Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2019, South Africa ranked the highest in Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) with 26.4% followed by Palestine and Namibia. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 0.037%, Bahrain with 0.150% and Cambodia with 0.540%.
Average Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) reached 5.28% in 2019 in the World. This is 0.325 % less than in the previous year and -12.7 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) reached an all time high of 6.07% in 2003 and an all time low of 4.75% in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to 0.366 % 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 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Armenia | % | 15.7% | 17.4% | 17.7% | 17.9% | 17.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | 25.1% | 25.7% | 22.5% | 18.8% | 17.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Botswana | % | 14.9% | 14.8% | 14.6% | 14.5% | 14.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Gabon | % | 14.6% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 14.4% | 14.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Georgia | % | 19.9% | 18.7% | 19.9% | 15.0% | 14.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Greece | % | 23.6% | 21.7% | 19.9% | 17.8% | 15.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Lesotho | % | 20.7% | 20.8% | 20.8% | 21.1% | 20.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Libya | % | 15.8% | 15.5% | 15.5% | 15.3% | 15.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Macedonia | % | 27.6% | 26.7% | 24.4% | 22.7% | 21.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Montenegro | % | 17.8% | 17.7% | 18.2% | 15.4% | 15.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Namibia | % | 16.7% | 19.1% | 21.8% | 21.6% | 21.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Palestine | % | 19.2% | 20.2% | 20.6% | 21.5% | 22.4% | ||||||||||||||||
South Africa | % | 23.2% | 23.2% | 24.6% | 25.2% | 25.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Swaziland | % | 22.5% | 21.9% | 21.1% | 21.0% | 20.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Tunisia | % | 12.7% | 12.6% | 12.6% | 12.6% | 12.7% |