Unemployment Rate - Country / Jurisdiction List

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World 2017 5.49 5.53 % of total labor force Annual
United States Feb 2024 3.9 3.7 %, SA Monthly
Japan Jan 2024 2.4 2.5 %, SA Monthly
Germany Feb 2024 5.9 5.9 %, CDASA Monthly
France 2023 Q4 7.5 7.5 %, SA Quarterly
United Kingdom Jan 2024 3.93 3.83 % 3-mo MA, SA Monthly
Brazil Jan 2024 7.6 7.4 % 3-mo MA, NSA Monthly
Italy Jan 2024 7.2 7.21 %, SA Monthly
India 2017 3.52 3.51 % of total labor force Annual
Russian Federation Jan 2024 2.9 3 %, NSA Monthly
Canada Feb 2024 5.8 5.7 %, SA Monthly
Australia 2017 5.59 5.72 % of total labor force Annual
Spain 2023 Q4 11.87 11.81 %, SA Quarterly
South Korea Feb 2024 2.6 3 %, SA Monthly
Mexico Jan 2024 2.85 2.61 %, NSA Monthly

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Afghanistan 2017 8.84 8.84 % of total labor force Annual
Albania 2024 13.19 13.2 % Annual
Argentina 2023 Q3 5.73 6.2 %, NSA Quarterly
Armenia Jan 2012 5.9 6.2 %, NSA Monthly
Australia 2017 5.59 5.72 % of total labor force Annual
Austria 2017 5.5 6.01 % of total labor force Annual
Azerbaijan 2016 4.98 4.88 % Annual
Bahamas 2012 14 15.9 % Annual
Bahrain 2012 1.2 4 % Annual
Barbados 2015 Q2 11.9 11.8 % Quarterly
Belarus Mar 2019 4.6 %, NSA Monthly
Belgium Jan 2024 5.6 5.5 %, NSA Monthly
Belize 2016 9.53 10.14 % Annual
Benin 2017 2.47 2.54 % of total labor force Annual
Bhutan 2017 2.43 2.44 % of total labor force Annual
Bolivia 2011 Q2 5.51 6.17 % Quarterly
Bosnia and Herzegovina Apr 2022 30.26 30.66 %, NSA Monthly
Botswana 2017 17.36 17.12 % of total labor force Annual
Brazil Jan 2024 7.6 7.4 % 3-mo MA, NSA Monthly
Brunei Darussalam 2014 6.9 % Annual
Bulgaria 2023 Q4 4.22 4.05 %, NSA Quarterly
Burkina Faso 2017 6.3 6.39 % of total labor force Annual
Burundi 2017 1.55 1.59 % of total labor force Annual
Cambodia 2017 0.22 0.2 % of total labor force Annual
Cameroon 2017 4.24 4.26 % of total labor force Annual
Canada Feb 2024 5.8 5.7 %, SA Monthly
Cape Verde 2017 10.34 10.32 % of total labor force Annual
Chad 2017 5.89 5.78 % of total labor force Annual
Chile Jan 2024 8.44 8.48 % 3-mo MA, NSA Monthly
Colombia Jan 2024 12.66 10.01 %, NSA Monthly
Comoros 2017 4.34 4.35 % of total labor force Annual
Costa Rica 2016 8.98 9.61 % Annual
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 1996 38.8 35.6 % Annual
Croatia 2023 Q4 5.9 5.5 %, NSA Quarterly
Cuba 2017 2.53 2.49 % of total labor force Annual
Cyprus 2023 Q4 5.9 5.8 %, NSA Quarterly
Czechia 2023 Q4 2.68 2.57 %, SA Quarterly
Denmark Jan 2024 2.9 2.9 % of Labor Force, SA Monthly
Dominican Republic 2016 5.49 5.92 % Annual
Ecuador 2021 4.5 6.11 % Annual
El Salvador 2009 7.33 5.9 % Annual
Equatorial Guinea 2017 6.91 6.19 % of total labor force Annual
Eritrea 2017 6.36 6.45 % of total labor force Annual
Estonia 2023 Q4 6.3 7.3 %, NSA Quarterly
Ethiopia 1993 62.94 70.86 % Annual
Fiji 2003 7.3 7.6 % Annual
Finland Dec 2023 7.6 7.6 %, Trend Monthly
France 2023 Q4 7.5 7.5 %, SA Quarterly
Gabon 2017 19.66 19.89 % of total labor force Annual
