Based on a comparison of 175 countries in 2021, Venezuela ranked the highest in Unemployment Rate with 41.4% followed by South Africa and Palestine. On the other end of the scale was Cambodia with 0.310%, Niger with 0.690% and Thailand with 0.700%.
Average Unemployment Rate reached 7.53% in 2021 in the World. This is 1.26 % less than in the previous year and 21.1 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average Unemployment Rate reached an all time high of 7.53% in 2021 and an all time low of 4.80% in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to 1.32 % since 1970.
Data for more countries are available at Unemployment Rate indicator page.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Armenia | % | 17.7% | 19.0% | 18.8% | 20.2% | 18.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | 20.5% | 18.4% | 15.7% | 16.9% | 18.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 17.5% | 17.3% | 17.2% | 17.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 19.9% | 19.8% | 19.6% | 20.5% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 15.8% | 16.3% | 16.9% | 18.5% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 24.1% | 24.0% | 23.9% | 24.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 18.6% | 18.5% | 18.3% | 19.4% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | % | 22.4% | 20.7% | 17.3% | 18.4% | 19.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | % | 16.1% | 15.2% | 15.1% | 15.9% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 21.6% | 19.9% | 19.8% | 20.4% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Palestine | % | 25.7% | 26.3% | 25.3% | 27.4% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 27.0% | 26.9% | 28.5% | 28.7% | 28.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 17.0% | 16.9% | 16.8% | 17.7% | 20.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 22.5% | 22.4% | 22.2% | 23.4% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | % | 7.30% | 7.22% | 7.16% | 9.14% | 41.4% |
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