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

In 2021, Eswatini leads Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) with 34.15%. South Africa follows at 34.01%, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.15%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.08.517.125.634.2EswatiniEswatini: 34.15%34.2South AfricaSouth Africa: 34.01%34.0DjiboutiDjibouti: 27.63%27.6West Bank and GazaWest Bank and Gaza: 26.39%26.4BotswanaBotswana: 23.11%23.1Congo, Rep.Congo, Rep.: 22.00%22.0GabonGabon: 21.22%21.2NamibiaNamibia: 20.93%20.9St. LuciaSt. Lucia: 20.51%20.5St. Vincent and the GrenadinesSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 20.36%20.4JordanJordan: 19.84%19.8LibyaLibya: 19.78%19.8

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Luxembourg 5.57%
102 Kazakhstan 5.57%
103 Bangladesh 5.46%
104 Mozambique 5.41%
105 Nigeria 5.40%
106 Uzbekistan 5.36%
107 United States 5.35%
108 Congo, Dem. Rep. 5.29%
109 Fiji 5.23%
110 Zambia 5.20%
111 Jamaica 5.19%
112 Hong Kong SAR, China 5.17%
113 Bulgaria 5.17%
114 Kyrgyz Republic 5.15%
115 Peru 5.10%
116 Bolivia 5.09%
117 Denmark 5.07%
118 Australia 5.02%
119 Maldives 5.02%
120 Switzerland 5.01%
121 Sri Lanka 4.98%
122 Brunei Darussalam 4.91%
123 United Kingdom 4.86%
124 Israel 4.81%
125 Bhutan 4.80%
126 Vanuatu 4.78%
127 Russian Federation 4.75%
128 Slovenia 4.74%
129 Malaysia 4.64%
130 Singapore 4.64%
131 China 4.55%
132 Burkina Faso 4.51%
133 Ecuador 4.50%
134 Turkmenistan 4.46%
135 Trinidad and Tobago 4.45%
136 Comoros 4.39%
137 Norway 4.36%
138 Myanmar 4.34%
139 El Salvador 4.33%
140 Netherlands 4.21%
141 Hungary 4.02%
142 Mexico 4.02%
143 Mali 4.01%
144 Cameroon 3.98%
145 Ethiopia 3.94%
146 Belarus 3.90%
147 Liberia 3.84%
148 Indonesia 3.83%
149 New Zealand 3.78%
150 Malta 3.75%

Analytical takeaways

  • Eswatini leads the global ranking for Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2021, with a lead of 0.15% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Libya at 19.78%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.