Country Comparison > Unemployment rate

Rank	Country	Unemployment rate (%)
1	Nauru	90
2	Liberia	85
3	Zimbabwe	80
4	Burkina Faso	77
5	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	60
6	Turkmenistan	60
7	Djibouti	59
8	Zambia	50
9	Senegal	48
10	Nepal	46
11	Lesotho	45
12	Gaza Strip	41.3
13	Swaziland	40
14	Kenya	40
15	Afghanistan	40
16	Marshall Islands	36
17	Yemen	35
18	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	33.5
19	Mali	30
20	Libya	30
21	Mauritania	30
22	Equatorial Guinea	30
23	Cameroon	30
24	American Samoa	29.8
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29
26	Mayotte	25.4
27	Dominica	23
28	South Africa	22.9
29	Micronesia, Federated States of	22
30	Gabon	21
31	Cape Verde	21
32	Mozambique	21
33	Saint Lucia	20
34	East Timor	20
35	Comoros	20
36	Sudan	18.7
37	Iraq	18.2
38	Kyrgyzstan	18
39	New Caledonia	17.1
40	West Bank	16.3
41	Dominican Republic	15.5
42	Netherlands Antilles	15.5
43	Wallis and Futuna	15.2
44	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15
45	Oman	15
46	Bahrain	15
47	Montenegro	14.7
48	Maldives	14.4
49	Tunisia	14.1
50	Saint Helena	14
51	Spain	13.9
52	Croatia	13.7
53	Georgia	13.6
54	Cook Islands	13.1
55	Tonga	13
56	Jordan	12.6
57	Iran	12.5
58	Albania	12.5
59	Algeria	12.5
60	Grenada	12.5
61	Puerto Rico	12
62	Niue	12
63	Saudi Arabia	11.8
64	French Polynesia	11.7
65	Guam	11.4
66	Colombia	11.3
67	Guyana	11
68	Jamaica	11
69	Antigua and Barbuda	11
70	Ghana	11
71	Barbados	10.7
72	Turkey	10.7
73	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	10.3
74	Turks and Caicos Islands	10
75	Morocco	10
76	Poland	9.8
77	Suriname	9.5
78	Burma	9.5
79	Greenland	9.3
80	Lebanon	9.2
81	Ecuador	8.7
82	Syria	8.6
83	Indonesia	8.4
84	Egypt	8.4
85	Belize	8.1
86	Peru	8.1
87	Northern Mariana Islands	8
88	Central African Republic	8
89	Anguilla	8
90	Argentina	7.9
91	Brazil	7.9
92	Chile	7.8
93	Hungary	7.8
94	Germany	7.8
95	Greece	7.7
96	Slovakia	7.7
97	Bahamas, The	7.6
98	Portugal	7.6
99	Fiji	7.6
100	Uruguay	7.6
101	Bolivia	7.5
102	Botswana	7.5
103	Pakistan	7.4
104	Philippines	7.4
105	Venezuela	7.4
106	France	7.4
107	United States	7.2
108	Mauritius	7.2
109	Armenia	7.1
110	Belgium	7
111	Aruba	6.9
112	Italy	6.8
113	India	6.8
114	Slovenia	6.7
115	Kazakhstan	6.6
116	Russia	6.4
117	Finland	6.4
118	El Salvador	6.3
119	Bulgaria	6.3
120	Canada	6.2
121	Sweden	6.2
122	Virgin Islands	6.2
123	Ireland	6.1
124	Israel	6.1
125	Montserrat	6
126	Malta	5.9
127	Lithuania	5.8
128	Estonia	5.7
129	Nicaragua	5.6
130	Panama	5.6
131	United Kingdom	5.6
132	Trinidad and Tobago	5.5
133	Paraguay	5.4
134	Czech Republic	5.4
135	Latvia	5.3
136	Sri Lanka	5.2
137	Namibia	5
138	Costa Rica	4.9
139	Nigeria	4.9
140	Vietnam	4.7
141	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.5
142	Luxembourg	4.5
143	Cayman Islands	4.4
144	Romania	4.4
145	Palau	4.2
146	New Zealand	4.2
147	Australia	4.2
148	Hong Kong	4.1
149	Taiwan	4.1
150	Netherlands	4
151	Mexico	4
152	Japan	4
153	China	4
154	Austria	3.8
155	Brunei	3.7
156	British Virgin Islands	3.6
157	Cambodia	3.5
158	Honduras	3.5
159	Malaysia	3.3
160	Korea, South	3.2
161	Guatemala	3.2
162	San Marino	3.1
163	Ukraine	3
164	Macau	3
165	Gibraltar	3
166	Mongolia	2.8
167	Norway	2.6
168	Switzerland	2.6
169	Bangladesh	2.5
170	Bhutan	2.5
171	Laos	2.4
172	United Arab Emirates	2.4
173	Tajikistan	2.3
174	Singapore	2.2
175	Kuwait	2.2
176	Jersey	2.2
177	Bermuda	2.1
178	Moldova	2.1
179	Seychelles	2
180	Kiribati	2
181	Papua New Guinea	1.9
182	Denmark	1.9
183	Vanuatu	1.7
184	Iceland	1.6
185	Belarus	1.6
186	Cuba	1.6
187	Man, Isle of	1.5
188	Liechtenstein	1.5
189	Thailand	1.4
190	Faroe Islands	1.4
191	Uzbekistan	1
192	Guernsey	0.9
193	Azerbaijan	0.8
194	Qatar	0.4
195	Monaco	0
196	Andorra	0

Definition: This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009