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WORLD STATISTICS

Economy

Unemployment, total (% of labor force, modeled ILO estimate)

percent of labor force. Produced by International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT).
Indicator code
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Unit
percent of labor force
Frequency
annual
Default classification
Estimate
Original producer
International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT)
Distributed by
World Bank — World Development Indicators
License
CC BY 4.0

World trend

1991 – 2025

Highest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 1Eswatini34%2025
  2. 2South Africa32%2025
  3. 3Djibouti26%2025
  4. 4Botswana24%2025
  5. 6Gabon20%2025
  6. 7Congo, Rep.20%2025
  7. 8Namibia19%2025
  8. 10Libya19%2025

Lowest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 187Qatar0.13%2025
  2. 186Cambodia0.26%2025
  3. 185Niger0.39%2025
  4. 184Thailand0.78%2025
  5. 183Burundi0.92%2025
  6. 182Chad1.06%2025
  7. 181Bahrain1.10%2025
  8. 180Lao PDR1.19%2025
  9. 179Solomon Islands1.43%2025
  10. 178Moldova1.51%2025

Revision history

Changes to previously published values detected during imports.

No revisions recorded since the first import.