Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2018, South Africa ranked the highest in Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) with 25.0% followed by Palestine and Macedonia. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 0.061%, Bahrain with 0.296% and Niger with 0.362%.
Average Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) reached 4.66% in 2018 in the World. This is 2.03 % less than in the previous year and -0.845 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) reached an all time high of 5.66% in 2003 and an all time low of 4.25% in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to 0.341 % since 1980.
Data for more countries are available at Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) indicator page.
| Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Albania | % | 14.8% | 17.7% | 19.1% | 17.1% | 15.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Armenia | % | 16.5% | 14.4% | 15.8% | 17.4% | 17.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | 26.3% | 26.5% | 25.2% | 25.7% | 22.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 14.6% | 14.8% | 14.8% | 14.7% | 14.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 14.4% | 14.3% | 14.1% | 14.2% | 14.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | % | 18.1% | 18.9% | 16.6% | 15.5% | 16.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 21.6% | 24.5% | 23.6% | 21.8% | 19.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 21.1% | 20.9% | 20.9% | 21.0% | 21.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 16.8% | 16.1% | 14.9% | 13.8% | 13.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | % | 31.5% | 29.0% | 27.6% | 26.7% | 24.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | % | 19.8% | 20.0% | 17.8% | 17.7% | 18.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 14.7% | 17.4% | 16.7% | 19.0% | 21.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Palestine | % | 20.5% | 20.5% | 23.9% | 22.4% | 22.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 22.9% | 23.0% | 23.2% | 23.2% | 24.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 24.1% | 23.5% | 22.6% | 22.0% | 21.3% |
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