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How's the job market around the world?

2025 · 181 countries · data family: economicdata.dev

About the same as the year before

4.8%World unemployment rate, 2025

no change from 2024 (4.8%)
Of 181 countries: higher in 20, lower in 16, about the same in 145
Highest: Eswatini (34.2%); lowest: Qatar (0.1%)

Every country, 2025From 2024 to 2025, unemployment rose in 20 countries, fell in 16 and stayed within 0.3 points in 145; the biggest rise was Finland (+1.1 points).Choose a country to see its answer. The colour shows how much each country's unemployment rate changed from 2024.

+1.0 to +1.5 pts 1
+0.5 to +1.0 pts 7
within 0.5 pts 164
−0.5 to −1.0 pts 6
−1.0 to −1.5 pts 3
no data

Much higher than the year before 1
Higher than the year before 19
About the same as the year before 145
Lower than the year before 13
Much lower than the year before 3

Too small to draw at this scale, but in the table: Guam, Maldives, Samoa, Mauritius, Macao SAR China, Singapore, Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe, Cape Verde, French Polynesia, Tonga, U.S. Virgin Islands, Bahrain, Comoros, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Hong Kong SAR China, Malta, St. Lucia.

World unemployment rate, 1991–2025The world rate was 4.8% in 2025; its high since 1991 was 6.6% (2020).

Show the numbers (35 rows)

Year	World
2025	4.8%
2024	4.8%
2023	4.8%
2022	5.2%
2021	6.0%
2020	6.6%
2019	5.6%
2018	5.8%
2017	5.9%
2016	6.0%
2015	6.0%
2014	6.0%
2013	6.1%
2012	6.2%
2011	6.1%
2010	6.3%
2009	6.4%
2008	5.8%
2007	5.8%
2006	6.0%
2005	6.2%
2004	6.3%
2003	6.5%
2002	6.4%
2001	6.2%
2000	6.1%
1999	6.3%
1998	6.2%
1997	6.0%
1996	6.0%
1995	5.9%
1994	5.8%
1993	5.5%
1992	5.3%
1991	5.1%

