World Poverty by the Numbers

 

Unemployment

 

Unemployment Rate expresses the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.

 

The World Factbook – Country Comparison

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA

www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/fields/220rank.html

[accessed 22 November 2020]

www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/unemployment-rate/country-comparison

[accessed 19 April 2021]

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

 

0.10%

CAMBODIA

 

0.30%

NIGER

 

0.30%

LAOS

 

0.70%

THAILAND

 

0.70%

BELARUS

 

0.80%

BENIN

 

1.00%

FALKLAND ISLANDS (ISLAS MALVINAS)

 

1.00%

GIBRALTAR

 

1.00%

ISLE OF MAN

 

1.10%

KUWAIT

 

1.10%

TONGA

 

1.10%

GUERNSEY

 

1.20%

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

1.60%

PALAU

 

1.70%

VANUATU

 

1.70%

MADAGASCAR

 

1.80%

MACAU

 

2.00%

MONACO

 

2.00%

FAROE ISLANDS

 

2.20%

SINGAPORE

 

2.20%

VIETNAM

 

2.20%

GUATEMALA

 

2.30%

LIECHTENSTEIN

 

2.40%

TAJIKISTAN

 

2.40%

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

 

2.50%

CUBA

 

2.60%

GUINEA

 

2.70%

RWANDA

 

2.70%

ICELAND

 

2.80%

LIBERIA

 

2.80%

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

 

2.90%

CZECHIA

 

2.90%

JAPAN

 

2.90%

MALDIVES

 

2.90%

NEPAL

 

3.00%

SEYCHELLES

 

3.00%

HONG KONG

 

3.10%

BHUTAN

 

3.20%

SWITZERLAND

 

3.20%

MALAYSIA

 

3.40%

MEXICO

 

3.40%

BAHRAIN

 

3.60%

ANDORRA

 

3.70%

KOREA, SOUTH

 

3.70%

GERMANY

 

3.80%

TAIWAN

 

3.80%

CHINA

 

3.90%

BOLIVIA

 

4.00%

BURMA

 

4.00%

CAYMAN ISLANDS

 

4.00%

JERSEY

 

4.00%

MOLDOVA

 

4.10%

HUNGARY

 

4.20%

ISRAEL

 

4.20%

NORWAY

 

4.20%

CAMEROON

 

4.30%

BANGLADESH

 

4.40%

SRI LANKA

 

4.40%

TIMOR-LESTE

 

4.40%

UNITED KINGDOM

 

4.40%

UNITED STATES

 

4.40%

FIJI

 

4.50%

GUAM

 

4.50%

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

 

4.50%

ECUADOR

 

4.60%

MALTA

 

4.60%

NEW ZEALAND

 

4.70%

NETHERLANDS

 

4.90%

POLAND

 

4.90%

ROMANIA

 

4.90%

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

 

4.90%

AZERBAIJAN

 

5.00%

KAZAKHSTAN

 

5.00%

UZBEKISTAN

 

5.00%

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

 

5.10%

RUSSIA

 

5.20%

SAMOA

 

5.20%

INDONESIA

 

5.40%

AUSTRIA

 

5.50%

AUSTRALIA

 

5.60%

HONDURAS

 

5.60%

MONTSERRAT

 

5.60%

DENMARK

 

5.70%

PARAGUAY

 

5.70%

PHILIPPINES

 

5.70%

ERITREA

 

5.80%

ESTONIA

 

5.80%

LUXEMBOURG

 

5.80%

PAKISTAN

 

6.00%

PANAMA

 

6.00%

SAUDI ARABIA

 

6.00%

BULGARIA

 

6.20%

CANADA

 

6.30%

NICARAGUA

 

6.40%

COMOROS

 

6.50%

ANGOLA

 

6.60%

SLOVENIA

 

6.60%

CHILE

 

6.70%

IRELAND

 

6.70%

SWEDEN

 

6.70%

BRUNEI

 

6.90%

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

 

6.90%

PERU

 

6.90%

TOGO

 

6.90%

BERMUDA

 

