Source: The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2015-2017
Countries with less than 1 million inhabitants are not included.
Countries with the lowest unemployment rates:
1. | Cambodia | 0.3% |
2. | Qatar | 0.6% |
3. | Thailand | 0.7% |
4. | Benin | 1.0% |
5. | Belarus | 1.0 % |
6. | Laos | 1.5% |
7. | Madagascar | 2.1% |
8. | Kuwait | 2.1% |
9. | Cuba | 2.2% |
10. | Singapore | 2.2% |
11. | Vietnam | 2.3% |
12. | Guatemala | 2.4% |
13. | Tajikistan | 2.4% |
14. | Papua New Guinea | 2.5% |
15. | Hong Kong | 2.6% |
16. | Niger | 2.6% |
17. | Rwanda | 2.7% |
18. | Liberia | 2.8% |
19. | Guinea | 2.8% |
20. | Czech Republic | 2.8% |
21. | Japan | 2.9% |
22. | Switzerland | 3.0% |
23. | Nepal | 3.3% |
24. | Malaysia | 3.4% |
25. | United Arab Emirates | 3.6% |
26. | Mexico | 3.6% |
27. | Bahrain | 3.8% |
28. | South Korea | 3.8% |
29. | Taiwan | 3.8% |
30. | Germany | 3.8% |
Countries with the highest unemployment rates:
1. | Zimbabwe | 95.0% |
2. | Burkina Faso | 77.0% |
3. | Syria | 50.0% |
4. | Senegal | 48.0% |
5. | Haiti | 40.6% |
6. | Kenya | 40.0% |
7. | Congo, Republic of the | 36.0% |
8. | Afghanistan | 35.0% |
9. | Kosovo | 34.8% |
10. | Libya | 30.0% |
11. | Lesotho | 28.1% |
12. | Namibia | 28.1% |
13. | Gabon | 28.0% |
14. | Swaziland | 28.0% |
15. | South Africa | 27.6% |
16. | Yemen | 27.0% |
17. | Venezuela | 26.4% |
18. | North Korea | 25.6% |
19. | Macedonia | 23.4% |
20. | Mozambique | 22.4% |
21. | Greece | 22.3% |
22. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.5% |
23. | Malawi | 20.4% |
24. | Botswana | 20.0% |
25. | Sudan | 19.6% |
26. | Armenia | 18.9% |
27. | Ethiopia | 17.5% |
28. | Montenegro | 17.1% |
29. | Spain | 17.1% |
30. | Jordan | 16.5% |
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