 |  Venezuela | 5.41 | 2023 |
| 88 |  Fiji | 5.32 | 2023 |
| 89 |  Brunei | 5.3 | 2023 |
| 90 |  Austria | 5.26 | 2023 |
| 91 |  Guam | 5.26 | 2023 |
| 92 |  Pakistan | 5.24 | 2023 |
| 93 |  Luxembourg | 5.18 | 2023 |
| 94 |  Mongolia | 5.18 | 2023 |
| 95 |  Guinea | 5.14 | 2023 |
| 96 |  Denmark | 5.09 | 2023 |
| 97 |  Vanuatu | 5.01 | 2023 |
| 98 |  Malawi | 5.01 | 2023 |
| 99 |  Samoa | 4.92 | 2023 |
| 100 |  Peru | 4.9 | 2023 |
| 101 |  Kazakhstan | 4.84 | 2023 |
| 102 |  Nicaragua | 4.7 | 2023 |
| 103 |  China | 4.67 | 2023 |
| 104 |  Sri Lanka | 4.53 | 2023 |
| 105 |  Congo - Kinshasa | 4.47 | 2023 |
| 106 |  Uzbekistan | 4.43 | 2023 |
| 107 |  Bulgaria | 4.32 | 2023 |
| 108 |  Ireland | 4.24 | 2023 |
| 109 |  India | 4.17 | 2023 |
| 110 |  Hungary | 4.1 | 2023 |
| 111 |  Switzerland | 4.04 | 2023 |
| 112 |  United Kingdom | 4.02 | 2023 |
| 113 |  Maldives | 4.02 | 2023 |
| 114 |  Saudi Arabia | 4.01 | 2023 |
| 115 |  Turkmenistan | 4.01 | 2023 |
| 116 |  Malaysia | 3.86 | 2023 |
| 117 |  Comoros | 3.83 | 2023 |
| 118 |  New Zealand | 3.73 | 2023 |
| 119 |  Australia | 3.67 | 2023 |
| 120 |  Slovenia | 3.65 | 2023 |
| 121 |  United States | 3.64 | 2023 |
| 122 |  Cameroon | 3.61 | 2023 |
| 123 |  Burkina Faso | 3.6 | 2023 |
| 124 |  Norway | 3.57 | 2023 |
| 125 |  Netherlands | 3.54 | 2023 |
| 126 |  Iceland | 3.52 | 2023 |
| 127 |  Ecuador | 3.51 | 2023 |
| 128 |  Kyrgyzstan | 3.5 | 2023 |
| 129 |  Malta | 3.48 | 2023 |
| 130 |  North Korea | 3.46 | 2023 |
| 131 |  Belarus | 3.46 | 2023 |
| 132 |  Singapore | 3.44 | 2023 |
| 133 |  Ethiopia | 3.38 | 2023 |
| 134 |  Israel | 3.37 | 2023 |
| 135 |  Trinidad & Tobago | 3.36 | 2023 |
| 136 |  Bangladesh | 3.35 | 2023 |
| 137 |  Indonesia | 3.31 | 2023 |
| 138 |  Oman | 3.18 | 2023 |
| 139 |  Bhutan | 3.13 | 2023 |
| 140 |  Sierra Leone | 3.09 | 2023 |
| 141 |  Russia | 3.08 | 2023 |
| 142 |  Nigeria | 3.07 | 2023 |
| 143 |  Germany | 3.07 | 2023 |
| 144 |  Madagascar | 3.04 | 2023 |
| 145 |  Bolivia | 3.02 | 2023 |
| 146 |  Jamaica | 3.02 | 2023 |
| 147 |  El Salvador | 2.99 | 2023 |
| 148 |  Myanmar (Burma) | 2.98 | 2023 |
| 149 |  Hong Kong SAR China | 2.95 | 2023 |
| 150 |  Mali | 2.95 | 2023 |
| 151 |  Liberia | 2.9 | 2023 |
| 152 |  Ghana | 2.83 | 2023 |
| 153 |  Senegal | 2.78 | 2023 |
| 154 |  Mexico | 2.76 | 2023 |
| 155 |  Uganda | 2.75 | 2023 |
| 156 |  Poland | 2.74 | 2023 |
| 157 |  South Korea | 2.68 | 2023 |
| 158 |  Papua New Guinea | 2.65 | 2023 |
| 159 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.63 | 2023 |
| 160 |  Japan | 2.6 | 2023 |
| 161 |  Czechia | 2.58 | 2023 |
| 162 |  Guatemala | 2.34 | 2023 |
| 163 |  Côte d’Ivoire | 2.26 | 2023 |
| 164 |  Macao SAR China | 2.21 | 2023 |
| 165 |  Philippines | 2.2 | 2023 |
| 166 |  United Arab Emirates | 2.15 | 2023 |
| 167 |  Kuwait | 2.08 | 2023 |
| 168 |  Togo | 1.94 | 2023 |
| 169 |  Cuba | 1.73 | 2023 |
| 170 |  Tonga | 1.65 | 2023 |
| 171 |  Vietnam | 1.64 | 2023 |
| 172 |  Benin | 1.64 | 2023 |
| 173 |  Moldova | 1.57 | 2023 |
| 174 |  Tanzania | 1.56 | 2023 |
| 175 |  Timor-Leste | 1.52 | 2023 |
| 176 |  Solomon Islands | 1.44 | 2023 |
| 177 |  Laos | 1.19 | 2023 |
| 178 |  Chad | 1.06 | 2023 |
| 179 |  Bahrain | 1.05 | 2023 |
| 180 |  Burundi | 0.91 | 2023 |
| 181 |  Thailand | 0.73 | 2023 |
| 182 |  Niger | 0.41 | 2023 |
| 183 |  Cambodia | 0.26 | 2023 |
| 184 |  Qatar | 0.13 | 2023 |
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Source & definition
- Indicator definition
- ILO modeled estimate of unemployed people as a percentage of the labor force.
- Unit
- %
- Source & definition
- World Bank ·
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Original metadata
Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
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"name": "Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)",
"unit": "",
"source": {
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"value": "World Development Indicators"
},
"sourceNote": "Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.",
"sourceOrganization": "ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026",
"topics": [
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"value": "Education "
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