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East Asia & Pacific
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Within the “East Asia & Pacific” group, French Polynesia leads Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025 at 11.66%, while Cambodia sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.26%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.02.95.88.711.7French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia: 11.66%11.7New CaledoniaNew Caledonia: 11.17%11.2GuamGuam: 5.57%5.6FijiFiji: 5.35%5.3Brunei DarussalamBrunei Darussalam: 5.28%5.3MongoliaMongolia: 5.23%5.2New ZealandNew Zealand: 5.08%5.1VanuatuVanuatu: 5.07%5.1SamoaSamoa: 5.00%5.0ChinaChina: 4.62%4.6AustraliaAustralia: 4.09%4.1MalaysiaMalaysia: 3.76%3.8

Country table

#CountryValue
1 French Polynesia 11.66%
2 New Caledonia 11.17%
3 Guam 5.57%
4 Fiji 5.35%
5 Brunei Darussalam 5.28%
6 Mongolia 5.23%
7 New Zealand 5.08%
8 Vanuatu 5.07%
9 Samoa 5.00%
10 China 4.62%
11 Australia 4.09%
12 Malaysia 3.76%
13 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 3.55%
14 Indonesia 3.24%
15 Myanmar 3.05%
16 Singapore 2.82%
17 Hong Kong SAR, China 2.80%
18 Korea, Rep. 2.68%
19 Papua New Guinea 2.57%
20 Japan 2.45%
21 Macao SAR, China 2.35%
22 Philippines 2.24%
23 Tonga 2.01%
24 Timor-Leste 1.59%
25 Viet Nam 1.52%
26 Solomon Islands 1.43%
27 Lao PDR 1.19%
28 Thailand 0.78%
29 Cambodia 0.26%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the East Asia & Pacific group for Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, French Polynesia leads with a gap of 0.49% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 29 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Cambodia at 0.26%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.