7.00%

EL SALVADOR

 

7.00%

BELGIUM

 

7.10%

KYRGYZSTAN

 

7.10%

LITHUANIA

 

7.10%

MAURITIUS

 

7.10%

URUGUAY

 

7.60%

ARUBA

 

7.70%

MALI

 

7.90%

ANGUILLA

 

8.00%

MONGOLIA

 

8.00%

COSTA RICA

 

8.10%

SAN MARINO

 

8.10%

SLOVAKIA

 

8.10%

ARGENTINA

 

8.40%

FINLAND

 

8.50%

INDIA

 

8.50%

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

 

8.60%

LATVIA

 

8.70%

SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON

 

8.70%

WALLIS AND FUTUNA

 

8.80%

PORTUGAL

 

8.90%

QATAR

 

8.90%

SURINAME

 

8.90%

BELIZE

 

9.00%

CABO VERDE

 

9.00%

GREENLAND

 

9.10%

UKRAINE

 

9.20%

COLOMBIA

 

9.30%

COTE D'IVOIRE

 

9.40%

FRANCE

 

9.40%

UGANDA

 

9.40%

LEBANON

 

9.70%

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

 

10.00%

BAHAMAS, THE

 

10.10%

BARBADOS

 

10.10%

MAURITANIA

 

10.20%

MOROCCO

 

10.20%

TANZANIA

 

10.30%

VIRGIN ISLANDS

 

10.40%

PUERTO RICO

 

10.80%

TURKEY

 

10.90%

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

 

11.00%

TURKMENISTAN

 

11.00%

CYPRUS

 

11.10%

GUYANA

 

11.10%

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

 

11.20%

ITALY

 

11.30%

ZIMBABWE

 

11.30%

ALGERIA

 

11.70%

GEORGIA

 

11.80%

IRAN

 

11.80%

GHANA

 

11.90%

NIUE

 

12.00%

SINT MAARTEN

 

12.00%

EGYPT

 

12.20%

JAMAICA

 

12.20%

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

 

12.20%

CROATIA

 

12.40%

BRAZIL

 

12.80%

CURACAO

 

13.00%

COOK ISLANDS

 

13.10%

ALBANIA

 

13.80%

SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION, AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA

 

14.00%

SERBIA

 

14.10%

NEW CALEDONIA

 

14.70%

SIERRA LEONE

 

15.00%

ZAMBIA

 

15.00%

TUNISIA

 

15.50%

IRAQ

 

16.00%

MONTENEGRO

 

16.10%

MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF

 

16.20%

NIGERIA

 

16.50%

SPAIN

 

17.20%

ETHIOPIA

 

17.50%

JORDAN

 

18.30%

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

 

18.80%

ARMENIA

 

18.90%

SUDAN

 

19.60%

BOTSWANA

 

20.00%

SAINT LUCIA

 

20.00%

MALAWI

 

20.40%

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

 

20.50%

GREECE

 

21.50%

FRENCH POLYNESIA

 

21.80%

MACEDONIA

 

22.40%

DOMINICA

 

23.00%

NAURU

 

23.00%

AFGHANISTAN

 

23.90%

GRENADA

 

24.00%

MOZAMBIQUE

 

24.50%

KOREA, NORTH

 

25.60%

YEMEN

 

27.00%

VENEZUELA

 

27.10%

SOUTH AFRICA

 

27.50%

GAZA STRIP

 

27.90%

WEST BANK

 

27.90%

ESWATINI

 

28.00%

GABON

 

28.00%

LESOTHO

 

28.10%

AMERICAN SAMOA

 

29.80%

LIBYA

 

30.00%

KOSOVO

 

30.50%

KIRIBATI

 

30.60%

NAMIBIA

 

34.00%

CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE

 

36.00%

MARSHALL ISLANDS

 

36.00%

DJIBOUTI

 

40.00%

KENYA

 

40.00%

HAITI

 

40.60%

SENEGAL

 

48.00%

SYRIA

 

50.00%

BURKINA FASO

 

77.00%