Countries with the highest
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

In 2020, Eswatini leads Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) with 32.98%. South Africa follows at 29.22%, and the gap between the top two positions is 3.76%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.08.216.524.733.0EswatiniEswatini: 32.98%33.0South AfricaSouth Africa: 29.22%29.2DjiboutiDjibouti: 27.70%27.7West Bank and GazaWest Bank and Gaza: 25.90%25.9St. LuciaSt. Lucia: 25.22%25.2Congo, Rep.Congo, Rep.: 22.29%22.3GabonGabon: 21.28%21.3BotswanaBotswana: 21.02%21.0NamibiaNamibia: 21.00%21.0St. Vincent and the GrenadinesSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 20.64%20.6LibyaLibya: 19.65%19.7Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 19.41%19.4

Full table

#CountryValue
151 Netherlands 3.82%
152 Uganda 3.82%
153 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 3.62%
154 Mali 3.53%
155 Sierra Leone 3.51%
156 Kuwait 3.49%
157 Senegal 3.43%
158 Madagascar 3.29%
159 Ghana 3.18%
160 Poland 3.16%
161 Guatemala 2.97%
162 Oman 2.94%
163 Papua New Guinea 2.90%
164 Guinea-Bissau 2.89%
165 Japan 2.81%
166 Timor-Leste 2.81%
167 Tonga 2.71%
168 Cote d'Ivoire 2.59%
169 Czechia 2.55%
170 Macao SAR, China 2.54%
171 Philippines 2.52%
172 Lao PDR 2.35%
173 Cuba 2.23%
174 Togo 2.23%
175 Viet Nam 2.10%
176 Tanzania 1.79%
177 Bahrain 1.77%
178 Chad 1.70%
179 Benin 1.52%
180 Myanmar 1.48%
181 Moldova 1.21%
182 Thailand 1.10%
183 Burundi 1.03%
184 Solomon Islands 0.87%
185 Niger 0.59%
186 Cambodia 0.17%
187 Qatar 0.14%

Analytical takeaways

  • Eswatini leads the global ranking for Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2020, with a lead of 3.76% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Somalia, Fed. Rep. at 19.41%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.