Georgia 2015 11.95 12.35 % Annual
Germany Feb 2024 5.9 5.9 %, CDASA Monthly
Ghana 2017 2.36 2.26 % of total labor force Annual
Greece 2023 Q4 10.5 10.8 %, NSA Quarterly
Guatemala 2017 2.73 2.83 % of total labor force Annual
Guinea 2017 4.49 4.51 % of total labor force Annual
Guyana 2016 11.76 11.81 % of total labor force Annual
Haiti 2017 13.99 14 % of total labor force Annual
Honduras 2017 4.49 4.67 % of total labor force Annual
Hong Kong SAR (China) Feb 2024 2.9 2.9 % 3-mo. MA, SA Monthly
Hungary Jan 2024 4.57 4.43 % 3-mo ending MA, NSA Monthly
Iceland 2017 2.75 2.98 % of total labor force Annual
India 2017 3.52 3.51 % of total labor force Annual
Indonesia 31 Aug 2023 5.32 5.45 %, NSA 184 days
Iran 2017 12.52 12.43 % of total labor force Annual
Ireland 2023 Q4 4.2 4.6 %, NSA Quarterly
Israel Jan 2024 3.2 3.2 %, SA Monthly
Italy Jan 2024 7.2 7.21 %, SA Monthly
Jamaica Oct 2003 10.9 %, NSA Monthly
Japan Jan 2024 2.4 2.5 %, SA Monthly
Jordan 2017 14.92 15.27 % of total labor force Annual
Kazakhstan Dec 2017 4.9 4.9 %, NSA Monthly
Kenya 2017 11.47 11.52 % of total labor force Annual
Kyrgyzstan 2021 4.13 4.65 % Annual
Laos 2017 0.67 0.66 % of total labor force Annual
Latvia 2023 Q4 6.8 6.5 %, NSA Quarterly
Lebanon 2017 6.64 6.58 % of total labor force Annual
Lesotho 2017 27.25 27.78 % of total labor force Annual
Liberia 2017 2.39 2.34 % of total labor force Annual
Lithuania 2023 Q4 7.4 6.2 % Quarterly
Luxembourg Jan 2024 5.85 5.84 %, NSA Monthly
Macao SAR (China) 2023 Q4 2.3 2.4 %, NSA Quarterly
Macedonia 2017 Q1 22.9 23.1 % Quarterly
Madagascar 2017 1.8 1.8 % of total labor force Annual
Malawi 2017 5.9 5.86 % of total labor force Annual
Malaysia Jan 2024 3.3 3.3 %, NSA Monthly
Maldives 2017 4.99 5.03 % of total labor force Annual
Mali 2017 7.91 7.81 % of total labor force Annual
Malta Sep 2023 0.4 0.4 %, NSA Monthly
Mauritania 2017 9.88 9.84 % of total labor force Annual
Mauritius 2016 Q4 6.64 7.65 % Quarterly
Mexico Jan 2024 2.85 2.61 %, NSA Monthly
Moldova 2017 Q1 6.3 3.77 % Quarterly
Mongolia 2017 6.96 7.24 % of total labor force Annual
Montenegro 2017 16.07 17.7 % of total labor force Annual
Morocco 2016 Q3 9.63 8.58 % Quarterly
Mozambique 2017 25.04 25.15 % of total labor force Annual
Namibia 2017 23.33 23.35 % of total labor force Annual
Nepal 2017 2.74 3.06 % of total labor force Annual
Netherland Antilles 2009 9.7 10.3 % Annual
Netherlands Jan 2024 3.6 3.6 %, SA Monthly
New Zealand 2023 Q4 4 3.9 %, SA Quarterly
Nicaragua 2011 6.3 7.86 % Annual
Niger 2017 0.35 0.34 % of total labor force Annual
Norway Dec 2023 3.9 3.7 % 3-mo MA, SA Monthly
Pakistan 2014 4.06 6.2 % Annual
Panama 2020 8.5 7.1 % Annual
Papua New Guinea 2017 2.66 2.64 % of total labor force Annual
Paraguay 2015 6.85 8.02 % Annual
Peru Feb 2024 7.3 7.2 3months moving avg., NSA Monthly
Philippines Jan 2024 4.5 3.1 %, NSA Monthly
Poland Jan 2024 5.4 5.1 Percent, NSA Monthly
Portugal 2023 Q4 6.6 6.1 %, NSA Quarterly
Puerto Rico 2017 10.83 % of total labor force Annual
Romania Dec 2023 2.9 2.9 %, NSA Monthly
