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

In 2025, Eswatini leads Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) with 34.20%. South Africa follows at 32.39%, and the gap between the top two positions is 1.81%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.08.617.125.734.2EswatiniEswatini: 34.20%34.2South AfricaSouth Africa: 32.39%32.4DjiboutiDjibouti: 26.02%26.0BotswanaBotswana: 24.48%24.5GabonGabon: 20.15%20.2Congo, Rep.Congo, Rep.: 19.88%19.9NamibiaNamibia: 19.29%19.3Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 18.95%18.9LibyaLibya: 18.76%18.8St. Vincent and the GrenadinesSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 18.00%18.0Yemen, Rep.Yemen, Rep.: 17.32%17.3JordanJordan: 16.54%16.5

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Colombia 8.29%
52 Suriname 7.83%
53 France 7.54%
54 Uruguay 7.52%
55 Argentina 7.15%
56 Serbia 7.12%
57 Tajikistan 6.93%
58 Canada 6.91%
59 Costa Rica 6.84%
60 Egypt, Arab Rep. 6.78%
61 Lithuania 6.73%
62 Mozambique 6.63%
63 Latvia 6.57%
64 Barbados 6.52%
65 Gambia, The 6.52%
66 Italy 6.39%
67 Luxembourg 6.34%
68 Central African Republic 6.25%
69 Channel Islands 6.17%
70 Portugal 6.16%
71 Romania 5.99%
72 Puerto Rico (US) 5.99%
73 Eritrea 5.98%
74 Brazil 5.97%
75 Zambia 5.92%
76 Belgium 5.91%
77 Mauritius 5.64%
78 Austria 5.58%
79 Guam 5.57%
80 Denmark 5.53%
81 Azerbaijan 5.46%
82 Kenya 5.45%
83 Pakistan 5.42%
84 Slovak Republic 5.36%
85 Fiji 5.35%
86 Venezuela, RB 5.31%
87 Brunei Darussalam 5.28%
88 Mongolia 5.23%
89 Guinea 5.16%
90 Peru 5.12%
91 Dominican Republic 5.09%
92 New Zealand 5.08%
93 Vanuatu 5.07%
94 Malawi 5.07%
95 Nicaragua 5.04%
96 Croatia 5.00%
97 Samoa 5.00%
98 Cyprus 4.92%
99 Honduras 4.92%
100 Switzerland 4.87%

Analytical takeaways

  • Eswatini leads the global ranking for Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, with a lead of 1.81% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Jordan at 16.54%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.