Unemployment, modelled ILO estimate (% of total labour force) - SDG 8.5.2 by country

Countries reporting
69
Highest
26.02
Djibouti
Lowest
0.13
Qatar
Median
6.16
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
2,403

What the numbers show

Unemployment, modelled ILO estimate (% of total labour force) - SDG 8.5.2 is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 26.02 in Djibouti; the lowest is 0.13 in Qatar.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.16, and the mean is 7.56.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 200.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 42.5%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 69.0%).

Unemployment, modelled ILO estimate (% of total labour force) - SDG: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Djibouti 26.02 2025 down 0.2% flat
2 Palestine, State of 24.42 2022 up 27.2% rising
3 Libya 18.76 2025 down 4.7% flat
4 Yemen 17.32 2025 down 3.2% rising
5 Jordan 16.54 2025 up 26.5% flat
6 Iraq 15.48 2025 up 42.5% rising
7 Tunisia 15.11 2025 down 0.3% flat
8 Montenegro 13.57 2025 down 22.7% falling
9 Syria 13.57 2025 down 4.7% rising
10 Armenia 12.87 2025 down 29.5% rising
11 North Macedonia 12.26 2025 down 53.6% falling
12 Georgia 12.1 2025 down 26.7% rising
13 Algeria 11.63 2025 up 3.8% falling
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.04 2025 down 60.1% falling
15 Lebanon 10.98 2023 up 29.6% rising
16 Albania 10.93 2025 down 36.5% falling
17 Spain 10.38 2025 down 53.0% falling
18 Ukraine 9.83 2021 up 25.3% rising
19 Finland 9.46 2025 up 0.9% falling
20 Morocco 9 2025 down 4.9% falling
21 Sweden 8.69 2025 up 17.0% rising
22 Greece 8.54 2025 down 65.8% rising
23 Türkiye 8.52 2025 down 17.3% rising
24 Estonia 8.31 2025 up 29.6% falling
25 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.3 2025 down 25.7% falling
26 France 7.54 2025 down 27.2% falling
27 Sudan 7.53 2022 down 55.6% falling
28 Serbia 7.12 2025 down 59.7% falling
29 Tajikistan 6.93 2025 down 1.5% rising
30 Egypt 6.78 2025 down 48.0% falling
31 Lithuania 6.73 2025 down 26.2% falling
32 Latvia 6.57 2025 down 33.5% falling
33 Italy 6.39 2025 down 46.3% falling
34 Luxembourg 6.34 2025 down 6.7% rising
35 Portugal 6.16 2025 down 50.3% rising
36 Romania 5.99 2025 down 12.0% falling
37 Belgium 5.91 2025 down 30.4% falling
38 Austria 5.58 2025 down 3.8% rising
39 Denmark 5.53 2025 down 11.9% falling
40 Azerbaijan 5.46 2025 up 10.0% falling
41 Slovakia 5.36 2025 down 53.4% falling
42 Croatia 5 2025 down 69.0% falling
43 Cyprus 4.92 2025 down 67.2% volatile
44 Switzerland 4.87 2025 up 1.5% rising
45 Kazakhstan 4.77 2025 down 3.2% falling
46 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.75 2025 down 14.5% falling
47 Norway 4.64 2025 up 7.9% falling
48 Ireland 4.63 2025 down 53.2% volatile
49 Uzbekistan 4.62 2025 down 10.3% falling
50 Hungary 4.52 2025 down 33.6% falling
51 Turkmenistan 4.27 2025 up 6.2% volatile
52 Netherlands 3.87 2025 down 43.6% falling
53 Germany 3.71 2025 down 19.5% falling
54 Iceland 3.62 2025 down 8.9% rising
55 Bulgaria 3.54 2025 down 61.3% falling
56 Kyrgyzstan 3.53 2025 down 14.8% rising
57 Belarus 3.38 2025 down 42.5% volatile
58 Oman 3.25 2025 down 4.5% falling
59 Slovenia 3.17 2025 down 64.6% falling
60 Saudi Arabia 3.04 2025 down 45.8% falling
61 Poland 2.98 2025 down 60.2% volatile
62 Malta 2.9 2025 down 46.3% falling
63 Czechia 2.83 2025 down 44.0% falling
64 Kuwait 2.18 2025 down 0.9% rising
65 United Arab Emirates 2.17 2025 up 21.2% rising
66 Russian Federation 2.13 2025 down 62.0% falling
67 Republic of Moldova 1.5 2025 down 15.5% volatile
68 Bahrain 1.1 2025 down 5.3% rising
69 Qatar 0.13 2025 down 23.5% volatile

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Indicator
Unemployment, modelled ILO estimate (% of total labour force) - SDG 8.5.2
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
69 places, 2,403 data points, 1991–2025
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