Russian Federation Jan 2024 2.9 3 %, NSA Monthly
Rwanda 2017 1.3 1.23 % of total labor force Annual
Saint Lucia 2016 Q1 22.08 20.62 % Quarterly
Senegal 2017 4.84 4.85 % of total labor force Annual
Serbia 2017 14.1 15.26 % of total labor force Annual
Sierra Leone 2017 4.47 4.6 % of total labor force Annual
Singapore 2023 Q4 2 2 %, SA Quarterly
Slovak Republic 2023 Q4 5.6 5.9 %, NSA Quarterly
Slovenia 2022 4 4.7 % Annual
Solomon Islands 2009 2 % Annual
South Africa 2023 Q4 32.1 31.9 %, NSA Quarterly
South Korea Feb 2024 2.6 3 %, SA Monthly
Spain 2023 Q4 11.87 11.81 %, SA Quarterly
Sri Lanka 2016 Q4 4.2 4.49 % Quarterly
Suriname 1999 14 10.6 % Annual
Swaziland 2017 26.4 26.35 % of total labor force Annual
Sweden Feb 2024 8 8.2 %, SA Monthly
Switzerland Feb 2024 2.4 2.5 %, NSA Monthly
Syrian Arab Republic 2011 14.9 8.61 % Annual
Taiwan (China) Jan 2024 3.31 3.33 %, NSA Monthly
Tanzania 2017 2.21 2.17 % of total labor force Annual
Thailand 2023 Q4 0.81 0.99 %, NSA Quarterly
Trinidad and Tobago 2016 Q2 3.59 3.75 % Quarterly
Tunisia 2015 15.22 15.06 % Annual
Türkiye Jan 2024 9.1 8.9 %, SA Monthly
Uganda 2017 2.1 2.01 % of total labor force Annual
Ukraine 2021 Q4 10.5 9.1 %, NSA Quarterly
United Kingdom Jan 2024 3.93 3.83 % 3-mo MA, SA Monthly
United States Feb 2024 3.9 3.7 %, SA Monthly
Uruguay Jan 2020 8.91 8.74 %, NSA Monthly
Venezuela Apr 2016 7.33 7.08 %, NSA Monthly
Vietnam 2022 2.82 4.33 % Annual
West Bank/Gaza Strip 2017 27.4 26.89 % of total labor force Annual
World 2017 5.49 5.53 % of total labor force Annual
Yemen 2017 14.04 13.73 % of total labor force Annual
Zambia 2017 7.79 7.78 % of total labor force Annual
Zimbabwe 2017 5.01 5.05 % of total labor force Annual
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Albania 2024 13.19 13.2 % Annual
Austria 2017 5.5 6.01 % of total labor force Annual
Belarus Mar 2019 4.6 %, NSA Monthly
Belgium Jan 2024 5.6 5.5 %, NSA Monthly
Bosnia and Herzegovina Apr 2022 30.26 30.66 %, NSA Monthly
Bulgaria 2023 Q4 4.22 4.05 %, NSA Quarterly
Croatia 2023 Q4 5.9 5.5 %, NSA Quarterly
Czechia 2023 Q4 2.68 2.57 %, SA Quarterly
Denmark Jan 2024 2.9 2.9 % of Labor Force, SA Monthly
Estonia 2023 Q4 6.3 7.3 %, NSA Quarterly
Finland Dec 2023 7.6 7.6 %, Trend Monthly
France 2023 Q4 7.5 7.5 %, SA Quarterly
Germany Feb 2024 5.9 5.9 %, CDASA Monthly
Greece 2023 Q4 10.5 10.8 %, NSA Quarterly
Hungary Jan 2024 4.57 4.43 % 3-mo ending MA, NSA Monthly
Iceland 2017 2.75 2.98 % of total labor force Annual
Ireland 2023 Q4 4.2 4.6 %, NSA Quarterly
Italy Jan 2024 7.2 7.21 %, SA Monthly
Latvia 2023 Q4 6.8 6.5 %, NSA Quarterly
Lithuania 2023 Q4 7.4 6.2 % Quarterly
Luxembourg Jan 2024 5.85 5.84 %, NSA Monthly
Macedonia 2017 Q1 22.9 23.1 % Quarterly
Malta Sep 2023 0.4 0.4 %, NSA Monthly
Moldova 2017 Q1 6.3 3.77 % Quarterly
Montenegro 2017 16.07 17.7 % of total labor force Annual
Netherlands Jan 2024 3.6 3.6 %, SA Monthly
Norway Dec 2023 3.9 3.7 % 3-mo MA, SA Monthly
Poland Jan 2024 5.4 5.1 Percent, NSA Monthly
Portugal 2023 Q4 6.6 6.1 %, NSA Quarterly
