Countries by unemployment rate

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Rank Unemployment, % of labour force Female to male ratio
Palestinian National Authority
1 27.900 1.150
South Africa
2 27.700 1.200
Lesotho
3 27.300 1.210
Swaziland
4 26.400 1.040
Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 25.600 2.090
Mozambique
6 25 1.180
Namibia
7 23.300 1.140
Macedonia
8 23 0.930
Greece
9 21.400 1.430
Saint Lucia
10 21 1.180
Gabon
11 19.600 1.900
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
12 18.300 1.140
Armenia
13 18.200 1.230
Botswana
14 18.100 1.460
Libya
15 17.700 1.860
Spain
16 17.400 1.180
Oman
17 16 2.300
Montenegro
17 16 0.920
Syria
18 15.200 3.820
Tunisia
18 15.200 1.650
Jordan
19 14.900 1.950
Serbia
20 14.100 1.120
Haiti
21 14 1.290
Albania
22 13.900 0.930
Yemen
23 13.800 2.160
São Tomé and Príncipe
24 13.400 1.250
Iran
25 13.100 1.950
Brazil
26 12.900 1.350
Sudan
27 12.800 1.710
Bahamas
28 12.600 1.200
Jamaica
29 12.500 1.660
Egypt
30 12.100 2.980
Guyana
31 11.800 1.770
Georgia
32 11.600 0.640
Kenya
33 11.500 1.940
South Sudan
33 11.500 1.240
Turkey
34 11.300 1.470
Italy
34 11.300 1.190
Republic of the Congo
35 11 1.140
Croatia
36 10.800 1.100
Cyprus
36 10.800 1.060
Tajikistan
37 10.300 1.110
Cape Verde
37 10.300 1.150
Mauritania
38 10.200 1.230
Algeria
39 10 2.070
France
40 9.700 0.960
Barbados
40 9.700 1.090
Ukraine
41 9.500 0.740
The Gambia
41 9.500 1.840
Morocco
42 9.300 1.110
Latvia
43 9.100 0.770
Colombia
44 9 1.580
Portugal
44 9 1.030
Afghanistan
45 8.800 1.590
Argentina
46 8.700 1.490
Finland
46 8.700 0.960
Costa Rica
47 8.500 1.590
Iraq
48 8.200 1.930
Angola
48 8.200 1.130
Samoa
48 8.200 1.340
Venezuela
49 8.100 1.220
Uruguay
49 8.100 1.520
Suriname
49 8.100 2.360
Mali
50 7.900 1.190
Slovakia
50 7.900 1.220
Zambia
51 7.800 1.150
Belize
52 7.600 3.250
Belgium
53 7.400 0.930
Kyrgyzstan
54 7.300 1.400
Uzbekistan
55 7.200 0.970
Mauritius
55 7.200 2.340
Lithuania
56 7.100 0.730
Brunei
56 7.100 1.300
Nigeria
57 7 0.820
Chile
57 7 1.150
Mongolia
57 7 0.750
Slovenia
58 6.900 1.160
Equatorial Guinea
58 6.900 1.090
Sweden
59 6.800 0.900
Estonia
59 6.800 0.820
Canada
60 6.400 0.800
Eritrea
60 6.400 1.170
Ireland
60 6.400 0.730
Burkina Faso
61 6.300 2.220
Bulgaria
61 6.300 0.870
Lebanon
61 6.300 1.270
Fiji
61 6.300 1.710
Guinea-Bissau
62 6.100 1.200
Malawi
63 6 1.370
Somalia
63 6 1.160
Central African Republic
63 6 1.240
Chad
64 5.900 1.400
Denmark
64 5.900 1.150
Paraguay
65 5.800 1.600
Djibouti
65 5.800 1.290
Saudi Arabia
66 5.700 5.290
Australia
66 5.700 1.040
Luxembourg
66 5.700 1.090
Panama
67 5.600 1.470
Dominican Republic
68 5.500 2.160
Austria
68 5.500 0.860
Russia
69 5.200 0.910
Ethiopia
69 5.200 2.420
Romania
69 5.200 0.760
Zimbabwe
69 5.200 0.610
Vanuatu
69 5.200 1.300
Poland
70 5 1.020
Azerbaijan
70 5 1.300
Maldives
70 5 1.300
Kazakhstan
71 4.900 1.330
Netherlands
71 4.900 1.180
Ecuador
71 4.900 1.590
Senegal
71 4.900 1.060
New Zealand
71 4.900 1.180
North Korea
72 4.800 0.730
Switzerland
72 4.800 1.040
Trinidad and Tobago
72 4.800 1.560
China
73 4.700 0.840
Guinea
74 4.500 0.640
Honduras
74 4.500 1.380
Sierra Leone
74 4.500 0.700
El Salvador
74 4.500 0.780
Moldova
74 4.500 0.520
United States
75 4.400 0.980
Bangladesh
75 4.400 2.120
Nicaragua
75 4.400 1.330
Indonesia
76 4.300 0.870
United Kingdom
76 4.300 0.950
Cameroon
76 4.300 1.490
Hungary
76 4.300 1
Israel
76 4.300 1.050
Comoros
76 4.300 1.150
Malta
76 4.300 1.180
Norway
77 4.200 0.730
Sri Lanka
78 4.100 2.360
Pakistan
79 4 2.190
South Korea
80 3.800 0.920
Democratic Republic of the Congo
81 3.700 1.390
Germany
81 3.700 0.850
Peru
81 3.700 1.030
India
82 3.500 1.270
Mexico
82 3.500 1.030
Malaysia
83 3.400 1.260
Turkmenistan
83 3.400 1.160
East Timor
83 3.400 1.550
Hong Kong
84 3.200 0.830
Bolivia
85 3.100 1.460
Czech Republic
85 3.100 1.380
Iceland
86 2.900 1.040
Japan
87 2.800 0.870
Philippines
87 2.800 1.110
Nepal
88 2.700 0.720
Guatemala
88 2.700 1.730
Papua New Guinea
88 2.700 0.470
Ivory Coast
89 2.600 1.570
Cuba
89 2.600 1.300
Benin
90 2.500 1.170
Ghana
91 2.400 1.180
Liberia
91 2.400 1
Bhutan
91 2.400 1.740
Tanzania
92 2.200 1.650
Vietnam
93 2.100 0.860
Uganda
93 2.100 1.870
Kuwait
93 2.100 1.560
Solomon Islands
93 2.100 1.100
Singapore
94 2 1.050
Madagascar
95 1.800 1.120
Togo
95 1.800 0.760
United Arab Emirates
96 1.700 3.380
Burundi
97 1.600 0.550
Rwanda
98 1.300 1.170
Bahrain
98 1.300 8.600
Tonga
99 1.200 1
Thailand
100 1.100 1.100
Myanmar
101 0.800 1.290
Laos
102 0.700 0.860
Belarus
103 0.500 1
Niger
104 0.300 0.500
Cambodia
105 0.200 1
Qatar
105 0.200 7