All 181 countries, 2025


1	Finland	9.5%	+1.1 pts	Much higher than the year before
2	Estonia	8.3%	+0.7 pts	Higher than the year before
3	Botswana	24.5%	+0.7 pts	Higher than the year before
4	Norway	4.6%	+0.6 pts	Higher than the year before
5	Romania	6.0%	+0.6 pts	Higher than the year before
6	Canada	6.9%	+0.6 pts	Higher than the year before
7	Georgia	12.1%	+0.5 pts	Higher than the year before
8	Switzerland	4.9%	+0.5 pts	Higher than the year before
9	Armenia	12.9%	+0.5 pts	Higher than the year before
10	United Kingdom	4.7%	+0.4 pts	Higher than the year before
11	Austria	5.6%	+0.4 pts	Higher than the year before
12	Montenegro	13.6%	+0.4 pts	Higher than the year before
13	New Zealand	5.1%	+0.4 pts	Higher than the year before
14	Puerto Rico	6.0%	+0.4 pts	Higher than the year before
15	Yemen	17.3%	+0.4 pts	Higher than the year before
16	Bosnia & Herzegovina	11.0%	+0.3 pts	Higher than the year before
17	Haiti	14.9%	+0.3 pts	Higher than the year before
18	Ireland	4.6%	+0.3 pts	Higher than the year before
19	Guam	5.6%	+0.3 pts	Higher than the year before
20	Germany	3.7%	+0.3 pts	Higher than the year before
21	Sweden	8.7%	+0.3 pts	About the same as the year before
22	Chile	9.0%	+0.3 pts	About the same as the year before
23	Turkmenistan	4.3%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
24	Albania	10.9%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
25	Maldives	4.5%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
26	Czechia	2.8%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
27	Suriname	7.8%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
28	Syria	13.6%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
29	Belgium	5.9%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
30	Iraq	15.5%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
31	New Caledonia	11.2%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
32	Uzbekistan	4.6%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
33	United States	4.2%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
34	Netherlands	3.9%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
35	Denmark	5.5%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
36	Poland	3.0%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
37	Myanmar (Burma)	3.0%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
38	Ghana	3.0%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
39	Bahamas	9.2%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
40	Belize	8.9%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
41	Iran	8.3%	+0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
42	Australia	4.1%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
43	Bangladesh	3.8%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
44	France	7.5%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
45	Samoa	5.0%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
46	Jamaica	3.3%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
47	Namibia	19.3%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
48	South Africa	32.4%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
49	Brunei	5.3%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
50	Angola	14.1%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
51	Guyana	12.0%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
52	Mauritius	5.6%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
53	Macao SAR China	2.3%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
54	Vanuatu	5.1%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
55	Singapore	2.8%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
56	Moldova	1.5%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
57	Barbados	6.5%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
58	Mongolia	5.2%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
59	São Tomé & Príncipe	9.1%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
60	Timor-Leste	1.6%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
61	Gabon	20.2%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
62	Mauritania	10.3%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
63	Nicaragua	5.0%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
64	Slovakia	5.4%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
65	Cape Verde	11.9%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
66	Côte d’Ivoire	2.3%	+0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
67	French Polynesia	11.7%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
68	Oman	3.3%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
69	Sierra Leone	3.1%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
70	Togo	2.0%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
71	India	4.2%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
72	Equatorial Guinea	8.3%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
73	Tonga	2.0%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
74	El Salvador	3.3%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
75	Gambia	6.5%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
76	Burkina Faso	3.5%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
77	Kyrgyzstan	3.5%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
78	Philippines	2.2%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
79	Rwanda	11.4%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
80	Eritrea	6.0%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
81	Guinea	5.2%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
82	Kuwait	2.2%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
83	Guinea-Bissau	2.7%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
84	China	4.6%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
85	Iceland	3.6%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
86	Cyprus	4.9%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
87	Hungary	4.5%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
88	Malawi	5.1%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
89	U.S. Virgin Islands	11.4%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
90	Zambia	5.9%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
91	Nigeria	3.1%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
92	Bahrain	1.1%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
93	Niger	0.4%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
94	Tanzania	1.6%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
95	United Arab Emirates	2.2%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
96	Congo - Kinshasa	4.4%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
97	Laos	1.2%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
98	Trinidad & Tobago	3.3%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
99	Honduras	4.9%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
100	Cambodia	0.3%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
101	Djibouti	26.0%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
102	Burundi	0.9%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
103	North Korea	3.5%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
104	Uganda	2.7%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
105	Comoros	3.8%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
106	Chad	1.1%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
107	Croatia	5.0%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
108	Qatar	0.1%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
109	Thailand	0.8%	+0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
110	Cameroon	3.6%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
111	Somalia	18.9%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
112	Central African Republic	6.3%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
113	Argentina	7.1%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
114	Mexico	2.7%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
115	Cuba	1.7%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
116	Guatemala	2.6%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
117	North Macedonia	12.3%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
118	Madagascar	3.0%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
119	Solomon Islands	1.4%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
120	Fiji	5.3%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
121	Venezuela	5.3%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
122	Congo - Brazzaville	19.9%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
123	Algeria	11.6%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
124	Lesotho	16.3%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
125	Liberia	2.9%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
126	Ethiopia	3.3%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
127	Nepal	10.5%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
128	Egypt	6.8%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
129	Kenya	5.4%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
130	Mozambique	6.6%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
131	Benin	1.6%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
132	Japan	2.5%	−0.0 pts	About the same as the year before
133	Senegal	2.7%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
134	Papua New Guinea	2.6%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
135	Bhutan	3.2%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
136	Luxembourg	6.3%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
137	Kazakhstan	4.8%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
138	Indonesia	3.2%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
139	Pakistan	5.4%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
140	Belarus	3.4%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
141	Vietnam	1.5%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
142	Malaysia	3.8%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
143	Peru	5.1%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
144	St. Vincent & Grenadines	18.0%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
145	Panama	8.4%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
146	Costa Rica	6.8%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
147	Mali	2.8%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
148	South Korea	2.7%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
149	Morocco	9.0%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
150	Israel	3.5%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
151	Italy	6.4%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
152	Tajikistan	6.9%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
153	Serbia	7.1%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
154	Lithuania	6.7%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
155	Zimbabwe	9.3%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
156	Ecuador	3.3%	−0.1 pts	About the same as the year before
157	Jordan	16.5%	−0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
158	Hong Kong SAR China	2.8%	−0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
159	Azerbaijan	5.5%	−0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
160	Malta	2.9%	−0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
161	Dominican Republic	5.1%	−0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
162	Tunisia	15.1%	−0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
163	Sri Lanka	4.0%	−0.2 pts	About the same as the year before
164	Türkiye	8.5%	−0.3 pts	About the same as the year before
165	Russia	2.1%	−0.3 pts	About the same as the year before
166	Bolivia	3.0%	−0.3 pts	Lower than the year before
167	Libya	18.8%	−0.3 pts	Lower than the year before
168	Latvia	6.6%	−0.3 pts	Lower than the year before
169	Afghanistan	13.4%	−0.3 pts	Lower than the year before
170	Portugal	6.2%	−0.3 pts	Lower than the year before
171	Eswatini	34.2%	−0.4 pts	Lower than the year before
172	Saudi Arabia	3.0%	−0.5 pts	Lower than the year before
173	Slovenia	3.2%	−0.5 pts	Lower than the year before
174	Bulgaria	3.5%	−0.7 pts	Lower than the year before
175	Uruguay	7.5%	−0.7 pts	Lower than the year before
176	St. Lucia	9.5%	−0.7 pts	Lower than the year before
177	Brazil	6.0%	−0.8 pts	Lower than the year before
178	Paraguay	4.8%	−0.9 pts	Lower than the year before
179	Spain	10.4%	−1.0 pts	Much lower than the year before
180	Colombia	8.3%	−1.3 pts	Much lower than the year before
181	Greece	8.5%	−1.5 pts	Much lower than the year before

Get this data

This page's numbers, as JSON:

curl https://visualizedata.org/data/topics/jobs/world.json

The World Bank API it comes from (live, no key):

curl "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?format=json&date=2024:2025"

Open the JSON

What this can't tell you

Most countries' figures are the ILO's modelled estimates: where a labour force survey is old or missing, a model fills the gap, so small year-to-year changes are often the model, not the economy.
Unemployment counts people looking for work; in countries with large informal economies, few people can afford to be unemployed, so a low rate does not mean plenty of good jobs.
68 countries and territories in the registry have no 2025 estimate and are left out.

How the answer is decided

The latest year is compared with the year before: a rise of 1 point or more is 'much higher', 0.3 or more 'higher', a change within 0.3 'about the same', and the same downward. Countries are coloured by the same five words, or by the change itself.

Sources

World Bank WDI, SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS: unemployment, % of labour force (modelled ILO estimate), updated 2026-10-08 (CC BY 4.0 (World Bank))
Natural Earth, Admin 0 countries 1:110m (public domain)
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