Romania Dec 2023 2.9 2.9 %, NSA Monthly
Russian Federation Jan 2024 2.9 3 %, NSA Monthly
Serbia 2017 14.1 15.26 % of total labor force Annual
Slovak Republic 2023 Q4 5.6 5.9 %, NSA Quarterly
Slovenia 2022 4 4.7 % Annual
Spain 2023 Q4 11.87 11.81 %, SA Quarterly
Sweden Feb 2024 8 8.2 %, SA Monthly
Switzerland Feb 2024 2.4 2.5 %, NSA Monthly
Ukraine 2021 Q4 10.5 9.1 %, NSA Quarterly
United Kingdom Jan 2024 3.93 3.83 % 3-mo MA, SA Monthly
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Afghanistan 2017 8.84 8.84 % of total labor force Annual
Armenia Jan 2012 5.9 6.2 %, NSA Monthly
Australia 2017 5.59 5.72 % of total labor force Annual
Azerbaijan 2016 4.98 4.88 % Annual
Bahrain 2012 1.2 4 % Annual
Bhutan 2017 2.43 2.44 % of total labor force Annual
Brunei Darussalam 2014 6.9 % Annual
Cambodia 2017 0.22 0.2 % of total labor force Annual
Cyprus 2023 Q4 5.9 5.8 %, NSA Quarterly
Fiji 2003 7.3 7.6 % Annual
Georgia 2015 11.95 12.35 % Annual
Hong Kong SAR (China) Feb 2024 2.9 2.9 % 3-mo. MA, SA Monthly
India 2017 3.52 3.51 % of total labor force Annual
Indonesia 31 Aug 2023 5.32 5.45 %, NSA 184 days
Iran 2017 12.52 12.43 % of total labor force Annual
Israel Jan 2024 3.2 3.2 %, SA Monthly
Japan Jan 2024 2.4 2.5 %, SA Monthly
Jordan 2017 14.92 15.27 % of total labor force Annual
Kazakhstan Dec 2017 4.9 4.9 %, NSA Monthly
Kyrgyzstan 2021 4.13 4.65 % Annual
Laos 2017 0.67 0.66 % of total labor force Annual
Lebanon 2017 6.64 6.58 % of total labor force Annual
Macao SAR (China) 2023 Q4 2.3 2.4 %, NSA Quarterly
Malaysia Jan 2024 3.3 3.3 %, NSA Monthly
Maldives 2017 4.99 5.03 % of total labor force Annual
Mongolia 2017 6.96 7.24 % of total labor force Annual
Nepal 2017 2.74 3.06 % of total labor force Annual
New Zealand 2023 Q4 4 3.9 %, SA Quarterly
Pakistan 2014 4.06 6.2 % Annual
Papua New Guinea 2017 2.66 2.64 % of total labor force Annual
Philippines Jan 2024 4.5 3.1 %, NSA Monthly
Singapore 2023 Q4 2 2 %, SA Quarterly
Solomon Islands 2009 2 % Annual
South Korea Feb 2024 2.6 3 %, SA Monthly
Sri Lanka 2016 Q4 4.2 4.49 % Quarterly
Syrian Arab Republic 2011 14.9 8.61 % Annual
Thailand 2023 Q4 0.81 0.99 %, NSA Quarterly
Türkiye Jan 2024 9.1 8.9 %, SA Monthly
Vietnam 2022 2.82 4.33 % Annual
Yemen 2017 14.04 13.73 % of total labor force Annual
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Argentina 2023 Q3 5.73 6.2 %, NSA Quarterly
Bahamas 2012 14 15.9 % Annual
Barbados 2015 Q2 11.9 11.8 % Quarterly
Belize 2016 9.53 10.14 % Annual
Bolivia 2011 Q2 5.51 6.17 % Quarterly
Brazil Jan 2024 7.6 7.4 % 3-mo MA, NSA Monthly
Canada Feb 2024 5.8 5.7 %, SA Monthly
Chile Jan 2024 8.44 8.48 % 3-mo MA, NSA Monthly
Colombia Jan 2024 12.66 10.01 %, NSA Monthly
Costa Rica 2016 8.98 9.61 % Annual
Cuba 2017 2.53 2.49 % of total labor force Annual
Dominican Republic 2016 5.49 5.92 % Annual
Ecuador 2021 4.5 6.11 % Annual
El Salvador 2009 7.33 5.9 % Annual
Guatemala 2017 2.73 2.83 % of total labor force Annual
Guyana 2016 11.76 11.81 % of total labor force Annual
Haiti 2017 13.99 14 % of total labor force Annual
Honduras 2017 4.49 4.67 % of total labor force Annual
Jamaica Oct 2003 10.9 %, NSA Monthly
Mexico Jan 2024 2.85 2.61 %, NSA Monthly
Nicaragua 2011 6.3 7.86 % Annual
Panama 2020 8.5 7.1 % Annual
Paraguay 2015 6.85 8.02 % Annual
Peru Feb 2024 7.3 7.2 3months moving avg., NSA Monthly
Puerto Rico 2017 10.83 % of total labor force Annual
Saint Lucia 2016 Q1 22.08 20.62 % Quarterly
Suriname 1999 14 10.6 % Annual
Trinidad and Tobago 2016 Q2 3.59 3.75 % Quarterly
United States Feb 2024 3.9 3.7 %, SA Monthly
Uruguay Jan 2020 8.91 8.74 %, NSA Monthly
Venezuela Apr 2016 7.33 7.08 %, NSA Monthly
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Taiwan (China) Jan 2024 3.31 3.33 %, NSA Monthly
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Netherland Antilles 2009 9.7 10.3 % Annual
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Benin 2017 2.47 2.54 % of total labor force Annual
Botswana 2017 17.36 17.12 % of total labor force Annual
Burkina Faso 2017 6.3 6.39 % of total labor force Annual
Burundi 2017 1.55 1.59 % of total labor force Annual
Cameroon 2017 4.24 4.26 % of total labor force Annual
Cape Verde 2017 10.34 10.32 % of total labor force Annual
Chad 2017 5.89 5.78 % of total labor force Annual
Comoros 2017 4.34 4.35 % of total labor force Annual
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 1996 38.8 35.6 % Annual
Equatorial Guinea 2017 6.91 6.19 % of total labor force Annual
Eritrea 2017 6.36 6.45 % of total labor force Annual
Ethiopia 1993 62.94 70.86 % Annual
Gabon 2017 19.66 19.89 % of total labor force Annual
Ghana 2017 2.36 2.26 % of total labor force Annual
Guinea 2017 4.49 4.51 % of total labor force Annual
Kenya 2017 11.47 11.52 % of total labor force Annual
Lesotho 2017 27.25 27.78 % of total labor force Annual
Liberia 2017 2.39 2.34 % of total labor force Annual
Madagascar 2017 1.8 1.8 % of total labor force Annual
Malawi 2017 5.9 5.86 % of total labor force Annual
Mali 2017 7.91 7.81 % of total labor force Annual
Mauritania 2017 9.88 9.84 % of total labor force Annual
Mauritius 2016 Q4 6.64 7.65 % Quarterly
Morocco 2016 Q3 9.63 8.58 % Quarterly
Mozambique 2017 25.04 25.15 % of total labor force Annual
Namibia 2017 23.33 23.35 % of total labor force Annual
Niger 2017 0.35 0.34 % of total labor force Annual
Rwanda 2017 1.3 1.23 % of total labor force Annual
Senegal 2017 4.84 4.85 % of total labor force Annual
Sierra Leone 2017 4.47 4.6 % of total labor force Annual
South Africa 2023 Q4 32.1 31.9 %, NSA Quarterly
Swaziland 2017 26.4 26.35 % of total labor force Annual
Tanzania 2017 2.21 2.17 % of total labor force Annual
Tunisia 2015 15.22 15.06 % Annual
Uganda 2017 2.1 2.01 % of total labor force Annual
Zambia 2017 7.79 7.78 % of total labor force Annual
Zimbabwe 2017 5.01 5.05 % of total labor force Annual
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World 2017 5.49 5.53 % of total labor force Annual
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West Bank/Gaza Strip 2017 27.4 26.89 % of total labor force Annual